University Press
of mississippi
Complete List of Books in Print
2007-2008
TITLE LIST (Includes titles through February 2008)
125 Years at Mississippi State University: A Pictorial History of the People’s University. Distributed for Mississippi State University Foundation, Inc. In vintage photographs, a panorama of the university’s history on its 125th anniversary. 2004, 144 pp., 190 b&w photographs,
132 color photographs, ISBN 978-0-9743201-0-6, cloth, $49.95T.
20 over 40 Edited by David Galef and Beth Weinhouse. Stories about the
unique perils and tensions of middle age. 2006, 400 pp., introduction,
ISBN 978-1-57806-903-3, paper, $20.00T.
Aaron Douglas: Art, Race, and the Harlem Renaissance By Amy
Kirschke. The only book about the premier visual artist of the Harlem
Renaissance. 1995, 256 pp., 80 b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-0-87805800-6, paper, $27.00S.
Aaron Henry: The Fire Ever Burning By Aaron Henry with Constance
Curry. Introduction by John Dittmer. The memoir of a fearless black
leader in the civil rights struggle in Mississippi. Margaret Walker Alexander Series in African American Studies. 2000, 260 pp., 25 b&w
photographs, ISBN 978-1-57806-212-6, cloth, $30.00S.
Acadian to Cajun: Transformation of a People, 1803-1877 By Carl A.
Brasseaux. A study of unusual documentary resources that disclose
the processes of cultural evolution that transformed the Acadians of
early Louisiana into the Cajuns of today. 1992, 280 pp., ISBN 978-087805-583-8, paper, $22.00T.
Accidental Ambassador Gordo: The Comic Strip Art of Gus Arriola By
Robert C. Harvey and Gus Arriola. A biography of the notable Mexican American cartoonist and an appreciative history of his creation.
Studies in Popular Culture Series. 2000, 256 pp., 8 pages of color illustrations, 460 b&w cartoon strips, ISBN 978-1-57806-160-0 unjacketed cloth, $55.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-161-7, paper, $27.00T.
Across the Creek: Faulkner Family Stories By Jim Faulkner. Foreword
by Floyd C. Watkins. Early glimpses and letters that reveal William
Faulkner in a family setting. 2005, 104 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-878-4,
paper, $20.00D.
Adopting Alyosha: A Single Man Finds a Son in Russia By Robert Klose.
Through bureaucracies and bottlenecks, a bachelor’s quest that ends
in a Moscow orphanage. 1999, 165 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-119-8,
cloth, $24.00T.
The Aesthetics of Toni Morrison: Speaking the Unspeakable Edited by
Marc C. Conner. A traditional yet fresh approach to grasping the
power of Morrison’s writing. 2000, 184 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-2850, paper, $22.00S.
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Affect and Power: Essays on Sex, Slavery, Race, and Religion Edited by
David J. Libby, Paul Spickard, and Susan Ditto. Foreword by Charles
Joyner. Introduction by Sheila L. Skemp. Published for the Department
of History, University of Mississippi. An anthology honoring the work
of the influential historian Winthrop D. Jordan. 2005, 240 pp., foreword, introduction, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-769-5, cloth, $50.00S;
ISBN 978-1-934110-33-1, paper, $25.00D.
Africa and the Blues By Gerhard Kubik. A narrative that explores the
African genealogy of American Blues. American Made Music Series.
1999, 240 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-146-4, paper, $22.00S.
African-American Proverbs in Context By Sw. Anand Prahlad. A groundbreaking study of proverbs in African-American speech from slave
times to the present. 1996, 288 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-890-7, paper,
$25.00D.
African American Religion and the Civil Rights Movement in Arkansas
By Johnny E. Williams. A history of how African American churches
produced political firebrands in a call for civil rights and justice. Margaret Walker Alexander Series in African American Studies. 2003, 272
pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-545-5, cloth, $48.00S.
African American Writers: Portraits and Visions By Lynda Koolish. Introduction by Cynthia Tucker. A spectacular collection of photographs
that showcases the nation’s abundant treasury of African American
writers. 2001, 132 pp., 59 b&w duotone photographs, ISBN 978-157806-258-4, cloth, $45.00T.
Africans and Seminoles: From Removal to Emancipation By Daniel
F. Littlefield, Jr. A new edition of a standard work documenting the
interrelationship of two racial cultures in antebellum Florida and
Oklahoma. A Banner Book. 2001, 296 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-360-4,
paper, $22.00S.
After the Machine: Visual Arts and the Erasing of Cultural Boundaries
By Miles Orvell. How the vision of the artist and the edges of modern culture have been changed by the environment of technology.
1995, 240 pp., 45 b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-0-87805-755-9, paper,
$20.00S.
After Removal: The Choctaw in Mississippi Edited by Samuel J. Wells
and Roseanna Tubby. A collection of essays focused upon the vestige
of the Choctaw tribe that remained in Mississippi after the Treaty of
Dancing Rabbit Creek had exiled most of this tribe to the Oklahoma
Territory. 2004, ISBN 978-1-57806-684-1, paper, $25.00D.
After Southern Modernism: Fiction of the Contemporary South By
Matthew Guinn. A provocative reckoning of the challenging new direction southern literature has taken in the works of nine authors.
2000, 232 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-272-0, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S;
ISBN 978-1-57806-273-7, paper, $20.00S.
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Air Ball: American Education’s Failed Experiment with Elite Athletics
By John R. Gerdy. An insider’s assessment of how big-time college
sports is in crisis and how it can be fixed. 2006, 224 pp., ISBN 978-157806-838-8, cloth, $28.00T.
American Singers: Twenty-seven Portraits in Song By Whitney Balliett.
“Whitney Balliett is, without a rival in sight, the most literate and
knowledgeable living writer on jazz.” –Alistair Cooke. 2005, 248 pp.,
ISBN 978-1-57806-835-7, paper, $25.00D.
Akira Kurosawa: Interviews Edited by Bert Cardullo. Interviews with the
first Japanese director widely known in the West after his Rashomon
won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival in 1951. Conversations
with Filmmakers Series. 2007, 224 pp., introduction, chronology, filmography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-996-5, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S;
ISBN 978-1-57806-997-2, paper, $20.00T.
Americans at War By Stephen E. Ambrose. An eminent historian’s essays
that portray the American way of war. 1997, 240 pp., ISBN 978-157806-026-9, cloth, $35.00T.
Alfred Hitchcock: Interviews Edited by Sidney Gottlieb. A collection of
interviews with the director who has become synonymous with both
stylish, sophisticated suspense and mordant black comedy. Conversations with Filmmakers Series. 2003, 280 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-561-5,
unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-562-2, paper, $22.00T.
Alice Faye: A Life Beyond the Silver Screen By Jane Lenz Elder. The
biography of the 20th Century Fox film star who quit acting at the
pinnacle of her career and found happiness and success after Hollywood. Hollywood Legends Series. 2002, 328 pp., 25 b&w halftones,
ISBN 978-1-57806-210-2, cloth, $30.00T.
An Alphabet By Walter Anderson. Anderson’s blockprint alphabet pictures
from apple to zebra, in a new edition suitable for hand coloring. 1992,
1996, 2006, 64 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-573-9, paper, $15.00T.
Anabasis: A Journey to the Interior By Ellen Gilchrist. Set in ancient
Greece, a novel that explores a feisty slave girl’s flight to liberation.
1995, 298 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-821-1, paper, $15.95T.
Andrei Tarkovsky: Interviews Edited by John Gianvito. A collection of
interviews with the Russian filmmaker who directed Andrei Roublev,
Solaris, and The Mirror. Conversations with Filmmakers Series. 2006,
224 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-219-5, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN
978-1-57806-220-1, paper, $22.00T.
Aliens, Ghosts, and Cults: Legends We Live By Bill Ellis. How tales we tell
impact our day-to-day lives. 2003, 312 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-648-3,
paper, $25.00D.
Anne McCaffrey: A Life with Dragons By Robin Roberts. A biography of
one of the first women to achieve international success writing science fiction. 2007, 240 pp., 30 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index,
ISBN 978-1-57806-998-9, cloth, $28.00T.
Alternative Comics: An Emerging Literature By Charles Hatfield. An exploration of the potential for self-expression found in groundbreaking comics and graphic novels. 2005, 256 pp., 60 illustrations, bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-719-0, paper, $22.00T.
Anteaters Don’t Dream and Other Stories By Louise Hawes. Edgy short
stories from an acclaimed author. 2007, 176 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806938-5, cloth, $25.00T.
American Exceptionalism By Deborah L. Madsen. A close-up look at
America’s perceived historical ideal. 1998, 186 pp., ISBN 978-157806-108-2, paper, $20.00S.
American Icons: From Madison to Manhattan, the Art of Benny Andrews, 1948–1997 By J. Richard Gruber. Distributed for the Morris
Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia. An illustrated biography of the
famous Georgia-born, New York artist. 2005, 268 pp., 101 b&w illustrations, 116 color illustrations, ISBN 978-1-890021-01-6, paper,
$49.95T.
American Indian Children at School, 1850–1930 By Michael C. Coleman. Drawn from Native American autobiographical accounts, a
study revealing white society’s program of civilizing American Indian schoolchildren. 1993, 230 pp., ISBN 978-1-60473-009-8, paper,
$25.00D.
Anything Can Happen in a Comic Strip: Centennial Reflections on an
American Art Form By M. Thomas Inge. A keepsake album for all
fans celebrating the centennial of the funny papers. Co-published
with the Ohio State University Library and Randolph-Macon College. 1996, 48 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-847-1, paper, $15.00T.
Apostles of Light By Ellen Douglas. Introduction by Elizabeth Spencer. A
spellbinding novel named as a finalist for the National Book Award
in 1973. A Banner Book. 1994, 320 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-738-2,
paper, $20.00T.
Appalachian Lives By Shelby Lee Adams. Introduction by Vicki Goldberg.
Photographs that trace time across the faces and lives of Appalachian
families. 2003, 108 pp., 80 duotone photographs, introduction. ISBN
978-1-57806-540-0, cloth, $50.00T.
American Musicians II: Seventy-one Portraits in Jazz By Whitney Balliett. “He brings a poet’s burning glass to his reflections on the art of
music-making.” –James T. Maher. 2005, 528 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806834-0, paper, $30.00D.
Approaching the Magic Hour: Memories of Walter Anderson By Agnes
Grinstead Anderson. Edited by Patti Carr Black. 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. 1989, 178 pp., 35
b&w photographs, ISBN 978-0-87805-803-7, paper, $20.00T.
American Raiders: The Race to Capture the Luftwaffe’s Secrets By Wolfgang W. E. Samuel. A riveting account of the American servicemen
who scrambled to keep Hitler’s technology out of Soviet’s hands.
2004, 384 pp., 77 b&w photographs, bibliography, index, ISBN 9781-57806-649-0, cloth, $37.00T.
Arguing Comics: Literary Masters on a Popular Medium Edited by Jeet
Heer and Kent Worcester. An anthology charting the long-standing
cultural conversation that the comics sparked. Studies in Popular Culture Series. 2004, 208 pp., bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806687-2, paper, $25.00T.
Postmaster: University Press of Mississippi. Issue Date: December 2007. Three times annually (January, June, December), plus supplements.
Located at University Press of Mississippi, 3825 Ridgewood Road, Jackson, Mississippi 39211-6492. Promotional publications are distributed
free of charge to customers and prospective customers. Issue number: 3
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Arrowheads and Spear Points in the Prehistoric Southeast: A Guide
to Understanding Cultural Artifacts By Linda Crawford Culberson.
How to identify your fascinating find and understand the culture that
produced it. 1993, 118 pp., 110 line drawings, ISBN 978-0-87805638-5, paper, $20.00T.
Autobiography of a Female Slave By Mattie Griffith. Afterword by Joe
Lockard. In a new printing, a pseudo-slave narrative published in
1856 to impel the cause of abolition. A Banner Book. 1998, 408 pp.,
ISBN 978-1-57806-046-7, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-157806-047-4, paper, $25.00S.
Art in Mississippi, 1720–1980 By Patti Carr Black. An elegant and panoramic overview of Mississippi’s art heritage. Co-published with the
Mississippi Historical Society. Heritage of Mississippi Series, Mississippi Historical Society. 1998, 320 pp., 230 color plates, ISBN 978-157806-084-9, cloth, $60.00T.
The Avant-Garde and American Postmodernity: Small Incisive Shocks
By Philip Nel. An evaluation that tracks American culture’s shift from
modernism into postmodernism. 2002, 256 pp., 41 b&w illustrations,
ISBN 978-1-57806-490-8, cloth, $50.00S.
The Art of Nellie Mae Rowe By Lee Kogan. Memory paintings of the rural
South by the daughter of a former slave. Distributed for the Museum
of American Folk Art. 1999, 112 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-132-7, cloth,
$30.00T.
The Art of the Comic Book: An Aesthetic History By Robert C. Harvey. A
history of the comic book, in which a noted cartoonist demonstrates
the aesthetics and power of the medium. Studies in Popular Culture
Series. 1995, 280 pp., 145 b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-0-87805-7580, paper, $28.00D.
The Art of the Funnies: An Aesthetic History By Robert C. Harvey. Exploration of the comic strip for elements that make the funnies one of
the most appealing of the popular arts. Studies in Popular Culture Series. 1994, 298 pp., 120 b&w illustrations, index, ISBN 978-0-87805612-5, cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-0-87805-674-3, paper, $25.00T.
The Art of Walter Anderson Edited by Patricia Pinson. Copublished with
the Walter Anderson Museum of Art. In celebration of his centennial,
an overview of the life and works of “the South’s greatest artist.” 2003,
272 pp., 175 color plates, ISBN 978-1-57806-601-8, paper, $45.00T.
The Art of William Edmondson Foreword by John Wetenhall. Co-published with The Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, Tennessee.
A showcase of works by the Tennessee artist called the greatest folk
carver of the twentieth century. 2000, 256 pp., 20 color photographs,
190 duotones, ISBN 978-1-57806-181-5, paper, $35.00T.
Art Spiegelman: Conversations Edited by Joseph Witek. Interviews with
the Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of Maus: A Survivor’s Tale. Conversations with Comic Artists Series. 2007, 320 pp., 17 illustrations, introduction, chronology, index, ISBN 978-1-934110-11-9, unjacketed
cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-934110-12-6, paper, $20.00T.
Ash of Stars: On the Writing of Samuel R. Delany Edited by James Sallis.
A critical appreciation of the acclaimed science-fiction writer and his
works. 1996, 216 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-852-5, cloth with printed
cover, $48.00S; ISBN 978-0-87805-895-2, paper, $22.00S.
Assembling Art: The Machine and the American Avant-Garde By Barbara Zabel. An examination of early modernism’s revolutionary alliance with the machine. 2004, 224 pp., 68 b&w halftones, ISBN 978-157806-595-0, cloth, $50.00S.
Autobiography as Activism: Three Black Women of the Sixties By
Margo V. Perkins. A study of the Black Power narratives of Angela
Davis, Assata Shakur (a.k.a. JoAnne Chesimard), and Elaine Brown
as instruments for radical social change. Recipient of the Mississippi
University for Women’s Eudora Welty Prize. 2000, 176 pp., ISBN 9781-57806-264-5, paper, $20.00S.
Backseat Quarterback By Perian Conerly. Foreword by Frank Gifford. A
wife’s insider story of her marriage to a famous New York Giant during the golden days of professional football. 2003, 267 pp., 20 b&w
photographs, ISBN 978-1-57806-597-4, cloth, $30.00T.
Bad Boy of Gospel Music: The Calvin Newton Story By Russ Cheatham.
The prodigal-son biography of a gospel music legend with the voice of
an angel and a hell-bent drive toward self-destruction. American Made
Music Series. 2003, 6 b&w photographs, ISBN 978-1-57806-552-3, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-553-0, paper, $22.00T.
Barry Hannah: Postmodern Romantic By Ruth D. Weston. A thematic
tour of the complete works from this exceptional Southern writer.
