The first collection of essays to examine the breadth of Everett’s creative output

How the Internet crystallizes fringe theories into amazing realities

A study of the profound influence of surrealism on the writer’s craft

How the civil rights movement changed the careers of four white American writers as well as the literary establishment

How a northern city with de facto segregation overcame prejudice and became a beacon for the rest of America

The first comprehensive history of the state in nearly four decades

The first book to track racial uplift ideology's effect on classical music

A biography that parts the curtain on the true story behind Hollywood’s original movie mogul

The story of Huey Long's son, the powerful United States senator

A reminder of the pivotal role one woman played in our early apprehension of the Armenian genocide

Interviews with the author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

A cultural history of women writers on the Left and the roots of feminist literary criticism

Essays that illuminate crime stories, whodunits, and quandaries in the Nobel laureate’s fiction

An exploration of one of the most beloved and talented artists and painting instructors ever to teach on American television

Three biographies in one, discovering fascinating connections among Ronald Reagan (1911–2004), Jane Wyman (1917–2007), and Nancy Davis (b. 1921–2016)

How fiction, its forms, and its evolution reflect countries in the midst of postcolonial change

The documentary of Reverend H. D. Dennis's lost, one-of-a-kind, nondenominational church and treasure of folk art

The first study to place this genius of modern comics creation in his historical context

In English for the first time, a foundational text that places the beginning of comics well before Rodolphe Töpffer

Contributions to the study of race relations from the Civil War to the early 1950s

Scholarly debate about W. J. Cash and one of the most influential books ever written about the American South

The first biography of two integral bluegrass innovators and touchstones of old-time country music authenticity

The first published collection of interviews with the Australian director whose films include the Academy Award-nominated Witness, Dead Poets Society, Green Card, The Truman Show, and Master and Commander

An up-close study of a pinnacle moment in the struggle and of those who fought for change

The inspiring autobiography of a cotton field worker who became a major force for change in Mississippi

A study of Lutz Röhrich, the key folklorist who redeemed and contextualized German folklore after horrific misuses by the Nazis

The first study to trace the evolution of Russian comics from Soviet bête noire to post-Perestroika art form

A biography of the Democratic leader once considered the most important man in state politics

Collected correspondence from arguably the most important folklorist of the twentieth century

A piercing study of the political, economic, and environmental havoc unleashed by the oil industry

A biography of the stunning French movie star and her complex marriage to singer Yves Montand

An infuriating tale of malfeasance among what should have been the state’s most trusted servants

How residents of a changing coastline reconcile sense of place with the Gulf’s encroachment

A contextual investigation of the "Mad Potter of Biloxi," showing him to be far more thoughtful and artful than he was eccentric

A survey and rediscovery of the many noir films directed by a master of the Western

An exploration of a homegrown tradition of unexpected beauty and privacy

A broad overview of the tremendous achievement of Louisiana writers in the Creole tradition

A fascinating collection of interviews with the colorful and provocative director of Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction, Django Unchained, and many other films

How Republicans and African Americans took the stage after the fall of a great southern political machine