An exciting study that aims to trace the resurgence of the feminine archetype in literature and film

A scholarly exploration of the tension of spaces in African American Great Migration novels

An invaluable history of spiritual singing groups and how their tours helped build historically Black colleges and universities in the South

An in-depth exploration of popular Russian-language Soviet children’s texts and illustrations

A wealth of insight not only into the development of Veitch’s graphic innovations and metaphysical explorations, but also into the upheavals and transformations of American comics from the 1970s to today

The first full-length monograph to explore how US comics artists have depicted environmental destruction, mass extinctions, and climate change

An in-depth microhistory highlighting how African American farmers and religious institutions played crucial roles in the struggle for land, voting rights, and school desegregation

A personal exploration of the lives and music of the father-daughter duo as they spread their mission and music across the South

How ordinary human characters interact with more-than-human beings in the MCU

The first critical study of the interlocking relationship between haunting, Black women’s lives, and poetry

A valuable collection of stories that honor the customs and traditions of everyday life in Choctaw communities

A revised and updated treasury of tribal lore told by past and present Choctaw storytellers

A critical examination of the power of sacred song in nineteenth-century African American life

Essays that provide a crucial overview of LGBTQ+ history in New Orleans

The first full-length, multidisciplinary study examining representations of healthcare systems in children’s media

A thorough examination of the history and legacy of African American fiddling

A concerning analysis of the distortions and pervasive stereotypes of Black female images within Hollywood

The engaging and detailed first biography of the Oscar-winning Welsh actor

Collected interviews with the recipient of numerous major literary awards and fellowships, including two National Book Awards, for Salvage the Bones and Sing, Unburied, Sing

An exciting collection of essays exploring and critically analyzing the cultural impact and nostalgia of American Girl dolls

A detailed exploration of the adaptive practices, meanings, and industrial significance of popular superhero blockbusters

Stories of the engineers who designed and the brave pilots who flew the fastest, deadliest fighter of World War II

A pivotal examination of one of America’s greatest songwriters, his lyrics, and his lifelong attempt to define the nature of love

The riveting biography of one of the world’s greatest yet lesser-known jazz musicians

The first critical study to trace the hardboiled detective inheritance of America’s Storyteller

The first critical collection to unsettle the horror genre through a contemporary Indigenous gaze

Fresh perspectives on one of literature’s most willfully enigmatic figures

A concise overview of the renowned comics creator of Yummy Fur, Ed the Happy Clown, I Never Liked You, Louis Riel, and Paying for It

An intriguing argument and exploration that expands the postage stamp of the Nobel Laureate’s fiction

Thirty years of interviews with the provocative and often controversial creator of films including Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!; Beyond the Valley of the Dolls;and Vixen!

A cross-disciplinary analysis on how Black women writers theorize disability and Black womanhood

One of the first critical volumes to examine how young adult literature reproduces but also resists neoliberalism

An expansive and beautiful survey of one of New Orleans’s most accomplished and provocative artists

The long-overdue recognition of a scholar and the vibrant Brazilian folklore she documented

An extraordinarily up-close and personal photography collection and journal of the last years of the Vietnam War

Ellington’s music with fresh thematic explorations to delight music lovers

A thoughtful look at how mainland US observers perceive and portray Puerto Rico

The untold history of a small town where a stand for civil rights had lasting, wide impacts

The first full-length biography of a trailblazing DC attorney and judge

A study of the call narrative storytelling tradition centered on four influential Black leaders

An extensive deep-dive omnibus from one of cinema’s most indefatigably ardent auteurs

The first complete account of all the music, song, and dance in the WPA ex-slave narratives

A powerful, intimate portrait that weaves history across five generations of an American family

Almost fifty years of interviews chronicling the Nebraska writer’s rise from a regional poet of the Great Plains to a Pulitzer Prize–winning artistic luminary

The first full-length volume to showcase the critical corpus of an eminent scholar of Black literature

A scholarly revelation of the Latinidades characters and works that have crossed multiple borders

A thorough study of the many links between the Golden Age of children’s literature and a global storytelling powerhouse

An insightful survey tracing the influence of New Orleans writers, past and present, on the literary canon

An examination of how narratives of suffering balance the conventions of joy and success in the southern cookbook tradition

An engaging collection of original scholarship on LGBTQ+ children’s picture books