2005, 184 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-814-2, $22.00D.
Bashert: A Granddaughter’s Holocaust Quest By Andrea Simon. An
American Jew’s fervent sojourn to Eastern Europe in search of family
history. Willie Morris Books in Memoir and Biography. 2002, 312 pp.,
32 b&w halftones, 2 maps, 2 family trees, ISBN 978-1-57806-481-6,
cloth, $32.00S.
Batboys and the World of Baseball By Neil D. Isaacs. A unique look at
baseball’s clubhouse culture through the eyes of batboys. Studies in
Popular Culture Series. 1995, 288 pp., 40 b&w photographs, ISBN
978-0-87805-772-6, paper, $22.00T.
Beaches, Blood, and Ballots: A Black Doctor’s Civil Rights Struggle By
Gilbert R. Mason, M.D., with James Patterson Smith. “The book, the
first to focus on the integration of the Gulf Coast, is a riveting memoir by Mason, a major civil rights figure in Mississippi who fought
with Medgar Evers, Aaron Henry, and others to combat the injustice
of segregation.” —Mississippi History Newsletter. Margaret Walker Alexander Series in African American Studies. 2007, 227 pp., 32 b&w
illustrations, introduction, index, ISBN 978-1-934110-28-7, paper,
$20.00T.
The Beatles: Image and the Media By Michael R. Frontani. A study of the
forces that transformed four Liverpool musicians into icons for the
1960s. 2007, 240 pp., bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-965-1,
unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-966-8, paper, $20.00S.
Beetlecreek By William Demby. Afterword By James C. Hall. A novel in
which there is candid treatment of desperate isolation in a small
town’s black quarter. A Banner Book. 1998, 232 pp., ISBN 978-157806-106-8, paper, $22.00D.
Bernardo Bertolucci: Interviews Edited by Fabien S. Gerard, T. Jefferson
Kline, and Bruce Sklarew. Forty years of collected interviews with the
influential filmmaker of The Last Emperor, Last Tango in Paris, and
Little Buddha. Conversations with Filmmakers Series. 2000, 256 pp.,
ISBN 978-1-57806-204-1, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-157806-205-8, paper, $22.00T.
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Between God and Man: Angels in Italian Art By Francesco Buranelli.
Edited by Robin C. Dietrick. Essays by Marco Bussagli, Cecilia Sica,
and Roberta Bernabei. How Italian artists have represented one of the
most revered religious images—the angel. Distributed for the Mississippi Museum of Art. 2007, 192 pp., 161 color illustrations, 6 b&w
illustrations, and 2 line illustrations, ISBN 978-1-887422-15-4, cloth,
$34.95T.
The Big Ballad Jamboree By Donald Davidson. Edited by Curtis W. Ellison and William Pratt. A southern literary master’s captivating novel
about the rise of a Nashville-bound singer as “hillbilly” evolves into
“country.” 1998, 296 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-098-6, paper, $22.00D.
Bike Week at Daytona Beach: Bad Boys and Fancy Toys Text and photographs by Roby Page. A twin-cam appreciation from twenty years of
riding in one of America’s largest Harley gatherings. 2005, 144 pp.,
93 b&w photographs, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-764-0, unjacketed
cloth, $55.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-765-7, paper, $27.00T.
Billy Wilder: Interviews Edited by Robert Horton. In-depth profiles, spirited Q&A’s, and on-the-set glimpses of the director at work. Conversations with Filmmakers Series. 2002, 240 pp., 10 b&w film stills,
ISBN 978-1-57806-443-4, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-157806-444-1, paper, $22.00T.
Birds of Mississippi By William H. Turcotte and David L. Watts. Foreword
by Chandler S. Robbins. The first book on the diversity, distribution,
conservation, and history of birds in the Magnolia State. Co-published with the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and
Parks. 1999, 472 pp., 394 range maps, 99 b&w photographs, 24 color
photographs, ISBN 978-1-57806-110-5, cloth, $50.00T.
Birth Chairs, Midwives, and Medicine By Amanda Carson Banks. A
study of how birthing methods have evolved and how key practices
have returned. 1999, 184 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-171-6, unjacketed
cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-172-3, paper, $20.00S.
Black Cloud, White Cloud By Ellen Douglas. Illustrations by Elizabeth
Wolfe. Afterword by Ellen Douglas. A collection of short fiction by the
acclaimed author of Can’t Quit You, Baby, in a new edition enhanced
with fourteen illustrations by an artist who has grasped the subtle issues in these four stories that explore the intimacy and estrangement
between the races in the American South. Author and Artist Series.
1989, 152 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-393-3, cloth, $30.00T; ISBN 978-087805-397-1, limited cloth, $65.00L.
Black Diva of the Thirties: The Life of Ruby Elzy By David E. Weaver.
The biography of a black operatic soprano who died too soon. Willie Morris Book in Memoir and Biography. 2004, 208 pp., 22 b&w
photographs, bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-651-3, cloth,
$28.00T.
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Black and White: Cultural Interaction in the Antebellum South Edited
by Ted Ownby. An assessment of the cultural mix of slave and slave
holder. 1993, 241 pp., ISBN 978-1-60473-010-4, paper, $25.00D.
Black Writers, White Publishers: Marketplace Politics in TwentiethCentury African American Literature By John K. Young. A thoughtful examination of rough drafts and marketing pressures that reveal
conflicts and compromises between five great authors and their publishers. 2006, 240 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-846-3, cloth, $40.00S.
Black-Jewish Relations on Trial: Leo Frank and Jim Conley in the New
South By Jeffrey Melnick. An analysis of the Leo Frank case as a measure of the complexities characterizing the relationship between African Americans and Jews in North America. 2000, 184 pp., ISBN 9781-57806-286-7, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-287-4,
paper, $20.00S.
Bloody Mary in the Mirror: Essays in Psychoanalytic Folkloristics By
Alan Dundes. Seven ways in which psychoanalysis illuminates folklore. 2002, 168 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-461-8, cloth, $50.00S.
Blue Ridge Folklife By Ted Olson. An appreciation of the rich and distinctive folklife in one of the earliest settled regions in southern Appalachia. Folklife in the South Series. 1998, 257 pp., 30 b&w photographs.
ISBN 978-1-57806-022-1, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-157806-023-8, paper, $20.00S.
‘Blues Boy’: The Life and Music of B. B. King By Sebastian Danchin. A
richly detailed and balanced portrait of the “King of the Blues.” American Made Music Series. 1998, 224 pp., 20 b&w photographs, ISBN
978-1-57806-017-7, cloth, $30.00T.
Blues Mandolin Man: The Life and Music of Yank Rachell By Richard
Congress. Foreword by David Evans. The first biography of a blues
maker who kept “country blues” and jug-band style alive. American
Made Music Series. 2001, 208 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-333-8, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-334-5, paper, $22.00S.
Blues Traveling: The Holy Sites of Delta Blues, Second Edition By Steve
Cheseborough. Updated and expanded, the indispensable guidebook
to the blues birthplaces, juke joints, and crossroads of Mississippi,
Memphis, and Helena. 2004, 256 pp., 50 b&w photographs, 11 maps,
discography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-650-6, paper, $20.00T.
Bodies: Sex, Violence, Disease, and Death in Contemporary Legend
By Gillian Bennett. An examination of the most gruesome tales in
contemporary urban legend. 2005, 272 pp., 1 table, index, ISBN 9781-57806-789-3, cloth, $48.00S.
Body Parts By Jere Hoar. Rollicking, original short stories with a southern
accent. 1997, 286 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-019-1, cloth, $30.00T.
Black Exodus: The Great Migration from the American South Edited
by Alferdteen Harrison. An exploration of the impact of the massive
migration of southern blacks to the North. 1991, 107 pp., ISBN 9780-87805-609-5, paper, $20.00D.
Bohemian New Orleans: The Story of the Outsider and Loujon Press By
Jeff Weddle. A history of a small but mighty publisher in the vanguard
of the small press movement. 2007, 240 pp., 30 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-974-3, cloth, $28.00T.
Black Rock: A Zuni Cultural Landscape and the Meaning of Place By
William A. Dodge. A thoughtful examination of how a shared sense
of place evolves over time. 2007, 240 pp., 49 b&w images, 13 maps,
bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-993-4, cloth, $50.00S.
Booker T. Washington in Perspective: Essays of Louis R. Harlan Edited
by Raymond Smock. This book, an important companion volume to
Louis R. Harlan’s prize-winning biography of Booker T. Washington,
makes available for the first time in one collection Harlan’s essays on
the life and career of the celebrated black leader. 2006, 224 pp., ISBN
978-1-57806-928-6, paper, $25.00D.
Black Superheroes, Milestone Comics, and Their Fans By Jeffrey A.
Brown. A history of the trailblazing comics that broke color barriers and portrayed African Americans in heroic storylines. Studies in
Popular Culture Series. 2001, 256 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-281-2, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-282-9, paper, $20.00T.
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‘Boomerang’ and ‘Never Die’ By Barry Hannah, with an introduction By
Rick Bass. Two Hannah novels in one volume. A Banner Book. 1994,
320 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-702-3, paper, $22.00T.
Born in the U. S. A.: The Myths of America in Popular Music from
Colonial Times to the Present By Timothy E. Scheurer. The vision
of America seen through the lyrics of its popular songs. Studies in
Popular Culture Series. 1991, 280 pp., ISBN 978-1-934110-56-0, paper, $25.00D.
A Boy Named Sue: Gender and Country Music Edited by Kristine M.
McCusker and Diane Pecknold. An anthology that questions the roles
gender plays in creating and marketing a great American musical
form. American Made Music Series. 2004, 208 pp., 16 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-677-3, unjacketed
cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-678-0, paper, $20.00S.
Breaking the Rule of Cool: Interviewing and Reading Women Beat
Writers By Nancy M. Grace and Ronna C. Johnson. Interviews and
essays that spotlight women Beat writers who broke with social and
literary norms and with the male rule of Cool. 2004, 224 pp., 9 b&w
photographs, bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-653-7, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-654-4, paper, $22.00S.
Bret Harte: Prince and Pauper By Axel Nissen. A biography that charts
the boom and bust of America’s first celebrity author, once Mark
Twain’s chief rival in American literature. 2000, 360 pp., ISBN 978-157806-253-9, cloth, $32.00S.
Brian De Palma: Interviews Edited by Laurence F. Knapp. Profiles and
q&a interviews which follow De Palma’s fortunes as he makes the
transition from underground filmmaker to celebrity auteur. Conversations with Filmmakers Series. 2003, 232 pp., 10 b&w film stills,
ISBN 978-1-57806-515-8, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-157806-516-5, paper, $22.00T.
Britain and the American South: From Colonialism to Rock and Roll
Edited by Joseph P. Ward. Essays that trace the long inter-relationship between Britain and the American South in music, religion, and
trade. Chancellor Porter L. Fortune Symposium in Southern History
Series. 2003, 224 pp., 20 line illustrations, documentary notes, index,
ISBN 978-1-57806-580-6, cloth, $50.00S.
Building Louisiana: The Legacy of the Public Works Administration By
Robert D. Leighninger, Jr. A survey of New Deal construction projects
and their lasting social and political impact. 2007, 240 pp., 75 b&w
illustrations, 8 tables, ISBN 978-1-57806-945-3, cloth, $50.00S.
A Business Career By Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited by Matthew Wilson and
Marjan van Schaik. Introduction by Matthew Wilson. A renowned African American author’s first novel with an entire cast of white characters. 2005, 192 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-761-9, cloth, $40.00S.
Buster Keaton: Interviews Edited by Kevin W. Sweeney. Interviews with
one of the most iconic stars of Hollywood’s silent and early sound
eras. Conversations with Filmmakers Series. 2007, 224 pp., introduction, chronology, filmography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-962-0, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-963-7, paper, $20.00T.
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C. L. R. James on the ‘Negro Question’ Edited by Scott McLemee. The
first collection of writings on African-American topics by this internationally influential pan-African thinker. 1996, ISBN 978-0-87805823-5, paper, $20.00S.
Cajun and Creole Folktales Collected and annotated by Barry Jean Ancelet. The largest and most diverse collection of Louisiana folktales
ever published. 1994, 296 pp., 10 halftone photographs, bibliography,
index, ISBN 978-0-87805-709-2, paper, $25.00T.
Cajun and Creole Music Makers: Musiciens cadiens et créoles Text by
Barry Jean Ancelet. Photographs By Elemore Morgan, Jr. In English
and French, an up-close encounter with musicians from South Louisiana. 1999, 176 pp., 120 color photographs, bibliography, filmography, ISBN 978-1-57806-170-9, paper, $40.00T.
Cajun Country By Barry Jean Ancelet, Jay Edwards, and Glen Pitre. A sensitive, comprehensive study providing the broadest look at traditional
Cajun culture ever assembled. Folklife in the South Series. 1991, 46
b&w photographs, 11 maps, 18 illustrations, 256 pp, ISBN 978-087805-467-1, paper, $22.00D.
Cajun Foodways By C. Paige Gutierrez. Foreword by Barry Jean Ancelet.
A study of the relationship between Cajun food and modern Cajun
ethnic identity. 2004, ISBN 978-0-87805-563-0, paper, $22.00D.
Cajun Mardi Gras Masks By Carl Lindahl and Carolyn Ware. A study of
Cajun Mardi Gras and its traditional maskmaking. Folk Art and Artists Series. 1997, 96 pp., 80 color illustrations, ISBN 978-0-87805-9683, cloth with printed cover, $25.00T.
The Cajuns: Americanization of a People By Shane K. Bernard. A history
of how Cajun culture coped with forces that threatened its uniqueness. 2003, 224 pp., 14 b&w photographs, index, ISBN 978-1-57806522-6, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-523-3, paper,
$20.00T.
Can Anything Beat White? A Black Family’s Letters Compiled and edited by Elisabeth Petry. Introduction by Farah Jasmine Griffin. A treasure trove of correspondence among novelist Ann Petry’s ancestors.
Margaret Walker Alexander Series in African American Studies. 2005,
240 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-785-5, cloth, $35.00S.
Canadian Women Writing Fiction Edited by Mickey Pearlman. A search
for the sense of identity in the works of fourteen Canadian women
writers. 1993, 288 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-636-1, cloth, $45.00S.
Canoeing Louisiana By Ernest Herndon. The complete guidebook for
paddling the rivers, streams, swamps, and lakes of the Sportsman’s
Paradise. 2003, 224 pp., 20 b&w photographs, 5 maps, appendix, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-425-0, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 9781-57806-426-7, paper, $20.00T.
Canoeing Mississippi By Ernest Herndon. The complete guidebook for
paddling the rivers and streams of Mississippi. 2001, 272 pp., ISBN
978-1-57806-221-8, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806222-5, paper, $20.00T.
C. L. R. James: A Critical Introduction By Aldon Lynn Nielsen. A critical
analysis of writings of a founder of the Pan-African revolution. 1997,
224 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-973-7, paper, $22.00S.
The Capers Papers By Charlotte Capers. Foreword by Eudora Welty. Essays
that offer a pleasurable jaunt through the irrepressibly funny world of
a gifted raconteur. A Muscadine Book. 1982, 1992, 128 pages, ISBN
978-0-87805-601-9, paper, $18.00T.
C. L. R. James and Creolization: Circles of Influence By Nicole King. A
study that unites James and the individual pieces of his work in the
full perspective of his thought. 2001, 192 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-3642, cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-934110-49-2, paper, $25.00D.
Carl Barks and the Disney Comic Book: Unmasking the Myth of Modernity By Thomas Andrae. The first full-length critical study of the
genius who created Duckburg and Uncle Scrooge. 2006, 272 pp.,
ISBN 978-1-57806-858-6, paper, $20.00T.
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Carl Barks: Conversations Edited By Donald Ault. Interviews with the
Disney artist who created Scrooge McDuck and many well-loved
comic books. Conversations with Comic Artists Series. 2003, 288 pp.,
25 b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-1-57806-500-4, unjacketed cloth,
$50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-501-1, paper, $20.00T.
