“Fabulous Provinces is written easily, and the story it tells—the transformation of a rural Mississippi boy into a scholar—is in many ways the story of the twentieth-century South.”

A scholarly spotlight focused on the performers who enliven the sidewalks of New York

"A refreshing and fascinating investigation into the richness of the works of a master of drama."
-Jacques Guicharnaud, Yale University

A compelling study of how the search for black family identity ignited a rich and complex tradition in the African-American novel

Engagements with the entire body of the National Book Award winner’s work

A critical work that brings attention to a little known period in the career of America’s most notable humorist

Opening a new vista for the study of southern literature and southern history, this provocative assessment of political and literary currents in the New South sees them as flowing from the mainstream of Machiavellian tradition

A study of the multifaceted and complicated issue of state government reorganization in Mississippi

A study of contemporary America’s demand for the cultural confidence game of performance politics

Faulkner’s early fictional forays that foreshadow a Nobel Laureate in the making

A military history of McClellan's ambitious drive on Richmond and the genius and fortune by which Lee foiled it

An informative study representing a variety of scholarly perspectives revealing the cultural, historical, economic, political and geographical evolution of Old Natchez

From dicey red light district to historic tourist destination, the story of the Quarter’s transformative century

Interviews with the Native American author of the short story collections Ten Little Indians and The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven; the National Book Award–winning young adult novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian; and the screenplay Smoke Signals

Interviews with the acclaimed director of the films Dune, Blue Velvet, The Elephant Man, Mulholland Drive, and Inland Empire and the hit TV series Twin Peaks

A special edition honoring an adored Mississippi writer on the 75th anniversary of his birth

The definitive reference tool for understanding francophone Louisiana and its rich, French variety

Interviews with the acclaimed author of Lucky Jim, The Anti-Death League, and Take a Girl Like You

A revelation of the wild, wily, and well-meaning chief executives of a colorful state

Interviews with the director of Ben Hur, Jezebel, Mrs. Miniver, Roman Holiday, and Wuthering Heights

Words and pictures that show the South’s imprint on the life and works of the great playwright

The first collection from an African American journalist writing for the San Francisco Elevator

A photographer’s evocative interpretation of the history and places along the slave’s path to freedom

Legend of the Free State of Jones was the first authoritative explanation of just what did happen in Jones County in 1864 to give rise to the legend and now to a major motion picture starring Matthew McConaughey.

A study of the great photographer as a progressive thinker and political activist

The definitive work on the state’s recent political history, campaigns, legislative battles, and litigation, updated and expanded to reflect the profound consequences of the 2007 and 2008 elections on Mississippi

Columns and news pieces from a great American journalist

Essays on the rise of the horror film and on how moviemakers package and promote fright

The first book to focus attention on sighting the 357 species of birds known to inhabit the Mississippi Gulf Coast

A connoisseur’s compendium of a great American’s passion for fine wine

This collection of exciting letters and diaries documents Belle Edmondson’s active role behind the scenes in the Civil War and reveals her to have been a courier, a gatherer of intelligence, and a smuggler of contraband on behalf of southern troops in west Tennessee.

A fact-filled, light-hearted book that tells everything everyone would wish to know about the South’s fish of choice

This first comprehensive compilation of Mississippi literary biographies; includes all of the state’s writers who wrote and published a work of at least 30 pages in length; featuring approximately 1500 authors

A descriptive profile of the rioters in the bloody civil disorder that devastated sectors of Detroit in 1943.

A look into the rich yet bewildering meanings found in the literature of childhood

An account of the many stinging arachnids that have medical impact

A classic study of the archeological sites and artifacts of the prehistoric Indians who inhabited the lands that are now the state of Mississippi