A history of the petroleum industry in the Southeastern United States through the end of World War II

An amusing, informative book that tells you all you’ll need to know about an amazing crustacean

A comprehensive guide to creating your own New Orleans garden

How to identify your fascinating find and understand the culture that produced it

Eudora Welty's only book written for children, the charming story of a shoe-store parrot named Arturo and his many feathered friends

Collected interviews with the author of The Sheltering Sky, Let It Come Down, and The Spider's House

Stories, interviews, and discussions showing the imprint of "old-time religion" on the artistic vision of twelve writers of the American South: Larry Brown, Reynolds Price, Allan Gurganus, Lee Smith, Clyde Edgerton, Harry Crews, Will Campbell, Doris Betts, Sheila Bosworth, Mary Ward Brown, Randall Kenan, and Sandra Hollin Flowers

In complete detail the major bibliography of the works of one of America’s most admired writers

Rich folklife of America’s southernmost tip shaped by ethnic diversity and nomadic tourist populations

Collected interviews with the Nobel Prize winner in which she describes herself as an African American writer and that show her to be an artist whose creativity is intimately linked with her African American experience

A study of one of popular culture’s superstars whose enchanting mystique pervades the modern world

Interviews from over the course of the author's career document his views on writing, poetry, drama, and the social role of the writer

How the craze of exhausting marathon dancing during the 1920s and '30s mirrored America’s struggle to outlast social problems of the era

An essential how-to guide for researching ancestral roots in the Magnolia State

The largest and most diverse collection of Louisiana folktales ever published

This collection of essays by the astute historian Eli N. Evans is written from the unique perspective of a Jew raised in the South.

Recipes for real southern cooking, especially for gourmands who decry “fast foods” and “southern food” advertised along the roadside

Works by the Nobel Prize author as seen in psychological perspectives

A spellbinding novel named as a finalist for the National Book Award in 1973

A glossary that will lead readers through the complexities of one of William Faulkner's major works

A widow's riveting yet poignant memoir of her marriage to a prolific creator, the extremely inspired Gulf Coast artist Walter Anderson, whose splendid art was heightened and enriched by his madness

A search for the heart of America’s most prevalent form of music to learn what caused its astonishing popularity

The remarkably complex romance in which Du Bois confronted the twentieth century world that had closed itself to people of color

For all hikers a guidebook for excursions along the Magnolia State’s trails and lanes and through teeming nature sites

For general readers a guide to understanding a debilitating genetic disease that affects tens of thousands who are of African heritage

The confrontational shock aesthetics and ritual meanings characteristic of body art practiced by punk rockers and neo-tribalists

For aficionados of one of the world’s most delectable crustaceans an indispensable handbook chock full of lore, legends, and recipes

Collected interviews with the award-winning African American author of A Lesson Before Dying, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, A Gathering of Old Men, "The Sky Is Gray," and many other works

A keepsake album for all fans celebrating the centennial of the funny papers

Interviews with the author of Invisible Man and many other works

Set in ancient Greece, a novel that explores a feisty slave girl’s flight to liberation

A comprehensive look at the traditional culture in a distinct region of Appalachia

The first comprehensive anthology of Native American literature representing tribes of the Southeastern U.S

A stimulating encounter with the vigorous mountain culture and enduring folklife of the Ozarks