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Choctaw Tales Collected and annotated by Tom Mould. Foreword by Chief
Phillip Martin. A treasury of tribal lore told by past and present
Choctaw storytellers. 2004, 256 pp., 38 b&w illustrations, foreword,
bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-683-4, paper, $22.00T.
Carlos Saura: Interviews Edited By Linda M. Willem. Collected interviews
with the Spanish filmmaker of Mama Turns a Hundred, Carmen, and
Tango. Conversations with Filmmakers Series. 2003, 232 pp., 10 b&w
film stills, ISBN 978-1-57806-493-9, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN
978-1-57806-494-6, paper, $22.00T.
The Christ-Haunted Landscape: Faith and Doubt in Southern Fiction
By Susan Ketchin, with fiction by 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. 1994, 352 pp., 978-0-87805-670-5, paper,
$27.00S.
Carolina Piedmont Country By John M. Coggeshall. A comprehensive
view of the fascinating folklife in the Appalachian foothills of North
and South Carolina. Folklife in the South Series. 1996, 256 pp., 30 b&w
illustrations, ISBN 978-0-87805-766-5, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S;
ISBN 978-0-87805-767-2, paper, $20.00S.
Christenberry: Reconstruction: The Art of William Christenberry By
Trudy Wilner Stack. A three decades retrospective in which a southern mixed-media artist investigates his heritage and expresses his social awareness. 1996, 204 pp., 155 color plates, 12 b&w illustrations,
ISBN 978-0-87805-857-0, paper, $35.00T.
Carville: Remembering Leprosy in America By Marcia Gaudet. Foreword by James Carville. Personal accounts of life in America’s last
colony for sufferers of Hansen’s disease. 2004, 176 pp., 16 b&w photographs, foreword, bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-693-3,
cloth, $28.00S.
Christmas Stories from Georgia Edited by Dorothy Dodge Robbins and
Kenneth Robbins. Stories that share the Peach State’s unique holiday
spirit. 2005, 208 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-795-4, cloth, $30.00T.
Castle in the Gloom By Paul Ruffin. A literary thriller in which terror and
captivity salvage a disintegrating marriage. 2004, 256 pp., ISBN 9781-57806-618-6, cloth, $30.00T.
Changing Channels: The Civil Rights Case that Transformed Television
By Kay Mills. The history of a minority-rights lawsuit that revolutionized American broadcasting. 2004, 232 pp., 30 b&w photographs,
timeline, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-519-6, cloth, $32.00S.
Charles Johnson: The Novelist as Philosopher Edited by Marc C. Conner
and William R. Nash. Engagements with the entire body of the National Book Award winner’s work. 2007, 240 pp., introduction, bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-973-6, cloth, $50.00S.
Charles M. Schulz: Conversations Edited By M. Thomas Inge. A biography in interviews of one of America’s best-loved comic strip masters.
Conversations with Comic Artists Series. 2000, 304 pp., ISBN 978-157806-304-8, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-305-5,
paper, $20.00T.
Charlie Chaplin: Interviews Edited by Kevin J. Hayes. A collection of interviews that offers a complex portrait of perhaps the world’s greatest
cinematic comedian and a man who is considered to be one of the
most influential screen artists in movie history. Conversations with
Filmmakers Series. 2005, 192 pp., introduction, chronology, filmography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-701-5, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S;
ISBN 978-1-57806-702-2, paper, $22.00T.
Children of the Dark House: Text and Context in Faulkner By Noel Polk.
A probing look into the brooding Freudian world of the Nobel laureate’s life and works. 1998, 224 pp., 4 b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-157806-103-7, paper, $20.00S.
Chita: A Memory of Last Island By Lafcadio Hearn. Edited by Delia La
Barre. Introduction by Jefferson Humphries. A lush, evocative novel
about a mysterious girl who survives a devastating hurricane in old
Louisiana. A Banner Book. 2003, 128 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-558-5,
cloth, $22.00T.
The Choctaw before Removal Edited by Carolyn Keller Reeves. A book
of eight essays focused on Choctaw history prior to 1830, when the
tribe forfeited territorial claims and was removed from lands in Mississippi. 2004, ISBN 978-1-57806-685-8, paper, $25.00D.
Christmas Stories from Louisiana Edited by Dorothy Dodge Robbins and
Kenneth Robbins. Illustrated by Francis X. Pavy. Fiction that ranges
over the many moods and spirits of Yuletide in the Pelican State.
2003, 164 pp., 16 b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-1-57806-588-2, cloth,
$30.00T.
Christmas Stories from Mississippi Edited by Judy H. Tucker and Charline R. McCord. Illustrated by Wyatt Waters. Classic and up-and-coming Mississippi authors share unique Yuletide experiences from the
Deep South. 2001, 216 pp., 17 b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-1-57806381-9, cloth, $30.00T.
Chuck Jones: Conversations Edited by Maureen Furniss. Interviews with
the legendary Warner Bros. artist who helped shaped the history of
American animation. Conversations with Comic Artists Series. 2005,
256 pp., introduction, chronology, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-728-2,
unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-729-9, paper, $20.00T.
Cinderella in America: A Book of Folk and Fairy Tales Compiled and
edited by William Bernard McCarthy. The first-of-its kind anthology
of folk and fairy tales from the United States. 2007, 416 pp., 18 b&w
photographs, 15 musical examples, appendix, bibliography, index,
ISBN 978-1-57806-958-3, unjacketed cloth, $65.00S; ISBN 978-157806-959-0, paper, $30.00S.
Circle Dance: The Art of John T. Scott By Richard Powell. Foreword by
Ellis Marsalis. Copublished with the New Orleans Museum of Art. A
lush appreciation of the African American printmaker, sculptor, and
painter acclaimed as one of New Orleans’s finest living artists. 2005,
128 pp., 100 color photographs, exhibition checklist, bibliography,
ISBN 978-1-57806-773-2, cloth, $45.00T.
The Circle of Guilt By Fredric Wertham. Introduction by William Bush. A
famed psychiatrist’s view of race, mass media, and a rush to judgment
in New York City. 2007, 224 pp., introduction, index, ISBN 978-157806-983-5, paper, $25.00S.
Cite Your Sources: A Manual for Documenting Family Histories and
Genealogical Records By Richard S. Lackey. A how-to guidebook for
those wishing to document their genealogical research in academically acceptable form. Uncomplicated directions and clear examples
from Bibles, wills, letters, interviews, public records, etc. 1986, 94 pp.,
ISBN 978-0-87805-286-8, paper, $13.00T.
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Civil Rights Childhood By Jordana Y. Shakoor. A memoir that details the
realities of black life before and during the Civil Rights Movement in
the segregated South. 2005, 224 pp., 20 b&w photographs, ISBN 9781-57806-881-4, paper, $20.00D.
The Comics By Coulton Waugh. Insights into the aesthetics of one of
popular culture’s favorite art forms. Studies in Popular Culture Series.
1991, 101 b&w illustrations, 364 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-499-2, paper, $25.00D.
Civil Rights Chronicle: Letters from the South By Clarice T. Campbell.
An outsider’s correspondence that documents the fight for civil rights
in the Deep South. 1997, 272 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-953-9, paper,
$22.00D.
Comics as Culture By M. Thomas Inge. These ten essays by one of America’s foremost authorities on popular culture survey the influence of
the comic strip and, despite the legions of detractors, show it to be an
art form that has enriched and reflected most of American culture.
Studies in Popular Culture Series. 1990, 192 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805408-4, paper, $25.00D.
The Civil Rights Movement in America Edited by Charles W. Eagles. A
collection of essays analyzing and emphasizing the origins, strategies,
creative tensions, and politics of the Civil Rights Movement. Chancellor’s Symposium in Southern History Series. 1986, 200 pp., ISBN 9780-87805-298-1, paper, $20.00D.
Civil War Leadership and Mexican War Experience By Kevin Dougherty.
A study of how combat in the Mexican War affected the leaders of the
American Civil War. 2007, 176 pp., 24 b&w illustrations, bibliography, appendix, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-968-2, cloth, $50.00S.
Civil War Mississippi: A Guide By Michael B. Ballard. A handbook to the
state’s Civil War battles, battlefields, and sites to visit. A Muscadine
Book. 2000, 112 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-196-9, paper, $18.00T.
Clarence John Laughlin: Prophet without Honor By A. J. Meek. Foreword
by John H. Lawrence. A biography of a New Orleans photographer of
worldwide acclaim. 2007, 208 pp., 45 b&w photographs, foreword,
chronology, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-909-5, cloth, $30.00T.
Clint Eastwood: Interviews Edited by Robert E. Kapsis and Kathie Coblentz. Collected interviews with the actor/director who has directed
himself more often than any other contemporary dramatic star. Conversations with Filmmakers Series. 1999, 256 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806069-6, cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-070-2, paper, $22.00T.
The Coen Brothers: Interviews Edited by William Rodney Allen. Collected interviews with the quirky and distinctive writer/director team of
such films as Raising Arizona, Intolerable Cruelty, and Barton Fink.
Conversations with Filmmakers Series. 2006, 240 pp., ISBN 978-157806-888-3, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-889-0,
paper, $22.00T.
The Color of Jazz: Race and Representation in Postwar American Culture By Jon Panish. A study of the ways popular culture viewed jazz
and its musicians in postwar America. 1997, ISBN 978-1-57806-0337, paper, $22.00S.
Come Retribution: The Confederate Secret Service and the Assassination of Lincoln By William A. Tidwell, with James O. Hall and David
Winfred Gaddy. An astonishing book that reveals the Confederacy’s
role in the death of Lincoln. 2001, 510 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-348-3,
paper, $30.00T.
Comic Book Culture: Fanboys and True Believers By Matthew J. Pustz.
A close inspection of comic-book lovers and their ever-expanding
culture. Studies in Popular Culture Series. 1999, 232 pp., ISBN 9781-57806-200-3, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-201-0,
paper, $22.00D.
Comic Books as History: The Narrative Art of Jack Jackson, Art
Spiegelman, and Harvey Pekar By Joseph Witek. This first fulllength scholarly study of comic books as a narrative form attempts
to explain why comic books, traditionally considered to be juvenile
trash literature, have in the 1980s been used by serious artists to tell
realistic stories for adults. Studies in Popular Culture Series. 1990, 200
pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-406-0, paper, $22.00D.
Comics as Philosophy Edited by Jeff McLaughlin. An inventive anthology
that uses comics to explore the tenets of philosophy. 2005, 256 pp.,
bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-794-7, cloth, $48.00S; ISBN
978-1-60473-000-5, paper, $25.00D.
Coming Home! Self-Taught Artists, the Bible, and the American South
Edited by Carol Crown. Foreword by Lee Kogan. Copublished with the
Art Museum of the University of Memphis. A fascinating examination of the Bible’s influence on seventy-three self-taught artists and
122 works of art. 2004, 304 pp., 142 color illustrations, foreword,
bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-658-2, cloth, $65.00T; ISBN
978-1-57806-659-9, paper, $30.00T.
Coming to Colorado: A Young Immigrant’s Journey to Become an
American Flyer By Wolfgang W. E. Samuel. The inspiring sequel to
German Boy: A Refugee’s Story. Willie Morris Books in Memoir and
Biography. 2006, 352 pp., 28 b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-1-57806902-6, cloth, $32.00T.
Coming to Term: A Father’s Story of Birth, Loss, and Survival By William H. Woodwell, Jr. A husband’s account of how the heartbreak of
preeclampsia struck his wife and changed their lives forever. 2001,
232 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-374-1, cloth, $25.00S.
Confederate Industry: Manufacturers and Quartermasters in the Civil
War By Harold S. Wilson. A history of the South’s antebellum industrial base, its devastation in war, and its postbellum restoration. A
Military Book Club Selection. 2005, ISBN 978-1-57806-817-3, paper,
$30.00S.
Connecting Times: The Sixties in Afro-American Fiction By Norman
Harris. A stimulating study of 1960s black literature that sees American history through the literary art that rose out of the painful conflicts of Black Power, Vietnam, and the Civil Rights Movement. 1988,
197 pp., ISBN 978-1-934110-59-1, paper, $25.00D.
Contemporary Southern Identity: Community through Controversy
By Rebecca Bridges Watts. A study of four public debates about the
meaning of being southern. 2007. 272 pp., 16 b&w illustrations, index, ISBN 978-1-934110-09-6, cloth, $50.00S.
LITERARY CONVERSATIONS SERIES
Conversations with Albert Murray Edited by Roberta S. Maguire. 1997,
197 pages, ISBN 978-1-57806-007-8, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN
978-1-57806-008-5, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Amiri Baraka Edited by Charlie Reilly. 1994, 288
pages, ISBN 978-0-87805-687-3, paper, $20.00D.
Conversations with Anaïs Nin Edited by Wendy DuBow. 1994, 238 pages,
ISBN 978-0-87805-719-1, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-087805-720-7, paper, $20.00T.
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Conversations with Ann Beattie Edited by Dawn Trouard. 2006, 208 pp.,
ISBN 978-1-57806-922-4, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-157806-923-1, paper, $20.00T.
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Conversations with Elizabeth Spencer Edited by Peggy Whitman Prenshaw. 1991, 262 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-528-9, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Arthur Miller Edited by Matthew C. Roudané. 1987,
ISBN 978-0-87805-323-0, paper, $25.00D.
Conversations with Ellen Douglas Edited by Panthea Reid. 2000, 256 pp.,
ISBN 978-1-57806-279-9, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-157806-280-5, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Audre Lorde Edited by Joan Wylie Hall. 2004, 232
pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-642-1, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 9781-57806-643-8, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Erica Jong Edited by Charlotte Templin. 2002, 232
pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-509-7, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 9781-57806-510-3, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with August Wilson Edited by Jackson R. Bryer and Mary
C. Hartig. 2006, 288 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-830-2, unjacketed cloth,
$50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-831-9, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Ernest Gaines Edited by John Lowe. 1995, 240 pp.,
ISBN 978-0-87805-783-2, paper, $25.00D.
Conversations with Bernard Malamud Edited by Lawrence Lasher. 1991,
156 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-490-9, paper, $20.00D.
Conversations with Ernest Hemingway Edited by Matthew J. Bruccoli.
1986, 204 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-272-1, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S;
ISBN 978-0-87805-273-8, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Carl Sagan Edited by Tom Head. 2005, 160 pp., ISBN
978-1-57806-736-7, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Erskine Caldwell Edited by Edwin T. Arnold. 1988,
312 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-344-5, paper, $20.00D.
Conversations with Chaim Potok Edited by Daniel Walden. 2001, 200
pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-345-1, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 9781-57806-346-8, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Eudora Welty Edited by Peggy Whitman Prenshaw.
1984, 358 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-206-6, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Chester Himes Edited by Michel Fabre and Robert
Skinner. 1995, 320 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-818-1, unjacketed cloth,
$50.00S; ISBN 978-0-87805-819-8, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Chinua Achebe Edited by Bernth Lindfors. 1997, 192
pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-999-7, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Christopher Isherwood Edited by James J. Berg and
Chris Freeman. 2001, 224 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-407-6, unjacketed
cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-408-3, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Clarence Major Edited by Nancy Bunge. 2002, 224
pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-457-1, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 9781-57806-458-8, paper, $20.00T.
Czesław Miłosz: Conversations Edited by Cynthia L. Haven. 2006, 224
pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-828-9, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 9781-57806-829-6, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Denise Levertov Edited by Jewel Spears Brooker.
1998, 256 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-073-3, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S;
ISBN 978-1-57806-074-0, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Derek Walcott Edited by William Baer. 1996, 224 pp.,
ISBN 978-0-87805-855-6, paper, $20.00D.
Conversations with Don DeLillo Edited by Thomas DePietro. 2005, 208
pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-703-9, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 9781-57806-704-6, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Edward Albee Edited by Philip C. Kolin. 1987, 224
pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-342-1, paper, $20.00D.
