An impressive reading of recent writers who question the meaning of blackness while also embracing an elective racial identity

The first full-length treatment of Welty's criticism and visual work

A fast-paced and exciting tour of the world through the eyes of a federal prosecutor

A magnum opus from a preeminent folklore scholar on cultural practice and why people need tradition

A gauge of powerful film and literature from America’s most recent wars

140 tales collected by the extraordinary Russian “Grimm”

A new collection of interviews, including eleven original ones from the first edition and nine new ones, with the most popular director in American cinema history

An invaluable history of the first African American radio voices and their influence in segregated New Orleans

A comprehensive engagement with the past and present linguistic landscape of the Pelican State

The untold story of escaped slaves, their battle against colonial overlords, and the lasting impact in the Caribbean

Current injustices and public policy examined in light of Martin Luther King’s vision

A study of how the culture and customs of a city foster its rebirth

The first publication dedicated to a remarkable Mississippi folk artist

Collected interviews with the comics creator of Howard the Duck, Man-Thing, and Omega the Unknown

Collected interviews with the director of such iconic films as Anticipation of the Night, Dog Star Man, Scenes from Under Childhood, Mothlight, and Text of Light

The first in-depth study of one of Hollywood's most popular but forgotten leading men

A new engagement with the tangled, fraught antebellum debate surrounding black resettlement

A thorough assay of the Nobel Laureate through the lens of lucre

A stimulating treatment of the intersection between history and literature in the Nobel Laureate’s work

The first collection of interviews with the acclaimed African American/Afro-Caribbean author of Triangular Road; The Chosen Place, the Timeless People; and Brown Girl, Brownstones

More than half a century of interviews with one of the most distinguished contemporary American poets

Collected interviews with one of the most famous American poets of the twentieth century

A thoroughly researched and critical examination of Wilder's entire body of work and problematic legacy

A primary survey of the oral history and ethnography in the transformative South Asian diaspora

A comprehensive history of a renowned lace working tradition and the women who make it

The first comprehensive critical overview of the films of the acclaimed director

A unique look at the acclaimed photographer known for trailblazing artistic color photographs

A lively history of folklore practice in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania

An exciting look at the film that launched the Disney Renaissance

The first English-language study of Aleksandr Volkov and his Magic Land series

Collected interviews with the Asian American writer and cartoonist who helped develop G.I. Joe

Collected interviews and writings of the Iranian filmmaker known for his remarkable films and courageous defiance of state censorship

A provocative account of what motivates prolific mass movements teeming for revolutionary change

How women have expanded the creative reach of calypso, soca, and steelband music

A fresh consideration of the impact of black radicalism on black characters in southern modernism

Collected interviews with the acclaimed author of The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and A Lesson Before Dying

An exploration of the impact of the Great War on southern writing

A groundbreaking inquiry into what is missing in folklore and folklore studies

An incomparable oral history of riverboat pilots on the Mississippi River, its tributaries, and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterways

A direct legal study of the state stretching from the origins of Mississippi charters to our modern mandates