A first-of-its-kind study of the relationship between human anatomy and horror

A fun-filled survey of the women who topped the charts in jazz, blues, R&B, and rock ’n’ roll

Narratives of the good, the bad, and the outlandish in legal tangles along Mississippi’s borders

An entertaining and thorough introduction to the power of punk’s hybrid evolution

The first book dedicated to exploring the comics of Ben Katchor

A wife’s insider story of her marriage to a famous New York Giant during the golden days of professional football

A delightful visit with the talented, yet often overlooked, white female vocalists of the 1950s

A vanguard challenge to unite two formerly independent fields in Black studies

A lushly illustrated consideration of the significance of landscapes in art and literature during times of unprecedented change

An astute, lavishly illustrated evaluation of one of Hollywood’s biggest stars

A powerful history of the first nonviolent civil disobedience campaign along Mississippi’s beaches

Interviews with the founder of Juxtapoz Art & Culture Magazine and coproducer of ZAP Comix who is known for his underground comix cartoons and oil paintings

Two decades of interviews with the visionary filmmaker of such successful films as The Sixth Sense, Signs, and Unbreakable

One writer’s odyssey through Louisiana folklore and history as he searches for the true meaning of home

A sounding of a profound, lasting imprint on intellectual history

An inspiring, deeply personal story about a tumultuous period in civil rights history

An astonishing visual record taken by photographers directly engaged in the struggle

The thrilling memoir of a covert wildlife agent

A riveting true story of a Texas murder that captivated a nation and the evangelical voices who fought for Karla Faye Tucker’s clemency

The first critical examination of Mississippi’s civil rights tourism industry

An extremely addictive, high-intensity, MATHEMATICAL! look at the world of a beloved animated television series

The first annotated English translation of sixty ancient folktales featuring an icon of the Maghreb

The first comprehensive study of a franchise that revived giant creature attacks and plumbed the traumatized human psyche

An extensive collection that highlights the contributions of often-forgotten Black women in the public sphere

A fascinating investigation into the life and art of one of America’s greatest poets

Remarkable narratives from the heretofore unsung champions of the civil rights movement

A thorough study of the legendary producer and his creative business savvy

A visual narrative of the Black emancipation experience, voiced through the sculptures of two nineteenth-century African American female artists

The first full-length biography of the children’s book author and creator of King Aroo

Interviews that capture the complexities and contradictions that have defined Carter’s life as a national public figure for the last fifty years—and that have helped to both reflect and shape the highest aspirations of the American experiment