Conversations with E. L. Doctorow Edited by Christopher D. Morris.
1999, 256 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-144-0, paper, $20.00T.
Elie Wiesel: Conversations Edited by Robert Franciosi. 2002, 232 pp.,
ISBN 978-1-57806-502-8, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-157806-503-5, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Elizabeth Bishop Edited by George Monteiro. 1996,
224 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-872-3, paper, $20.00D.
More Conversations with Eudora Welty Edited by Peggy Whitman Prenshaw. 1996, 328 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-865-5, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Eugene O’ Neill Edited by Mark W. Estrin. 1990, 272
pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-447-3, paper, $20.00D.
Conversations with F. Scott Fitzgerald Edited by Matthew J. Bruccoli and
Judith S. Baughman. 2003, 128 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-604-9, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-605-6, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Flannery O’Connor Edited by Rosemary M. Magee.
1987, 118 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-264-6, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S;
ISBN 978-0-87805-265-3, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Gabriel García Márquez Edited by Gene H. BellVillada. 2005, 224 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-783-1, unjacketed cloth,
$50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-784-8, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Gloria Naylor Edited by Maxine Lavon Montgomery.
2004, 224 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-632-2 unjacketed cloth, $50.00S;
ISBN 978-1-57806-633-9, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Gore Vidal Edited by Richard Peabody and Lucinda
Ebersole. 2005, 208 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-672-8, unjacketed cloth,
$50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-673-5, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Grace Paley Edited by Gerhard Bach and Blaine Hall.
1997, 296 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-962-1, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Graham Greene Edited by Henry J. Donaghy. 1992,
ISBN 978-0-87805-550-0, paper, $20.00D.
Conversations with Gwendolyn Brooks Edited by Gloria Wade Gayles.
2003, 192 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-575-2, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Henry Miller Edited by Frank L. Kersnowski and Alice
Hughes. 1994, 160 pages, ISBN 978-0-87805-520-3, paper, $20.00D.
Conversations with Isaac Asimov Edited by Carl Freedman. 2005, 176
pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-737-4, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 9781-57806-738-1, paper, $20.00T.
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Isaac Bashevis Singer: Conversations Edited by Grace Farrell. 1992, 232
pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-590-6, paper, $25.00D.
Conversations with Ishmael Reed Edited by Bruce Dick and Amritjit
Singh. 1995, 250 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-815-0, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Jack Kerouac Edited by Kevin J. Hayes. 2005, 112 pp.,
ISBN 978-1-57806-755-8, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-157806-756-5, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with James Baldwin Edited by Fred R. Standley and Louis
H. Pratt. 1989, 297 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-389-6, paper, $20.00D.
Conversations with James Thurber Edited by Thomas Fensch. 1989, 144
pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-410-7, paper, $20.00D.
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Conversations with Lee Smith Edited by Linda Tate. 2001, 224 pp., ISBN
978-1-57806-349-9, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806350-5, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Leon Forrest Edited by Dana A. Williams. 2007. 192
pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-989-7, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S, ISBN 9781-57806-990-3, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Leslie Marmon Silko Edited by Ellen L. Arnold. 2000,
224 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-301-7, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Lillian Hellman Edited by Jackson R. Bryer. 1986, 298
pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-293-6, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 9780-87805-294-3, paper, $20.00D.
Conversations with Jerzy Kosinski Edited by Tom Teicholz. 1993, 242 pp.,
ISBN 978-0-87805-626-2, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris Edited by Allan
Chavkin and Nancy Feyl Chavkin. 1994, 224 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805652-1, paper, $20.00D.
Conversations with Jim Harrison Edited by Robert DeMott. 2002, 272
pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-455-7, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 9781-57806-456-4, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Malcolm Cowley Edited by Thomas Daniel Young.
1986, 224 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-290-5, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S;
ISBN 978-0-87805-291-2, paper, $20.00D.
Conversations with John Edgar Wideman Edited by Bonnie TuSmith.
1998, 248 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-053-5, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S;
ISBN 978-1-57806-054-2, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Margaret Walker Edited by Maryemma Graham.
2002, 216 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-512-7, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with John Fowles Edited by Dianne L. Vipond. 1999, 256
pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-190-7, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 9781-57806-191-4, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with John Gardner Edited by Allan Chavkin. 1990, 310
pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-423-7, paper, $20.00D.
Conversations with John le Carré Edited by Matthew J. Bruccoli and Judith S. Baughman. 2004, 192 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-668-1, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-669-8, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with John Steinbeck Edited by Thomas Fensch. 1988, 144
pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-360-5, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with John Updike Edited by James Plath. 1994, 308 pp.,
ISBN 978-0-87805-700-9, paper, $20.00T.
Jorge Luis Borges: Conversations Edited by Richard Burgin. 1998, 256
pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-076-4, paper, $20.00T.
Joseph Brodsky: Conversations Edited by Cynthia L. Haven. 2003, 216
pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-527-1, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 9781-57806-528-8, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Joseph Heller Edited by Adam J. Sorkin. 1993, 256
pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-635-4, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Joyce Carol Oates Edited by Lee Milazzo. 1989, 144
pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-412-1, paper, $20.00D.
Katherine Anne Porter: Conversations Edited by Joan Givner. 1987, 198
pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-266-0, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 9780-87805-267-7, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Mary Gordon Edited by Alma Bennett. 2002, 232 pp.,
ISBN 978-1-57806-446-5, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-157806-447-2, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Mary McCarthy Edited by Carol Gelderman. 1991,
274 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-486-2, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Maxine Hong Kingston Edited by Paul Skenazy and
Tera Martin. 1998, 256 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-059-7, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with May Sarton Edited by Earl G. Ingersoll. 1991, 237 pp.,
ISBN 978-0-87805-532-6, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-087805-533-3, paper, $20.00D.
Conversations with Maya Angelou Edited by Jeffrey M. Elliot. 1988, 220
pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-362-9, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with M. F. K. Fisher Edited by David Lazar. 1993, 184 pp.,
ISBN 978-0-87805-595-1, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-087805-596-8, paper, $20.00D.
Conversations with N. Scott Momaday Edited by Matthias Schubnell.
1997, 264 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-960-7, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Nadine Gordimer Edited by Nancy Topping Bazin
and Marilyn Dallman Seymour. 1990, 208 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805444-2, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-0-87805-445-9, paper,
$15.95T.
Conversations with Nikki Giovanni Edited by Virginia C. Fowler. 1992,
264 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-587-6, paper, $20.00D.
Conversations with Norman Mailer Edited by J. Michael Lennon. 1988,
396 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-352-0, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut Edited by William Rodney Allen.
1988, 328 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-358-2, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Paul Bowles Edited by Gena Dagel Caponi. 1993, 175
pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-650-7, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Larry Brown Edited by Jay Watson. 2007, 240 pp.,
ISBN 978-1-57806-949-1, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-157806-950-7, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Pauline Kael Edited by Will Brantley. 1996, 216 pp.,
ISBN 978-0-87805-899-0, paper, $20.00D.
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178 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-325-4, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Philip Roth Edited by George J. Searles. 1992, 192 pp.,
ISBN 978-0-87805-558-6, paper, $25.00D.
Conversations with Ralph Ellison Edited by Maryemma Graham and
Amritjit Singh. 1995, 300 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-781-8, paper,
$20.00T.
Conversations with Ray Bradbury Edited by Steven L. Aggelis. 2004, 240
pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-640-7, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 9781-57806-641-4, paper, $20.00T.
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Conversations with Sonia Sanchez Edited by Joyce A. Joyce. 2007, 240
pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-951-4, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 9781-57806-952-1, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Stanley Kaufmann Edited by Bert Cardullo. 2003,
240 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-565-3, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN
978-1-57806-566-0, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Susan Sontag Edited by Leland Poague. 1995, 320 pp.,
ISBN 978-0-87805-834-1, paper, $20.00D.
Conversations with Tennessee Williams Edited by Albert J. Devlin. 1986,
370 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-263-9, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Raymond Carver Edited by Marshall Bruce Gentry and William L. Stull. 1990, ISBN 978-0-87805-449-7, paper,
$20.00D.
Conversations with Thomas McGuane Edited by Beef Torrey. 2006, 224
pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-886-9, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 9781-57806-887-6, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Reynolds Price Edited by Jefferson Humphries. 1991,
294 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-483-1, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Thornton Wilder Edited by Jackson R. Bryer. 1992,
154 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-514-2, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Richard Ford Edited by Huey Guagliardo. 2001, 232
pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-405-2, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 9781-57806-406-9, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Tom Wolfe Edited by Dorothy Scura. 1990, 312 pp.,
ISBN 978-0-87805-427-5, paper, $20.00D.
Conversations with Richard Wilbur Edited by William Butts. 1990, 266
pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-425-1, paper, $20.00D.
Conversations with Richard Wright Edited by Keneth Kinnamon and Michel Fabre. 1993, 288 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-633-0, paper, $20.00D.
Conversations with Rita Dove Edited by Earl G. Ingersoll. 2003, 224 pp.,
ISBN 978-1-57806-549-3, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-157806-550-9, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Robert Coles Edited by Jay Woodruff and Sarah
Carew Woodruff. 1992, ISBN 978-0-87805-553-1, paper, $20.00D.
Conversations with Toni Morrison Edited by Danille K. Taylor-Guthrie.
1994, 312 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-692-7, paper, $20.00T.
Truman Capote: Conversations Edited by M. Thomas Inge. 1987, 374 pp.,
ISBN 978-0-87805-275-2, paper, $25.00D.
Conversations with V. S. Naipaul Edited by Feroza Jussawalla. 1996, 248
pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-945-4, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 9780-87805-946-1, paper, $20.00D.
Conversations with Walker Percy Edited by Lewis A. Lawson and Victor
A. Kramer. 1985, 370 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-252-3, paper, $20.00D.
Conversations with Robert Graves Edited by Frank L. Kersnowski. 1992,
208 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-414-5, paper, $20.00D.
More Conversations with Walker Percy Edited by Lewis A. Lawson and
Victor A. Kramer. 1993, 288 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-623-1, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-0-87805-624-8, paper, $25.00D.
Conversations with Robert Penn Warren Edited by Gloria L. Cronin and
Ben Siegel. 2005, 240 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-733-6, unjacketed cloth,
$50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-734-3, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Wendell Berry Edited by Morris Allen Grubbs. 2007,
240 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-991-0, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S, ISBN
978-1-57806-992-7, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Robertson Davies Edited by J. Madison Davis. 1989,
280 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-384-1, paper, $20.00D.
Conversations with William S. Burroughs Edited by Allen Hibbard. 1999,
256 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-182-2, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN
978-1-57806-183-9, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Rudolfo Anaya Edited by Bruce Dick and Silvio Sirias.
1998, 256 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-077-1, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S;
ISBN 978-1-57806-078-8, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with William Faulkner Edited by M. Thomas Inge. 1999,
356 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-136-5, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Salman Rushdie Edited by Michael R. Reder. 2000,
256 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-184-6, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN
978-1-57806-185-3, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with William H. Gass Edited by Theodore G. Ammon.
2003, 192 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-546-2, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S;
ISBN 978-1-57806-547-9, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with Saul Bellow Edited by Gloria Cronin and Ben Siegel.
1994, 288 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-718-4, paper, $20.00D.
Conversations with William Kennedy Edited by Neila C. Seshachari.
1997, 296 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-012-2, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with S. J. Perelman Edited by Tom Teicholz. 1995, 152 pp.,
ISBN 978-0-87805-790-0, paper, $20.00T.
Conversations with William Styron Edited by James L. W. West III. 1985,
280 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-261-5, paper, $20.00D.
Conversations with Shelby Foote Edited by William C. Carter. 1989, 1995,
1998, 269 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-386-5, paper, $20.00D.
Conversations with Willie Morris Edited by Jack Bales. 2000, 225 pp.,
ISBN 978-1-57806-236-2, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-157806-237-9, paper, $20.00T.
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Conversations with Wole Soyinka Edited by Biodun Jeyifo. 2001, 256 pp.,
ISBN 978-1-57806-337-6, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-157806-338-3, paper, $20.00T.
Cool Cars, High Art: The Rise of Kustom Kulture By John DeWitt.
A revved-up cruise through a world where chopped Mercs and
slammed Chevies are works of art. 2002, 224 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806403-8, paper, $35.00T.
A Cormac McCarthy Companion: The Border Trilogy Edited by Edwin
T. Arnold and Dianne C. Luce. The first book to examine McCarthy’s
three masterpiece novels as a cohesive whole. 2001, 296 pp., ISBN
978-1-57806-400-7, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806401-4, paper, $20.00S.
Count No ’Count: Flashbacks to Faulkner By Ben Wasson. Introductory
essay by Carvel Collins. A touching memoir of Faulkner, written by
his first literary agent and one of his closest friends. 2005, 216 pp.,
ISBN 978-1-57806-879-1, paper, $22.00D.
Country Churchyards By Eudora Welty. Introduction by Elizabeth Spencer. Welty’s poignant photographs of Mississippi graveyards and
memorial stones paired with Spencer’s exploration of the meanings
the photographs yield and the light they shine onto Welty’s fiction.
2000, 120 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-235-5. cloth, $35.00T; ISBN 978-157806-265-2, limited edition cloth, $150.00L.
Country Music Culture: From Hard Times to Heaven By Curtis W. Ellison. A search for the heart of America’s most prevalent form of music
to learn what caused its astonishing popularity. Studies in Popular
Culture Series. 1995, 256 pp., 20 b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-0-87805722-1, paper, $22.00D.
The Courting of Marcus Dupree By Willie Morris. Winner of a Christopher Award in 1984 for “affirming the highest value of the human
spirit,” the classic account of a young black athlete who became a
metaphor for the complex culture of Mississippi. 1992, 464 pp., ISBN
978-0-87805-585-2, paper, $27.00D.
Courtship and Love among the Enslaved in North Carolina By Rebecca
J. Fraser. A study of the complexities of intimate relationships among
slaves on plantations, in towns, and on small farms. Margaret Walker
Alexander Series in African American Studies. 2007, 160 pp., bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-934110-07-2, cloth, $50.00S.
The Crab Lover’s Book: Recipes & More By Mary Ethelyn Orso. For aficionados of one of the world’s most delectable crustaceans an indispensable handbook chock full of lore, legends, and recipes. 1995, 256
pp., 8 b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-0-87805-796-2, paper, $20.00T.
The Crawfish Book By Glen Pitre. An amusing, informative book that tells
you all you’ll need to know about an amazing crustacean. 2005, 228
pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-599-9, paper, $20.00D.
Creoles of Color in the Bayou Country By Carl A. Brasseaux, Claude F.
Oubre, and Keith P. Fontenot. Foreword by Clifton Carmon. The first
serious historical examination of a distinctive multiracial society of
Louisiana. 1995, 192 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-949-2, paper, $22.00D.
Cross the Water Blues: African American Music in Europe Edited by
Neil A. Wynn. Essays analyzing the impact of African American music and its European reverberations. American Made Music Series.
2007, 304 pp., preface, 16 b&w illustrations, index, 978-1-57806-9606, cloth, $50.00S.
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Cry Uncle By Alan Michael Parker. A debut novel in which an industrial
downsizer faces small-town racism, political hardball, and the chance
for love and redemption. 2005, 286 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-727-5,
cloth, $30.00T.
The Cry Was Unity: Communists and African Americans, 1917-1936
By Mark Solomon. The first book to study the African-American/
Communist relationship in its national and international contexts.
1998, 400 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-095-5, paper, $27.00D.
Cultural Orphans in America By Diana Loercher Pazicky. A study of orphan imagery as a reflection of cultural identity formation in America. 1998, 256 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-089-4, cloth, $50.00S.
