188 previously unpublished letters between Flannery O'Connor and novelist Brainard Cheney, a fellow Roman Catholic close to the Tate circle

A history of how African American churches produced political firebrands in a call for civil rights and justice

A scrutiny of the many trails Faulkner developed between distinct novels

A tour of the delectable and original from renowned home cooks in the Crescent City

Collected interviews with the British author of A Clockwork Orange, ReJoyce: An Introduction to James Joyce for the Ordinary Reader, and other works

Conversations with the leading edge of contemporary jazz and classical composers

Photographs that document the evolution of a critical government agency

An invaluable pictorial overview of African American vitality in a southern metropolis

Collected interviews with the renowned science fiction and fantasy writer known for The Left Hand of Darkness, The Dispossessed, The Lathe of Heaven, and the Earthsea sequence of novels and stories

Collected interviews with the creator of American Splendor, the longest-running autobiographical comic book series produced in America

Photographs that capture the land, people, and ever-present spirits of the Mississippi Delta

A celebration of four Mississippi artists and their nationally renowned work

From the author of the novel Dodgers, an exploration of how the fugitive criminal took the spotlight in American literature, film, and media news

The Stein-Wright connection and its meaning for American literature and literary history

How a mountain community and music harmonize in an old-time fiddle player from West Virginia

Nine essays from top international scholars delivered at the first Colloquium Internationale at the University of Paris

Seven ways in which psychoanalysis illuminates folklore

A paradigm for perceiving the Vietnam War and the literature it produced

How a revolutionary cartoonist opened the funnies to political commentary and biting satire

An inquiry into how portrayals of the Pilgrims evolved from glorification to more accurate interpretations of history through performance

A biography of the award–winning and versatile star of screen, stage, and television

The multigenerational history of land that became one of the largest wildlife sanctuaries in the United States

Collected interviews with the African filmmaker who directed Black Girl,Mandabi, Xala, Ceddo, Faat Kine, and Moolaade

Thirty years of interviews with the author of The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, Beloved, and other novels

An illustrated biography of one of Mississippi’s most beloved artisans and teachers

The tragically brief life of the actress who became every serviceman’s pin-up during WWII

Collected interviews with the filmmaker who directed the award-winning Ride the High Country, The Wild Bunch, Straw Dogs, and The Getaway

An anthology describing the unique experience of childhood in the South’s most storied state

A biography of the southern politician who forged the first biracial Democratic coalition and then shattered it with his loyalty to segregation’s status quo

A hee-hawing history of comedic performers from the golden age of radio through The Dukes of Hazzard

Thirty years of the Nobel Laureate’s reflections on life, writing, and other writers

The full story of Louisiana’s French-speaking Cajun people written in a format comprehensible to junior high and high school students; also an appealing read for adults seeking a concise, one-volume exploration of this fascinating group of people

A study of how material goods and antebellum consumption defined whiteness

A southern literary master’s captivating novel about the rise of a Nashville-bound singer as “hillbilly” evolves into “country”

Insights into a rediscovered author’s revealing portraits of New England women

An expert’s advice on making the most of the many extremes in southern gardens

An expert’s advice on making the most of the many extremes in southern gardens

An analysis of how modernity and modernism complicated local visions of art and society

Conversations with top animators, designers, and voice actors who worked directly with film pioneer Walt Disney

Nineteen interviews conducted over the past two decades on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond with the author of the Booker Prize-winning The Remains of the Day

An assessment of the cultural mix of slave and slave holder

An exploration of the history and intent behind the words of a great American folk singer

An inventive anthology that uses comics to explore the tenets of philosophy

How players and promoters from one Louisiana locale created unforgettable music

Talks with the master director of such classics as All About Eve, The Barefoot Contessa, and Cleopatra

Interviews with the film critic and director who was a key figure in the French New Wave

A story of naval battles in fire and ice and a merchant seaman’s flight to freedom from Soviet captivity during World War II

An indispensable volume and standard course reading on the representation of folklore