The first collection of interviews with the legendary American director of such films as Young Mr. Lincoln, The Quiet Man, The Grapes of Wrath, and Stagecoach

The first book to give considered focus to children’s television at the local level

A lively consideration of how to classify Faulkner’s place in America

Collected interviews with the director of such films as The Philadelphia Story, Adam’s Rib, A Star Is Born, and My Fair Lady

Classic and up-and-coming Mississippi authors share unique Yuletide experiences from the Deep South

The first book to examine McCarthy’s three masterpiece novels as a cohesive whole

A historical overview of the concept of liberty in American culture and thought

Gritty short stories set in the haze of Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Collected interviews with the American independent film director of Permanent Vacation, Stranger Than Paradise, and Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

A cultural study that reflects the modern forces on which swing music thrived

A husband’s account of how the heartbreak of pre-eclampsia struck his wife and changed their lives forever

Eleven years of interviews with the acclaimed Chinese film director of such movies as Red Sorgham, Shanghai Triad, and Not One Less

An inside view of improv comedy in Chicago

The biography of a white, Democratic congressman whose liberal stand on race ended his political career in Mississippi

A selection of writings from the author who created America’s notion of New Orleans as an exotic and mysterious place

A readable history that puts the current debates in historical context

The first biography of a blues maker who kept “country blues” and jug-band style alive

A sumptuous catalog of self-taught art from one of America’s major collections

A collection of interviews following the Greek director’s career from his innovative debut film Reconstruction in 1971 to his triumph at the Cannes Film Festival in 1998, when his film Eternity and a Day was awarded the Golden Palm

A collection of compelling stories that includes the first-prize winner in the 1999 O. Henry Awards

The first major southern novel to portray African Americans outside of stereotypes

Heartfelt profiles that chart the ups and downs of seven female soul singers of the 1960s

A Mississippi fable of divine visitation, jealousy, murder, and salvation

The complete guidebook for paddling the rivers and streams of Mississippi

What song lyrics say about Jamaican life, Rastafari religion, and reggae music history

Over thirty years of interviews with the American director of such classic films as The Maltese Falcon, Key Largo, The African Queen, and The Night of the Iguana

A concise overview of this complex affliction for all those affected by addiction— addicts, family members, and even employers

Fifteen conversations ranging from 1981 to 1997 with the controversial filmmaker of Born on the Fourth of July, JFK, Natural Born Killers, and Platoon

The life and early death of a South Side guitar genius, the greatest unheralded Chicago bluesmaker

A comprehensive history of how people used the state’s forests and of how conservation triumphed

A history of the trailblazing comics that broke color barriers and portrayed African Americans in heroic storylines

For both the film buff and the general moviegoer, a handbook that unlocks the secrets of a hundred noir movies

A provocative reckoning of the challenging new direction southern literature has taken in the works of nine authors

A father and son’s eloquent portrait and personal evocations of modern Mississippi

A diasporic study of the striking similarities between Jewish consciousness and black consciousness in Europe and America

The first in-depth critical analysis of Ritt’s films and a justification of his renown as America’s premier social-issues filmmaker

A traditional yet fresh approach to grasping the power of Morrison’s writing

How creations welded from the scrapheap have become a folk art rage

A bewitching convocation of Dixie’s most frightening ghost tales

The experiences of a teacher and his white students on a nationwide trek toward racial understanding

How mid-century periodicals that fostered an indelible middle-class ideal for American women also confronted the happy homemaker stereotype

Enhanced with fifteen new essays, the benchmark of an acclaimed writer’s spunk and sense of place

A biography in interviews of one of America’s best-loved comic strip masters

An analysis of the Leo Frank case as a measure of the complexities characterizing the relationship between African Americans and Jews in North America

A biography of the notable Mexican American cartoonist and an appreciative history of his creation