Daisy Bates: Civil Rights Crusader from Arkansas By Grif Stockley. A biography of the courageous mentor to the Little Rock Nine. Margaret
Walker Alexander Series in African American Studies. 2005, 352 pp.,
index, ISBN 978-1-57806-801-2, cloth, $32.00T.
Dance Marathons: Performing American Culture in the 1920s and
1930s By Carol Martin. How the craze of exhausting marathon dancing mirrored America’s struggle to outlast social problems of the era.
Performance Studies Series. 1994, 288 pages, 26 b&w illustrations,
ISBN 978-0-87805-701-6, paper, $25.00S.
Dancing with My Father By Leif Anderson. Foreword by Christopher Maurer. A daughter’s remembrance of life with the eccentric genius and
artist Walter Anderson. 2005, 128 pp., 67 illustrations, ISBN 978-157806-722-0, cloth, $25.00T.
Dangerous Freedom: Fusion and Fragmentation in Toni Morrison’s
Novels By Philip Page. A study of the fragmented world in the Nobel
Prize author’s first six novels. 1996, 256 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-8600, cloth with printed cover, $50.00S; ISBN 978-0-87805-861-7, paper,
$22.00S.
Dark Princess By W. E. B. Du Bois. Introduction by Claudia Tate. The remarkably complex romance in which Du Bois confronted the twentieth century world that had closed itself to people of color. A Banner Book. 1995, 312 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-764-1, unjacketed cloth,
$50.00S; ISBN 978-0-87805-765-8, paper, $22.00D.
Deadhouse: Life in a Coroner’s Office By John Temple. An inside look at
a big city coroner’s office where investigators probe the mysteries of
death. 2005, 184 pp., bibliography, ISBN 978-1-57806-743-5, cloth,
$50.00S; ISBN 978-1-934110-30-0, paper, $20.00T.
‘Deaf Maggie Lee Sayre’: Photographs of a River Life By Maggie Lee
Sayre. Edited by Tom Rankin. A stunning life story of a deaf woman whose photographs document how her camera gave her a voice.
1995, 96 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-788-7, cloth, $45.00S.
Dear Boys: World War II Letters from a Woman Back Home By Mrs.
Keith Frazier Somerville. Edited by Judy Barrett Litoff and David C.
Smith. Biographical essay by Martha H. Swain. Boosting morale and
reporting news from the homefront, memorable letters from a patriotic friend in wartime. 1991, 253 pp., 3 b&w photographs, 7 b&w
illustrations, ISBN 978-0- 87805-540-1, paper, $22.00S.
The Debutante Ball By Beth Henley, with the art of Lynn Green Root. A Pulitzer Prize dramatist’s two-act play in which cruel family truths are
laid bare during the debutante season. Author and Artist Series. 1991,
96 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-518-0, signed limited edition, $90.00L.
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Defining New Yorker Humor By Judith Yaross Lee. A penetrating look
into what really gave America’s most notable magazine its distinctive
punch. Studies in Popular Culture Series. 2000, 288 pp., ISBN 978-157806-198-3, paper, $22.00S.
Earl Hooker, Blues Master By Sebastian Danchin. The life and early death
of a South Side guitar genius, the greatest unheralded Chicago bluesmaker. American Made Music Series. 2001, ISBN 978-1-57806-307-9,
paper, $25.00S.
Defining Travel: Diverse Visions Edited by Susan L. Roberson. An anthology of diverse narratives that theorize on the reasons people travel.
2002, 328 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-411-3, cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1934110-53-9, paper, $25.00D.
Earl’s Art Shop: Building Art with Earl Simmons By Stephen Flinn Young
and D. C. Young. A study of the colorful folk art of a Mississippi artist
and craftsman who creates works with materials gathered from sawmills and landfills. Folk Art and Artists Series. 1995, 72 pp., 36 color
and 12 b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-0-87805-811-2, paper, $16.95T.
Delta Land Photographs by Maude Schuyler Clay. Introductory essay by
Lewis Nordan. In its stark, black-and-white beauty, a haunting portrait of the vast Mississippi Delta landscape. Author and Artist Series.
1999, 2007, 112 pp., 75 b&w photographs, ISBN 978-1-57806-177-8,
cloth, $35.00T.
Divine Destiny: Gender and Race in Nineteenth-Century Protestantism By Carolyn A. Haynes. An investigation that shows the impact
of manifest destiny and domesticity on women and nonwhite men in
nineteenth century America. 1998, 216 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-0184, cloth, $45.00S.
Dixie Before Disney: 100 Years of Roadside Fun By Tim Hollis. A nostalgic look at Southern tourism, with 235 illustrations of favorite
stop-off fun spots. 1999, 208 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-118-1, paper,
$28.00T.
Domesticity with a Difference: The Nonfiction of Catharine Beecher,
Sarah J. Hale, Fanny Fern, and Margaret Fuller By Nicole Tonkovich. A study of works by four professional women of the nineteenth
century who prescribed domestic lives for others of their sex. 1997,
232 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-993-5, cloth, $45.00S.
Doubled Plots: Romance and History Edited by Susan Strehle and Mary
Paniccia Carden. An examination of how two diverse genres parallel
and reflect each other. 2003, 268 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-590-5, cloth,
$50.00S.
The Dragon’s Blood: Feminist Intertextuality in Eudora Welty’s ‘The
Golden Apples’ By Rebecca Mark. A new critical reading that shows
Welty’s text confronting one of western literature’s major forces—the
indomitable hero. 1994, 320 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-661-3, cloth,
$45.00S.
Early Escapades By Eudora Welty. Complied and edited by Patti Carr
Black. Poems, sketches, profiles, and satires that clearly predict one
of the south’s comic geniuses. 2005, 128 pp., 5 b&w photographs, 30
illustrations, introduction. ISBN 978-1-57806-774-9, cloth, $30.00T.
Ed McGowin, Name Change: One Artist, Twelve Personas, Thirty-five
Years By Ed McGowin. Essays by J. Richard Gruber, Anders Härm, and
Thomas Sokolowski. Foreword by Paul Richelson. An overview of creations from the many identities of one artist. 2007, 100 pp., foreword,
introduction, chronology, 103 color illustrations, ISBN 978-1-57806970-5, cloth, $30.00T.
The Egg Bowl: Mississippi State vs. Ole Miss By William G. Barner. A
game-by-game history of the Ole Miss vs. Mississippi State football
rivalry. 2007, 288 pp., 60 b&w photographs, appendix, index, ISBN
978-1-57806-967-5, cloth, $30.00T.
Elia Kazan: Interviews Edited by William Baer. Forty years of interviews
with the theater and film director whose reputation has often been
overshadowed by his testimony against fellow film industry professionals during the 1952 HUAC hearings. Conversations with Filmmakers Series. 2000, 268 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-223-2, unjacketed
cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-224-9, paper, $22.00T.
Ellen S. Woodward: New Deal Advocate for Women By Martha H.
Swain. The biography of the first southern woman to hold a topranking post in a federal administration. Twentieth-Century America
Series. 2005, ISBN 978-1-57806-816-6, paper, $22.00D.
Elvis and Gladys By Elaine Dundy. A intimate story of the King of Rock
’n’ Roll and his adoring mother. Southern Icons Series. 2004, 352 pp.,
bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-634-6, paper, $22.00T.
Dream State By Moira Crone. Eight deliciously irreverent stories in which
love, politics, shady deals, hurricanes, and sweet fevers blend in contemporary Louisiana. 1995, 192 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-097-9, paper,
$20.00S.
Emmett Till and the Mississippi Press By Davis W. Houck and Matthew
A. Grindy. Foreword by Keith A. Beauchamp. An analysis of the media’s reaction to the lynching of a young black man. 2008, 240 pp.,
bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-934110-15-7, cloth, $40.00S.
Drilling Ahead: The Quest For Oil In the Deep South, 1945–2005 By
Alan Cockrell. Published for the Mississippi Geological Society. An
overview of the petroleum industry in the Deep South since World
War II. 2005, 368 pp., 75 b&w photographs, glossary, maps, index,
ISBN 978-1-57806-811-1, cloth, $35.00S.
Empire and Slavery in American Literature, 1820–1865 By Eric J. Sundquist. A revealing juxtaposition of the literatures of Manifest Destiny and a dream deferred. 2006, 224 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-863-0,
paper, $20.00S.
DuBose Heyward: A Charleston Gentleman and the World of Porgy
and Bess By James M. Hutchisson. A biography of the proper Charlestonian who wrote of the Gullahs of Catfish Row and inspired a Gershwin masterpiece. 2000, 224 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-250-8, cloth,
$30.00T.
Dunlap By William Dunlap. Essay by J. Richard Gruber. Foreword by Julia
Reed. The first full-length book heralding this renowned artist’s
achievements. 2006, 144 pp., 120 color photographs, introduction,
chronology, bibliography, exhibition history, permanent collections,
ISBN 978-1-57806-904-0, cloth, $45.00T; ISBN 978-1-57806-911-8,
limited slipcased, signed numbered edition, with limited, numbered,
signed print, $200.00L.
The Enchanted Quest of Dana and Ginger Lamb By Julie Huffmanklinkowitz and Jerome Klinkowitz. The story of the intrepid couple who pioneered the American notion of adventure for fun and
profit. 2006, 240 pp., introduction, ISBN 978-1-57806-796-1, cloth,
$30.00S.
Enclave: Vicksburg and Her Plantations, 1863–1870 By James T. Currie.
An intensive examination of Vicksburg and Warren County for the
seven years from 1863 to 1870. 1980, 288 pp., ISBN 978-1-93411005-8, paper, $25.00D.
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Erskine Caldwell Reconsidered Edited by Edwin T. Arnold. This timely
collection of inquiring essays and interviews focuses critical attention on a major southern writer whose works until quite recently
have been in a period of eclipse. Southern Quarterly Series. 1990, 115
pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-432-9, cloth, $40.00S.
Escape from Archangel: An American Merchant Seaman at War By
Thomas E. Simmons. A story of naval battles in fire and ice and a merchant seaman’s flight to freedom from Soviet captivity during World
War II. 1990, 168 pp., ISBN 978-1-60473-011-1, paper, $25.00D.
The Essence of Herbs: An Environmental Guide to Herb Gardening
By Ruth D. Wrensch. Fascinating lore, practical herb garden design,
comprehensive guidance in cultivating and harvesting herbs. 1992,
304 pp., 20 line drawings, ISBN 978-0-87805-605-7, paper, $22.00T.
Eudora Welty: A Bibliography of Her Work By Noel Polk. In complete
detail the major bibliography of the works of one of America’s most
admired writers. 1993, 448 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-566-1, cloth,
$70.00S.
Eudora Welty: Seeing Black and White By Robert MacNeil. The acclaimed newsman’s eloquent essay in appreciation of Eudora Welty’s
photographic work and of her compassionate view of life during hard
times. 1990, 16 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-471-8, softbound, $10.00T.
Evelyn’s Husband By Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited by Matthew Wilson and
Marjan van Schaik. Introduction by Matthew Wilson. A never-beforepublished novel of white characters struggling to understand the true
nature of manhood. 2005, ISBN 978-1-57806-760-2, cloth, $40.00S.
Exploring Coastal Mississippi: A Guide to the Marine Waters and
Islands By Scott B. Williams. For boaters of all kinds a handy guide
to the waterways of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. 2004, 240 pp., 20
b&w photographs, 1 map, appendix, bibliography, index, ISBN 9781-57806-423-6, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-424-3,
paper, $22.00T.
Falling Through Space: The Journals of Ellen Gilchrist By Ellen Gilchrist.
Enhanced with fifteen new essays, the benchmark of an acclaimed
writer’s spunk and sense of place. A Banner Book. 2000, 224 pp., ISBN
978-1-57806-291-1, paper, $20.00T.
Father of the Comic Strip: Rodolphe Töpffer By David Kunzle. A critical
study of the Swiss artist who created the comic strip. 2007, 225 pp.,
115 b&w illustrations, appendixes, bibliography, index, ISBN 978-157806-947-7, unjacketed cloth, $55.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-948-4,
paper, $25.00T.
Faulkner: A Biography By Joseph Blotner. The classic, definitive biography
of William Faulkner. Southern Icons Series. 2005, 800 pp., chronology, genealogy, bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-732-9, paper,
$35.00T.
Faulkner: International Perspectives Edited by Doreen Fowler and Ann
J. Abadie. Essays on William Faulkner’s work from foreign perspectives. Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Series. 1984, 368 pp., ISBN 9781-60473-021-0, paper, $30.00D.
Faulkner: Masks and Metaphors By Lothar Hönnighausen. A critical
study of the ruses and the roles with which William Faulkner masked
himself and his characters. 2005, 336 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-873-9,
paper, $25.00D.
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Faulkner and the Artist Edited by Donald M. Kartiganer and Ann J. Abadie. The meaning of art, artistry, and the figure of the artist in William Faulkner’s life and fiction. Original essays from the Faulkner
and Yoknapatawpha Conference held at the University of Mississippi
in 1993. Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Series. 1996, 352 pp., 35 b&w
illustrations, ISBN 978-0-87805-849-5, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S;
ISBN 978-0-87805-848-8, paper, $25.00S.
Faulkner and the Craft of Fiction Edited by Doreen Fowler and Ann J.
Abadie. The contributors, authorities on Faulkner’s narrative, offer a
wide variety of critical approaches to Faulkner’s fiction-writing process. Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Series. 1989, 248 pp., ISBN 978-087805-373-5, paper, $25.00D.
Faulkner and the Ecology of the South Edited by Joseph R. Urgo and Ann
J. Abadie. Essays that explore Faulkner’s relationship to land, people,
and the environment. Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Series. 2005, 208
pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-782-4, cloth, $45.00S; ISBN 978-1-93411097-3, paper, $25.00D.
Faulkner and Gender Edited by Donald M. Kartiganer and Ann J. Abadie.
A study of gender in the works of the Nobel Prize author. Thirteen
original papers from the annual Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference held in 1994 at the University of Mississippi. Faulkner and
Yoknapatawpha Series. 1996, 304 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-921-8, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-0-87805-922-5, paper, $25.00S.
Faulkner and His Contemporaries Edited by Joseph R. Urgo and Ann J.
Abadie. A study of Faulkner’s place among his peers. Faulkner and
Yoknapatawpha Series. 2004, 224 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-679-7,
cloth, $50.00S.
Faulkner and Ideology Edited by Donald M. Kartiganer and Ann J. Abadie. Thirteen original papers from the Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha
Conference held in 1992 at the University of Mississippi. Faulkner
and Yoknapatawpha Series. 1995, 392 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-759-7,
cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-0-87805-760-3, paper, $25.00S.
Faulkner and Material Culture Edited by Joseph R. Urgo and Ann J. Abadie. Essays exploring the Nobel Laureate’s literary uses of the worldly
material around him. Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Series. 2007, 192
pp., introduction, 26 b&w illustrations, index, ISBN 978-1-57806939-2, cloth, $50.00S.
Faulkner and the Natural World Edited by Donald M. Kartiganer and
Ann J. Abadie. Scholarly probings that find the heart of nature in
the Nobel Prize author’s works. Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Series.
1999, 240 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-120-4, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S;
ISBN 978-1-57806-121-1, paper, $25.00S.
Faulkner and Popular Culture Edited by Doreen Fowler and Ann J. Abadie.
These essays seek out the influence of popular culture upon the Nobel
Prize authors and note forays into the pop culture world. Faulkner
and Yoknapatawpha Series. 1990, 304 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-434-3,
paper, $25.00D.
Faulkner and Postmodernism Edited by John N. Duvall and Ann J. Abadie. Where William Faulkner’s fiction stands in relation to that of Ellison, Pynchon, Nabokov, and other postmodern greats. Papers from
the Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference held in 1999 at the
University of Mississippi. Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Series. 2002,
224 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-459-5, cloth, $50.00S.
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Abadie. Works by the Nobel Prize author as seen in psychological
perspectives. Papers from the Faulkner Conference held in 1991 at
the University of Mississippi. Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Series.
1994, 288 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-743-6, paper, $25.00D.
Faulkner and Race Edited by Doreen Fowler and Ann J. Abadie. Essays that
focus on a theme central to understanding William Faulkner’s works
and illuminate his various stances on race. Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Series. 1987, 311 pp., ISBN 978-1-934110-57-7, paper, $25.00D.
Faulkner and Religion Edited by Doreen Fowler and Ann J. Abadie. The
papers published here conclude that the key to religious meaning in
Faulkner may be that his texts focus not so much on God but on a
human aspiration of the divine. Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Series.
1991, 198 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-929-3, paper, $25.00D.
Faulkner and the Short Story Edited by Evans Harrington and Ann J. Abadie. A volume extolling the Nobel Laureate’s short story masterpieces
with homage and critical appreciation. Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha
Series. Papers presented in 1990 at the seventeenth annual Faulkner
and Yoknapatawpha Conference at the University of Mississippi.
1992, 272 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-606-4, cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-087805-607-1, paper, $25.00S.
Faulkner and War Edited by Noel Polk and Ann J. Abadie. A critical exploration of the effects and influence of America’s wars upon the works
of the Nobel Prize laureate. Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Series.
2004, 192 pp., index, ISBN 978-1-57806-559-2, cloth, $50.00S.
Faulkner and Women Edited by Doreen Fowler and Ann J. Abadie. The
contributors to this collection consider questions debated for many
decades in Faulkner studies and those recently raised to prominence under the illuminating ray of feminist criticism. Faulkner and
Yoknapatawpha Series. 1986, 332 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-312-4, paper, $25.00D.
Faulkner at 100: Retrospect and Prospect Edited by Donald M. Kartiganer and Ann J. Abadie. A comprehensive account of the man and his
work, including discussions of his life, the shape of his career, and his
place in American literature. From the 1997 Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference held at the University of Mississippi in honor of
the 100th anniversary of Faulkner’s birth. Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Series. 2000, 336 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-289-8, paper, $25.00S.
Faulkner at West Point Edited by Joseph L. Fant and Robert Ashley. A new
edition of a classic and a commemoration of William Faulkner’s visit
to West Point forty years ago. 2002, 144 pp., 5 b&w photographs,
ISBN 978-1-57806-445-8, cloth, $25.00T.
A Faulkner Chronology By Michel Gresset. A richly detailed outline of
William Faulkner’s life and career written by an eminent French
scholar. 2005, 130 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-229-5, paper, $20.00D.
Faulkner in America Edited by Joseph R. Urgo and Ann J. Abadie. A lively
consideration of how to classify Faulkner’s place in America. Ten essays from the 1998 Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference held
at the University of Mississippi. Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Series.
2001, 232 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-375-8, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S;
ISBN 978-1-57806-376-5, paper, $25.00S.
Faulkner in Cultural Context Edited by Donald M. Kartiganer and Ann J.
Abadie. Twelve essays that reveal the author in his relationship with
his world. Papers from the 1995 Faulkner Conference held at the
University of Mississippi. Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Series. 1997,
304 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-001-6, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN
978-1-57806-002-3, paper, $25.00S.
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Faulkner in the Twenty-First Century Edited by Robert W. Hamblin and
Ann J. Abadie. A turn-of-the-century map of where Faulkner studies
have traveled and where they are headed. Papers from the Faulkner
and Yoknapatawpha Conference held in 2000 at the University of
Mississippi. Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Series. 2003, 200 pp., ISBN
978-1-57806-513-4, cloth, $50.00S.
Faulkner on the Color Line: The Later Novels By Theresa M. Towner. A
study of William Faulkner’s final phase as a period in which he faced
up to America’s rigid protocols of racial ideology. 2000, 168 pp., ISBN
978-1-57806-249-2, cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-934110-35-5, paper,
$25.00D.
Faulkner’s Inheritance Edited by Joseph R. Urgo and Ann J. Abadie. Examinations of the many influences on Faulkner’s fiction. Faulkner and
Yoknapatawpha Series. 2007, 192 pp., introduction, 13 b&w illustrations, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-953-8, cloth, $50.00S.
Faulkner’s Rowan Oak Photographs by John Lawrence. Text by Dan
Hise. Exploring the antebellum house in Mississippi where William
Faulkner wrote his greatest works. 1993, 72 pp., 28 duotone photographs, ISBN 978-0-87805-662-0, paper, $20.00T.
Faulkner’s World: The Photographs of Martin J. Dain Edited and with
an introduction by Tom Rankin. Foreword by Larry Brown. In centennial celebration of William Faulkner’s birth, a photographic record
of the land his fiction turned into legend. 1997, 112 pp., 100 duotone
photographs, ISBN 978-1-57806-016-0, cloth, $45.00T.
Federico Fellini: Interviews Edited by Bert Cardullo. Career-spanning interviews with the director of La Strada, La Dolce Vita, The Nights of
Cabiria, Juliet of the Spirits, and 8½. Conversations with Filmmakers
Series. 2006, 224 pp., introduction, chronology, filmography, index,
ISBN 978-1-57806-884-5, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-157806-885-2, paper, $22.00T.
Feminine Sense in Southern Memoir: Smith, Glasgow, Welty, Hellman,
Porter, and Hurston By Will Brantley. Feminism and liberalism in
autobiographical writings of six women of the American South. 1993,
300 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-802-0, paper, $22.00S.
The Feminist Poetry Movement By Kim Whitehead. An exploration of
the beneficial interplay of the feminist poetry movement and the
American women’s movement. 1997, 240 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805940-9, paper, $20.00S.
Festive Revolutions: The Politics of Popular Theater and the San Francisco Mime Troupe By Claudia Orenstein. The history and lineage
of a Bay Area performance troupe that blends politics and festivity.
Performance Studies Series. 1999, 176 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-079-5,
paper, $20.00S.
Fiddling Way Out Yonder: The Life and Music of Melvin Wine By Drew
Beisswenger. How a mountain community and music harmonize in
an old-time fiddle player from West Virginia. American Made Music
Series, 2002, 248 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-441-0, cloth, $45.00S.
Film and Comic Books Edited by Ian Gordon, Mark Jancovich, and Matthew P. McAllister. Essays that explore how comic books inspire film
and create new realms of visual art. 2007, 304 pp., introduction, 25
b&w illustrations, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-977-4, unjacketed cloth,
$55.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-978-1, paper, $22.00S.
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The Films of Martin Ritt: Fanfare for the Common Man By Gabriel Miller. Foreword by Sally Field. The first in-depth critical analysis of Ritt’s
films and a justification of his renown as America’s premier social-issues filmmaker. 2000, 256 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-276-8, unjacketed
cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-277-5, paper, $22.00S.
Foster Care Odyssey: A Black Girl’s Story By Theresa Cameron. An African American woman’s unblinking look at her troubled years as
an unwanted child in foster care. Copublished with the Center for
American Places. Willie Morris Books in Memoir and Biography.
2002, 272 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-420-5, cloth, $32.00T.
Fishing Mississippi By Tony Kinton, with a foreword by Bill Dance. The
complete angler’s guidebook to landing the state’s many game fish.
2002, 208 pp., 17 color illustrations, 20 b&w photographs, 20 maps,
ISBN 978-1-57806-430-4, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-157806-431-1, paper, $25.00T.
Fourteen on Form: Conversations with Poets By William Baer. Interviews with some the most influential poets of the late twentieth century. 2004, 224 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-671-1, cloth, $45.00S.
Flannery O’Connor: An Introduction By Miles Orvell. An essential book
for critical study of the works of Flannery O’Connor. “The best study
of one of the best writers”—Robert Fitzgerald. 1991, 232 pp., ISBN
978-0-87805-542-5, paper, $22.00S.
Flannery O’Connor’s Religion of the Grotesque By Marshall Bruce Gentry. A startling, revisionist assessment of a major southern writer’s
work. 2006, 192 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-865-4, paper, $22.00D.
Florida’s Miracle Strip: From Redneck Riviera to Emerald Coast By Tim
Hollis. A nostalgic romp through the tourist attractions and vintage
hotels of the Sunshine State’s Gulf Coast. 2004, 238 pp., 140 halftones,
20 color photos, bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-626-1, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-627-8, paper, $25.00T.
Flying Free: Twentieth-Century Self-Taught Art from the Collection of
Ellin and Baron Gordon By Ellin Gordon, Barbara R. Luck, and Tom
Patterson. American art from one of the premier collections of work
by self-taught artists. Co-published by The Colonial Williamsburg
Foundation in association with the University Press of Mississippi.
1997, 176 pp., 136 color plates, 30 b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-157806-029-0, paper, $37.50T.
For Us, the Living By Myrlie Evers, with William Peters. Introduction by
Willie Morris. A widow’s love story of her life with Medgar Evers, the
NAACP civil rights leader murdered by a midnight assassin. A Banner Book. 1995, 392 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-840-2, unjacketed cloth,
$48.00S; ISBN 978-0-87805-841-9, paper, $20.00D.
Forever Mame: The Life of Rosalind Russell By Bernard F. Dick. A biography of the full and rewarding life of this Golden Age star. Hollywood
Legends Series. 2006, 256 pp., 26 b&w illustrations, introduction,
filmography, bibliography, appendix, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-8906, cloth, $30.00T.
Form and Fantasy: The Block Prints of Walter Anderson Edited by Mary
Anderson Pickard and Patricia Pinson. A celebration of the phenomenal prints of a virtuoso artist. 2007, 224 pp., 60 color illustrations,
200 b&w illustrations, chronology, ISBN 978-1-934110-25-6, cloth,
$45.00T.
Forms of Tradition in Contemporary Spain By Jo Farb Hernández. Copublished with the Natalie and James Thompson Art Gallery, School
of Art and Design, San José State University. An innovative study of
artists balancing tradition with creativity. 2005, 256 pp., 142 color
and 9 b&w photographs appendix, bibliography, index, ISBN 9781-57806-750-3, cloth, $65.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-751-0, paper,
$35.00T.
Fortune’s Favorite Child: The Uneasy Life of Walter Anderson By
Christopher Maurer. A centennial biography of one of the American
South’s most prolific and idiosyncratic artists. 2003, 400 pp., 20 color
illustrations, 75 line drawings, 30 b&w photographs, index, ISBN
978-1-57806-539-4, cloth, $37.00T.
Francis Ford Coppola: Interviews Edited by Gene D. Phillips and Rodney Hill. These interviews show how the director of The Godfather
and The Godfather: Part II evolved from hotshot film maverick to
elder statesman of American cinema. Conversations with Filmmakers
Series. 2004, 176 pp., introduction, chronology, filmography, index,
ISBN 978-1-57806-665-0, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-157806-666-7, paper, $22.00T.
François Truffaut: Interviews Edited by Ronald Bergan. Interviews with
the film critic and director who was a key figure in the French New
Wave. Conversations with Filmmakers Series. 2008, 176 pp., introduction, chronology, filmography, index, ISBN 978-1-934110-13-3, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-934110-14-0, paper, $20.00T.
Frank Capra: Interviews Edited by Leland Poague. This collection of interviews portrays the Capra legend vividly and demonstrates why the
warm relations between Capra and his audiences continue to inspire
acclaim and admiration. Conversations with Filmmakers Series. 2004,
264 pp., chronology, filmography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-616-2,
unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-617-9, paper, $22.00T.
Fred Zinnemann: Interviews Edited by Gabriel Miller. Over thirty years
of interviews that provide a revealing glimpse into the director’s vision as he discusses his varied experiences as a filmmaker. Conversations with Filmmakers Series. 2005, 176 pp., introduction, chronology, filmography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-697-1, unjacketed cloth,
$50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-698-8, paper, $22.00T.
Fredric Wertham and the Critique of Mass Culture By Bart Beaty. A reexamination of the critic whose congressional testimony sparked the
comics code. 2005, 224 pp., index, ISBN 978-1-57806-810-4, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-819-7, paper, $22.00S.
Freedom Walk: Mississippi or Bust By Mary Stanton. The historic account of how a determined white postal worker became one of the
earliest martyrs in the civil rights movement. 2003, 272 pp., 14 b & w
photographs, ISBN 978-1-57806-505-9, cloth, $32.00S.
French Art of Four Centuries from the New Orleans Museum of Art.
From Lefebre to Picasso four hundred years of great art by artists
such as Monet, Renoir, Cézanne, Matisse, and others. From an exhibition held in Japan in 1993. Text in both Japanese and English. 2000,
190 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-259-1, paper, $25.00T.
French Quarter Manual: An Architectural Guide By Malcolm Heard. A
handbook for discovering the architectural gems in the Vieux Carré
of New Orleans. 1997, 144 pp., 250 b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-087805-988-1, casebound over wire binding, $44.00T.
The French Quarter of New Orleans Text by Jim Fraiser. Photographs by
West Freeman. Photographs and narrative that revive the charming
spirit of old New Orleans. 2003, 248 pp., 160 color photographs, glossary, bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-524-0, cloth, $45.00T.
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Friendship and Sympathy: Communities of Southern Women Writers
Edited by Rosemary M. Magee. An anthology of reviews, essays, and
appreciations that reveal the links uniting the careers of many noted
southern women writers. 1992, 360 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-545-6,
paper, $30.00D.
George Cukor: Interviews Edited by Robert Emmet Long. Collected interviews with the director of such films as The Philadelphia Story, Adam’s
Rib, A Star Is Born, and My Fair Lady. Conversations with Filmmakers Series. 2001, 240 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-386-4, unjacketed cloth,
$50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-387-1, paper, $22.00T.
Fritz Lang: Interviews Edited by Barry Keith Grant. A collection of conversations about the filmmaker whose life and work spanned six decades of film history. 2003, 240 pp., Conversations with Filmmakers
Series. ISBN 978-1-57806-576-9, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN
978-1-57806-577-6, paper, $22.00T.
George Lucas: Interviews Edited by Sally Kline. Collected interviews with
the director known as the most identifiable and popular filmmaker
in the history of the medium. Conversations with Filmmakers Series.
1999, 264 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-125-9, paper, $22.00T.
From Buchenwald to Carnegie Hall By Marian Filar and Charles Patterson. An international pianist’s memoir about surviving Nazi persecution and achieving fulfillment in music. Willie Morris Books in
Memoir and Biography. 2002, 248 pp., 25 b&w photographs, ISBN
978-1-57806-419-9, cloth, $35.00S.
George Stevens: Interviews Edited by Paul Cronin. Interviews that showcase the deep moral vision of a director who is as meticulous, discerning, and contemplative in his conversations as he is in his filmmaking. Conversations with Filmmakers Series. 2004, 160 pp., chronology,
filmography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-638-4, unjacketed cloth,
$50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-639-1, paper, $22.00T.
From Every Stage: Images of America’s Roots Music Photographs and
text by Stephanie P. Ledgin. Foreword by Charles Osgood. A closeup
of stars and innovators from blues, bluegrass, country, folk, Celtic,
and Cajun music. 2005, 128 pp., 78 color and 122 b&w photographs,
foreword, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-740-4, cloth, $40.00S.
German Boy: A Refugee’s Story By Wolfgang W. E. Samuel. Foreword by
Stephen E. Ambrose. A refugee child’s witness to Nazi defeat, Soviet
occupation, and his family’s debacle in war. Willie Morris Books in
Memoir and Biography. 2000, 376 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-274-4,
cloth, $32.00T.
The Fruits of Integration: Black Middle-Class Ideology and Culture,
1960-1990 By Charles T. Banner-Haley. The role of black middle-class
culture and ideology in reshaping mainstream America. 1994, 288
pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-648-4, paper, $22.00S.
Gertrude Stein and Richard Wright: The Poetics and Politics of Modernism By M. Lynn Weiss. The Stein-Wright connection and its
meaning for American literature and literary history. 1998, 144 pp.,
ISBN 978-1-57806-100-6, cloth, $50.00S.
The Fugitive Race: Minority Writers Resisting Whiteness By Stephen P.
Knadler. A trailblazing study showing how for over a century minority authors have defied the dominance of white identity in American culture. 2002, 232 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-506-6, cloth, $50.00S;
ISBN 978-1-934110-34-8, paper, $25.00D.
Gettysburg: Sentinels of Stone Photographs and text by Timothy T. Isbell.
Photographs and text that capture the battles, landscapes, history,
and memories of the Civil War. 2006, 192 pp., 85 color photographs.
ISBN 978-1-57806-839-5, cloth, $40.00T.
G. Ruger Donoho: A Painter’s Path By René Paul Barilleaux and Victoria
J. Beck. An appreciative retrospective of the art of a noted turn-ofthe century painter. Co-published with the Mississippi Museum of
Art. 1995, 96 pp., 16 full-color and 10 b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-087805-798-6, paper, $20.00T.
Gardening Southern Style By Felder Rushing. A common-sense guide to
gardening in the Magnolia Zone written by Mississippi’s favorite philosopher on good gardening. A companion book to the public television series produced by Mississippi ETV. 1986, 1997, 246 pp., ISBN
978-0-87805-390-2, paper, $22.00D.
Garrison Keillor: A Voice of America By Judith Yaross Lee. A pleasurable
look at the comic imagination of Lake Wobegon’s favorite son and
contemporary America’s favorite humorist. 1991, 230 pp., ISBN 9780-87805-473-2, paper, $25.00D.
Gender and the Poetics of Excess: Moments of Brocade By Karen Jackson Ford. A study of how excess has proved to be the intended norm
in the work of major women poets. 1997, 240 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806006-1, cloth, $50.00S.
Gender and the Southern Body Politic Edited by Nancy Bercaw. A re-examination of notable subjects in southern history through the unique
lens of gender. Chancellor Porter L. Fortune Symposium in Southern
History Series. 2000, 280 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-257-7, cloth, $50.00S;
ISBN 978-1-934110-38-6, paper, $25.00D.
General Stephen D. Lee By Herman Hattaway. A biographical portrait of
an exceptional Confederate military figure. 1988, 284 pp., ISBN 9780-87805-376-6, paper, $25.00D.
Ghost Dancing on the Cracker Circuit: The Culture of Festivals in the
American South By Rodger Lyle Brown. A look into deep communal meanings that emerge as small towns stage their annual festivals.
1997, 224 pp., 20 b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-0-87805-905-8, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-0-87805-906-5, paper, $20.00S.
Ghost Hunters of the South By Alan Brown. From across Dixie, profiles of
irrepressible investigators of the paranormal. 2006, 272 pp., glossary,
television and movie filmography, bibliography, appendix, index,
ISBN 978-1-57806-892-0, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-157806-893-7, paper, $20.00T.
The Glenbuchat Ballads Edited by David Buchan and James Moreira. A
trove of previously unpublished Scottish ballads. Published in association with the Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen, Scotland. 2007, 304 pp., map, glossary, bibliography, index, ISBN 978-157806-972-9, cloth, $60.00S.
Global Pop, Local Language Edited by Harris M. Berger and Michael
Thomas Carroll. An anthology exploring the politics of language
choice in world beat and pop music. 2003, 272 pp., ISBN 978-157806-535-6, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-536-3,
paper, $22.00S.
Grady Baby: A Year in the Life of Atlanta’s Grady Hospital By Jerry Gentry. A compelling human drama of lives that intersect in the maternity ward of a huge urban hospital. 1999, 264 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806157-0, cloth, $28.00S.
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Great Houses of Mississippi Text by Mary Carol Miller. Photographs by
Mary Rose Carter. Superb text and stunning photographs that capture
the antebellum grandeur of thirty-five showcase homes. 2004, 168
pp., 95 color photographs, bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806674-2, cloth, $45.00T.
The Hardest Deal of All: The Battle Over School Integration in Mississippi, 1870–1980 By Charles C. Bolton. The history of the state’s
struggle to desegregate its schools. 2005, 288 pp., 2 maps, 5 tables,
index, ISBN 978-1-57806-717-6, cloth, $45.00S; ISBN 978-1-93411074-4, paper, $25.00D.
Great Smoky Mountains Folklife By Michael Ann Williams. A comprehensive look at the traditional culture in a distinct region of Appalachia. Folklife in the South Series. 1995, 216 pp., 40 b&w illustrations,
ISBN 978-0-87805-792-4, paper, $22.00D.
A Haunt of Fear: The Strange History of the British Horror Comics
Campaign By Martin Barker. An exploration of the British campaign
against horror comics between 1949 and 1955 that led to the passage
of the Children and Young Persons Act of 1955. Studies in Popular Culture Series. 1992, 256 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-594-4, paper, $25.00D.
Cannot be sold in the United Kingdom.
Green Seduction: Money, Business, and the Environment By Bill Streever. Drawn from the experience of environmental workers, a look at
the battlegrounds where business engages the environment. 2006,
208 pp., index, ISBN 978-1-934110-27-0, paper, $20.00S.
Grotowski’s Objective Drama Research By Lisa Wolford. A descriptive
analysis of post-theatrical work of the influential Polish director
and performance theorist. Performance Studies Series. 1996, 208 pp.,
ISBN 978-0-87805-893-8, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-087805-894-5, paper, $25.00S.
Groucho and W. C. Fields: Huckster Comedians By Wes D. Gehring.
A wonderful tribute to Groucho and Fields and the art of flimflam
comedy. Studies in Popular Culture Series. 1994, 208 pp., ISBN 978-1934110-95-9, paper, $25.00D.
Guadalcanal Marine By Kerry L. Lane. A powerful recollection of amphibious assaults and fierce jungle warfare from a hero of “Suicide
Creek.” Willie Morris Books in Memoir and Biography. 2004, 352 pp.,
80 b&w photographs, 8 maps, glossary, bibliography, index, ISBN
978-1-57806-664-3, cloth, $38.00T.
Haunted Halls: Ghostlore of American College Campuses By Elizabeth
Tucker. The first in-depth study of ghost stories from the haunts of
academia. 2007, 256 pp., 18 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index,
ISBN 978-1-57806-994-1, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-157806-995-8, paper, $20.00S.
Haunted Places in the American South By Alan Brown. Your guide to
the spookiest spots in Dixie. 2002, 296 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-476-2,
unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-477-9, paper, $20.00T.
Hawthorne’s Narrative Strategies By Michael Dunne. A study of a literary
master’s manipulation of readers through use of ingenious narrative
devices. 1995, 224 pp., ISBN 978-1-934110-94-2, paper, $25.00D.
The Heart of the Story: Eudora Welty’s Short Fiction By Peter Schmidt.
New scholarly vistas for the study of Welty’s stories. Winner of the
1991 Eudora Welty Prize. 1991, 312 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-501-2,
paper, $25.00S.
Guiltless Pleasures: A David Sterritt Film Reader By David Sterritt.
The latest and best from one of America’s most respected film critics. 2005, 224 pp., index, ISBN 978-1-57806-780-0, unjacketed cloth,
$50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-818-0, paper, $25.00S.
Heaven and Earth Seen Within: Song Ceramics from the Robert Barron Collection By Lisa Rotondo-McCord. Introduction by Robert D.
Mowry. A spectacular catalog of Song Dynasty ceramics in one of the
most notable collections. 2001, 160 pp., 12 full-color photographs,
ISBN 978-0-89494-077-4, paper, $29.95T.
The Guitar in America: Victorian Era to Jazz Age By Jeffrey J. Noonan.
From parlor instrument to jazz electric, a study of musical evolution
in America’s progressive era. American Made Music Series. 2008, 256
pp., 40 b&w illustrations, discography, bibliography, index, ISBN
978-1-934110-18-8, cloth, $50.00S.
Hi There, Boys and Girls! America’s Local Children’s TV Programs By
Tim Hollis. The first book to give considered focus to children’s television at the local level. 2001, 376 pp., 150 b&w illustrations, ISBN 9781-57806-395-6, unjacketed cloth, $60.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-396-3,
paper, $30.00S.
Haitian Vodou Flags By Patrick Arthur Polk. A celebration of a genre of
Haitian art inspired by myths, legends, and unique personal visions.
Folk Art and Artists Series. 1998, 72 pp., 44 full-color photographs,
ISBN 978-1-57806-024-5, cloth with printed cover, $25.00S.
Hiking Mississippi: A Guide to Trails and Natural Areas By Helen McGinnis. For all hikers a guidebook for excursions along the Magnolia
State’s trails and lanes and through teeming nature sites. 1994, 256
pp., 30 maps, ISBN 978-0-87805-664-4, paper, $20.00T.
Hands in the Till: Embezzlement of Public Monies in Mississippi By
James R. Crockett. Shocking cases in which stewardship became
malfeasance. 2007, 272 pp., index, ISBN 978-1-57806-935-4, cloth,
$40.00S.
Historic Churches of Mississippi By Sherry Pace. Essay and captions by
Richard J. Cawthon. A celebration of the state’s sacred places. 2007,
192 pp., 177 color photographs, ISBN 978-1-57806-940-8, cloth,
$40.00T.
Hank Williams, So Lonesome By Bill Koon. An authoritative separation
of myth from fact in the life of the great country-music star. American Made Music Series. 2002, 192 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-283-6, paper, $20.00T.
The Historical Present: Uses and Abuses of the Past By Edwin M. Yoder,
Jr. A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist’s view of how the study of history is our key to understanding the present. 1997, 192 pp., ISBN
978-0-87805-985-0, cloth, $35.00S.
A Hard Rain Fell: SDS and Why it Failed By David Barber. This book
traces the Students for a Democratic Society in their relation to other
movements and demonstrates that the New Left’s dissolution flowed
directly from SDS’s failure to break with traditional American notions of race, sex, and empire. 2008, 320 pp., bibliography, index,
ISBN 978-1-934110-17-1, cloth, $50.00S.
A History of Affirmative Action, 1619–2000 By Philip F. Rubio. A readable history that puts the current debates in historical context. 2001,
352 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-354-3, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN
978-1-57806-355-0, paper, $22.00S.
18 The Horn Island Logs of Walter Inglis Anderson Edited and with an introduction by Redding S. Sugg, Jr. A revelation of the art and mind of
a unique artist lost and alone in the world of nature, this beautiful
book records Anderson’s experiences on one of the barrier islands in
the Gulf of Mexico over a period of twenty years. 1985, 1990, 240 pp.,
150 b&w drawings, ISBN 978-0-87805-168-7, cloth, $50.00T.
Horn of Plenty: Seasons in an Island Wilderness By April Newlin. Photographs by Donald M. Bradburn. An inspired history of Horn Island,
a spectacular natural treasure and a demanding environment. 2005,
208 pp., 10 b&w photographs, 5 maps, appendixes, bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-681-0, cloth, $30.00S.
Horror Film: Creating and Marketing Fear Edited by Steffen Hantke. Essays on the rise of the horror film and on how moviemakers package
and promote fright. 2004, 272 pp., bibliography, index, ISBN 978-157806-692-6, cloth, $50.00S.
Hotel Room Trilogy By Barry Gifford. From the author of Arise and
Walk and Wild at Heart, a trio of one-act plays depicting the spooky,
strange, and tragic passage of guests through the same hotel room.
1995, 108 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-777-1, paper, $20.00S.
Howard Hawks: Interviews Edited by Scott Breivold. Interviews with the
director of Scarface, Only Angels Have Wings, His Girl Friday, Sergeant York, Bringing Up Baby, The Big Sleep, Red River, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and Rio Bravo. 2006, 256 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-832-6,
unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; 978-1-57806-833-3, paper, $22.00T.
Huey P. Newton: The Radical Theorist By Judson L. Jeffries. A new consideration of the Black Panther’s leadership, political thought, and
intellectual development. 2002, 224 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-432-8,
cloth, $40.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-877-7, paper, $22.00D.
Hungarian Folktales: The Art of Zsuzsanna Palko Collected, transcribed,
annotated, and introduced by Linda Dégh. Translated by Vera Kalm.
Preface by Carl Lindahl. Magical narratives from one of the world’s
best known storytellers. 1996, 408 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-912-6, paper, $25.00S.
Hurricane Camille: Monster Storm of the Gulf Coast By Philip D. Hearn.
In the voices of its survivors, the history of one of America’s most
devastating storms. 2004, 176 pp., 35 b&w photographs, bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-655-1, cloth, $28.00T.
I Always Wanted to Fly: America’s Cold War Airmen By Colonel Wolfgang W. E. Samuel. Foreword by Ken Hechler. Pilots and crewmen remembering the Berlin Airlift, Korea, Vietnam, and secret flights over
the Soviet Union. 2001, 384 pp., 61 b&w photographs, ISBN 978-157806-399-4, cloth, $35.00T.
Ida Kohlmeyer: Recent Works By Ida Kohlmeyer. Distributed for the
Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia. A retrospective of lively
work from the New Orleans artist. 2005, 64 pp., 7 b&w illustrations,
42 color illustrations. ISBN 978-0-9638753-9-6, cloth with printed
cover, $21.95T.
The Identity Question: Blacks and Jews in Europe and America By
Robert Philipson. A diasporic study of the striking similarities between Jewish consciousness and black consciousness in Europe and
America. 2000, 280 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-292-8, unjacketed cloth,
$50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-293-5, paper, $22.00S.
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Ike’s Spies: Eisenhower and the Espionage Establishment By Stephen E.
Ambrose. Introduction By Douglas Brinkley. Behind Ike’s grandfatherly mask, the free world’s foremost spymaster. A Banner Book. 1999,
385 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-207-2, paper, $18.00T. Not for sale in the
British Commonwealth.
Illustrations of Epic and Voyage By Walter Anderson, edited with an
introduction by Redding S. Sugg, Jr. An intriguing sample of Walter
Anderson’s visions inspired by literature’s great stories. 2006, 152 pp.,
ISBN 978-1-57806-855-5, cloth, $35.00T.
Imari: Japanese Porcelain for European Palaces: The Freda and Ralph
Lupin Collection. A catalog from the first U.S. exhibition focused
exclusively on Japanese Imari porcelain. 2000, 120 pp., ISBN 978-089494-060-6, paper, $25.00T.
In Close Harmony: The Story of the Louvin Brothers By Charles Wolfe.
A portrait of two country-music superstars of the 1950s. American
Made Music Series. 1996, 192 pages, 25 b&w illustrations, discography, Available, ISBN 978-0-87805-892-1, paper, $22.00D.
In the Southern Wild Photographs by Joe Mac Hudspeth, Jr. with a foreword by Rick Bass. In full color, homage to the thriving world of the
South’s wetlands. 2003, 176 pp., 150 full-color photographs, ISBN
978-1-57806-584-4, cloth, $42.00T.
Ingmar Bergman: Interviews Edited by Raphael Shargel. Interviews with
the famed director of Wild Strawberries, Scenes from a Marriage, The
Seventh Seal, Saraband, and other films. Conversations with Filmmakers Series. 2007, 204 pp., introduction, chronology, filmography,
index, ISBN 978-1-57806-217-1, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN
978-1-57806-218-8, paper, $20.00T.
Inherit the Land: Jim Crow Meets Miss Maggie’s Will By Gene Stowe.
Illustrations by Carl A. Sergio. The history of a legal fight in which an
all-white jury awarded African Americans a North Carolina estate.
2007, 309 pp., 15 b&w illustrations, bibliography, ISBN 978-1-57806864-7, cloth, $35.00T; ISBN 978-1-934110-60-7, paper, $20.00T.
Inland Fishes of Mississippi By Stephen T. Ross. The deluxe, comprehensive guide to the native species of inland fishes found in Mississippi.
Copublished with the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries,
and Parks. 2001, 624 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-246-1, cloth, $55.00T.
Inside Peyton Place: The Life of Grace Metalious By Emily Toth. The juicy
biography of the scandalous novelist who lifted the lid off a New England town. A Banner Book. 2000, 408 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-268-3,
paper, $22.00T.
Interviews with Betty Friedan Edited by Janann Sherman. Thirty-six
years of interviews with the “Mother of Modern Feminism.” Conversations with Public Intellectuals Series. 2002, 224 pp., ISBN 9781-57806-479-3, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-480-9,
paper, $20.00S.
Interviews with Dwight MacDonald Edited by Michael Wreszin. A representative selection of interviews with one of the most acute observers
of American politics, society, and culture in the twentieth century.
Conversations with Public Intellectuals Series. 2003, 208 pp., ISBN
978-1-57806-533-2, cloth, $50.00S.
Interviews with Edward W. Said Edited by Amritjit Singh and Bruce G.
Johnson. These engaging conversations show how this influential
figure’s insights have made a considerable impact on the practices of
many disciplines. Conversations with Public Intellectuals Series. 2004,
240 pp., introduction, chronology, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-365-9,
unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-366-6, paper, $20.00S.
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Interviews with George F. Kennan Edited by T. Christopher Jespersen.
Collected talks with the American statesman who delineated the
West’s Cold War policy of Soviet containment. Conversations with
Public Intellectuals Series. 2002, 200 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-448-9,
cloth, $50.00S.
Interviews with John Kenneth Galbraith Edited by James Ronald Stanfield and Jacqueline Bloom Stanfield. A collection of interviews that
document the long career of the Canadian-born, influential economist and political philosopher. 2004, 192 pp., Interviews with Public
Intellectuals Series. ISBN 978-1-57806-610-0, cloth, $50.00S.
Interviews with Writers of the Post-Colonial World Edited by Feroza
Jussawalla and Reed Way Dasenbrock. Interviews with third-world
and Chicano authors speaking about their place in the literary canon.
1992, 312 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-572-2, paper, $25.00S.
Inventing New Orleans: Writings of Lafcadio Hearn Edited and with an
introduction by S. Frederick Starr. A selection of writings from the
author who created America’s notion of New Orleans as an exotic and
mysterious place. 2001, 264 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-352-9, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-353-6, paper, $22.00T.
Inventing Southern Literature By Michael Kreyling. A skeptical view of
the way the mainstream has defined and studied southern literature.
1998, 232 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-044-3, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S;
ISBN 978-1-57806-045-0, paper, $20.00S.
Is There a Southern Political Tradition? Edited by Charles W. Eagles. A
mixed answer from a company of scholars who survey the spectrum
of southern politics and politicians. Chancellor Porter L. Fortune
Symposium in Southern History Series. 1996, 256 pp., ISBN 978-087805-851-8, paper, $25.00S.
James K. Humphrey and the Sabbath-Day Adventists By R. Clifford
Jones. A story of an African American minister who broke from the
Seventh-day Adventist church during the Harlem Renaissance. 2006,
256 pp., appendix, bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-891-3,
cloth, $50.00S.
Jane Campion: Interviews Edited by Virginia Wright Wexman. Collected
interviews with the New Zealand director of The Piano and Portrait
of a Lady. Conversations with Filmmakers Series. 1999, 256 pp., ISBN
978-1-57806-082-5, cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-083-2, paper,
$22.00T.
Jazz and Death: Medical Profiles of Jazz Greats By Frederick J. Spencer,
M.D. A disclosure of the deaths of jazz artists and their often fatal
lifestyles. American Made Music Series. 2002, 336 pp., 33 b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-1-57806-453-3, cloth, $40.00S.
Jazz in American Culture By Peter Townsend. A persuasive appreciation
of what jazz is and of how it has permeated and enriched the culture
of America. Copublished with Edinburgh University Press. For sale
in the USA, Canada, and U.S. dependencies only. 2001, 208 pp., ISBN
978-1-57806-324-6, paper, $22.00S.
Jazz Planet Edited by E. Taylor Atkins. The first book to detail the spread
and evolution of jazz into cultures around the world. 2003, 272 pp.,
ISBN 978-1-57806-608-7, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-157806-609-4, paper, $22.00S.
Jean Renoir: Interviews Edited by Bert Cardullo. Collected interviews
with one of France’s most loved and respected filmmakers. Conversations with Filmmakers Series. 2005, 224 pp., introduction, chronology, filmography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-730-5, unjacketed cloth,
$50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-731-2, paper, $22.00T.
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Jean-Luc Godard: Interviews Edited by David Sterritt. Collected interviews with the French director of Breathless and Hail Mary. Conversations with Filmmakers Series. 1998, 256 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-0801, cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-081-8, paper, $22.00T.
Jennie Carter: A Black Journalist of the Early West Edited by Eric Gardner. The first collection from an African American journalist writing
for the San Francisco Elevator. Margaret Walker Alexander Series in
African American Studies. 2007, 208 pp., introduction, bibliography,
index, ISBN 978-1-934110-10-2, cloth, $50.00S.
Jesus and the Sweet Pilgrim Baptist Church By Clayton Sullivan. A Mississippi fable of divine visitation, jealousy, murder, and salvation.
A Muscadine Book. 2001, 112 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-332-1, paper,
$18.00T.
Jews in Early Mississippi By Leo Turitz and Evelyn Turitz. A fascinating
picture album of Mississippi Jewry. 1983, 400 b&w illustrations, ISBN
978-0-87805-178-6, paper, $25.00T.
The Jim Dilemma: Reading Race in Huckleberry Finn By Jocelyn Chadwick-Joshua. An eloquent defense of Jim, Twain, and the use of Huckleberry Finn in the classroom. 1998, 183 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-0610, paper, $20.00S.
Jim Jarmusch: Interviews Edited by Ludvig Hertzberg. Collected interviews with the American independent film director of Permanent
Vacation, Stranger Than Paradise, and Ghost Dog: The Way of the
Samurai. Conversations with Filmmakers Series. 2001, 240 pp., ISBN
978-1-57806-378-9, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806379-6, paper, $22.00T.
Jimmie Rodgers: The Life and Times of America’s Blue Yodeler By Nolan Porterfield. The definitive biography of the “Father of Country
Music.” American Made Music Series. 2007, 460 pp., preface, 63 b&w
illustrations, discography, appendixes, index, ISBN 978-1-57806982-8, paper, $25.00T.
Joan Blondell: A Life between Takes By Matthew Kennedy. The first major biography of an actress with a long and lustrous career. Hollywood
Legends Series. 2007, 272 pp., 28 b&w illustrations, filmography, bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-961-3, cloth, $30.00T.
John Ford: Interviews Edited by Gerald Peary. 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.
Conversations with Filmmakers Series. 2001, 208 pp., ISBN 978-157806-397-0, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-398-7,
paper, $22.00T.
John Huston: Interviews Edited by Robert Emmet Long. 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. Conversations with Filmmakers Series. 2001, 232 pp., ISBN
978-1-57806-327-7, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806328-4, paper, $22.00T.
John Sayles: Interviews Edited by Diane Carson. Collected interviews
with the director/writer/actor who was nominated for both an Academy Award for script writing and a National Book Award. Conversations with Filmmakers Series. 1999, 232 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-1372, cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-138-9, paper, $22.00T.
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John Wilkes Booth: A Sister’s Memoir By Asia Booth Clarke. Edited and
with an introduction by Terry Alford. A sister’s affectionate look into
the complex mind and character of her brother, the man who killed
Lincoln. 1999, 152 pp., 10 b&w photographs, ISBN 978-1-57806-2256, paper, $20.00T.
The Kennedy Assassination By Peter Knight. An overview of the many
American perspectives in the aftermath of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination. 2007, 224 pp., bibliography, ISBN 978-1-93411031-7, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-934110-32-4, paper,
$20.00S. For sale in the U.S. and its territories and Canada only.
John Woo: Interviews Edited by Robert K. Elder. The first authoritative
English-language collection of interviews with the Asian director of
Broken Arrow, Face/Off, and Mission Impossible II. Conversations with
Filmmakers Series. 2005, 208 pp., introduction, chronology, filmography, index. ISBN 978-1-57806-775-6, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S;
ISBN 978-1-57806-776-3, paper, $22.00T.
Kennedy’s Blues: African-American Blues and Gospel Songs on JFK
By Guido van Rijn. Foreword by Brian Ward. A compilation and
analysis of the many blues and gospel songs written about the inspirational president. American Made Music Series. 2007, 176 pp., bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-957-6, cloth, $50.00S.
The Johnson Family Singers: We Sang for Our Supper By Kenneth M.
Johnson, with an introduction by Charles Wolfe. The story of a family
of gospel music stars from the golden age of radio. American Made
Music Series. 1997, 160 pp., 25 b&w photographs, ISBN 978-1-57806003-0, cloth with CD, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-004-7, paper,
$20.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-034-4, CD, $18.00T.
Joseph E. Davis: Pioneer Patriarch By Janet Sharp Hermann. A closely
observed view of the nineteenth-century South in a biography of the
Confederate president’s elder brother. 1990, 196 pp., ISBN 978-1934110-54-6, paper, $25.00D.
Joseph L. Mankiewicz: Interviews Edited by Brian Dauth. Talks with
the master director of such classics as All About Eve, The Barefoot
Contessa, and Cleopatra. Conversations with Filmmakers Series. 2008,
250 pp., introduction, chronology, filmography, index, ISBN 978-1934110-23-2, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-934110-24-9,
paper, $20.00T.
Juke Joint Photographs by Birney Imes, with an introductory essay by Richard Ford. “These photographs explore the wildly expressive interior
decor of these bars with their spray-painted walls, hand-lettered
signs, plywood floors, and well-kept pool tables.” David Featherstone,
The Friends of Photography. Author and Artist Series. 1990, 108 pp., 58
full-color photographs, ISBN 978-0-87805-846-4, paper, $37.00T.
Just Above the Water: Florida Folk Art By Kristin G. Congdon and Tina
Bucuvalas with foreword by Michael Owen Jones. An extensive study
of the Sunshine State’s folk art legacy. 2006, 368 pp., 72 color illustrations, 200 b&w illustrations, foreword, index, ISBN 978-1-57806778-7, cloth, $65.00S.
Just Making Movies: Company Directors on the Studio System By
Ronald L. Davis. Reflections from the filmmakers who kept screens
flickering in the big studio era. 2005, 224 pp., 12 b&w photographs,
index, ISBN 978-1-57806-690-2, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN
978-1-57806-691-9, paper, $22.00S.
Kangaroo Hollow By Thomas Hal Phillips. The first American edition of
the novel that has been praised as Phillips’s most ambitious work.
2000, 317 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-260-7, paper, $20.00S.
Katherine Anne Porter: The Life of an Artist By Darlene Harbour Unrue. A biography capturing the incomparable life and times of one of
America’s finest writers. Willie Morris Books in Memoir and Biography. 2005, 368 pp., 25 b&w photographs, bibliography, index, ISBN
978-1-57806-777-0, cloth, $32.00T.
Katrina: Mississippi Women Remember Photography by Melody Golding.
Edited by Sally Pfister. Haunting, firsthand accounts and photographs
from the aftermath of the hurricane. 2007, 176 pp., 70 b&w photographs, ISBN 978-1-57806-956-9, cloth, $32.00T.
Kentucky Bluegrass Country By R. Gerald Alvey, with a foreword bsy
Thomas D. Clark. An all-encompassing look at contemporary folklife
and traditions in Bluegrass Kentucky. Folklife in the South Series.
1992, 344 pp., 25 b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-0-87805-544-9, paper,
$22.00S.
Kewpies and Beyond: The World of Rose O’Neill By Shelley Armitage.
The life and times of the Kewpie doll and its fascinating socially conscious creator. Studies in Popular Culture Series. 1994, 224 pages, 70
b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-0-87805-711-5, paper, $25.00S.
King of the Western Saddle: The Sheridan Saddle and the Art of Don
King By Timothy H. Evans. An appreciation of the western saddle
and one of the most acclaimed saddlemakers of the West. Folk Art
and Artists Series. 1998, 72 pp., 24 full-color plates, 38 b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-0-87805-809-9, cloth with printed cover, $25.00T.
La Salle and His Legacy: Frenchmen and Indians in the Lower Mississippi Valley Edited by Patricia K. Galloway. In this collection of
essays that marked the tricentennial of La Salle’s expedition, thirteen
scholars assess his legacy and the significance of French colonialism in the Southeast. 1983, 276pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-933-0, paper,
$25.00D.
Ladies of Soul By David Freeland. Heartfelt profiles that chart the ups and
downs of seven female soul singers of the 1960s. American Made Music Series. 2001, 264 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-331-4, paper, $25.00S.
The Land of the Smokies: Great Mountain Memories By Tim Hollis. A
nostalgic, informative history of one of the nation’s most enduring
tourist regions. 2007, 224 pp., 250 color illustrations, bibliography,
index, ISBN 978-1-57806-943-9, unjacketed cloth, $55.00S; ISBN
978-1-57806-944-6, paper, $25.00T.
The Language of Comics: Word and Image Edited by Robin Varnum and
Christina T. Gibbons. A diverse study of how words and pictures interact in comics to make messages. Studies in Popular Culture Series.
2002, 248 pp., 50 b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-1-57806-413-7, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-414-4, paper, $25.00D.
Lars von Trier: Interviews Edited by Jan Lumholdt. A collection of interviews with the most intriguing film director to emerge in Denmark
since the days of his great mentor in spirit Carl Theodor Dreyer. Conversations with Filmmakers Series. 2003, 264 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806531-8, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-532-5, paper,
$22.00T.
The Lasting of the Mohicans: History of an American Myth By Martin Barker and Roger Sabin. How media versions of Cooper’s classic frontier novel have perpetuated the myth of “America.” Studies
in Popular Culture Series. 1996, 224 pp., 39 b&w illustrations, ISBN
978-0-87805-858-7, unjacketed cloth, $45.00S; ISBN 978-0-87805859-4, paper, $25.00D.
TITLE LIST (Includes titles through February 2008)
Laugh Track By David Galef. Ingenious short fiction from the author of
the novels Flesh and Turning Japanese. 2002, 232 pp., ISBN 978-157806-422-9, cloth, $30.00T.
The Lauren Rogers Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections. Your
guide through the masterworks in a Mississippi art museum that is
one of the most notable small museums of America. Distributed for
the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art. 2003, 200 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806557-8, paper, $16.95T.
Lauren’s Line By Sondra Spatt Olsen. A satirical novel unveiling faculty
shenanigans on an urban campus. 2004, 254 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806614-8, cloth, $30.00T.
Lavish Self-Divisions: The Novels of Joyce Carol Oates By Brenda Daly.
How Oates’s father-identified daughters of the 1960s become self-defining women in the 1980s. 1996, 232 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-885-3,
cloth, $50.00S.
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Lockstep and Dance: Images of Black Men in Popular Culture By Linda
G. Tucker. An examination of those who resist, wield and respond
to stereotypes in literature, film, sports, and music. Margaret Walker
Alexander Series in African American Studies. 2007, 224 pp., bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-906-4, cloth, $45.00S.
The Lonely Days Were Sundays: Reflections of a Jewish Southerner By
Eli N. Evans. “The Jews of the South have found their poet laureate” —Abba Eban. 1993, 384 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-627-9, cloth,
$40.00S; ISBN 978-0-87805-752-8, paper, $25.00S.
Long Lance By Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance [Sylvester Long]. Introduction by Donald B. Smith. Written by one who claimed to have lived
through the perils and adventures he describes, a thrilling fictional
account of the Blackfoot Indian’s last days of freedom. A Banner
Book. 1995, 320 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-830-3,paper, $16.95T.
Leander Perez: Boss of the Delta By Glen Jeansonne. A biography of the
tumultuous career of one of Louisiana’s staunchest segregationist politicians. 2006, 484 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-917-0, paper, $25.00D.
Lords of Misrule: Mardi Gras and the Politics of Race in New Orleans
By James Gill. The often-bloody history of Mardi Gras and the uproar
over the government’s enforcement of diversity in Carnival krewes.
1997, 272 pp., 30 b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-0-87805-916-4, paper,
$25.00D.
Let It Shine: Self-Taught Art from the T. Marshall Hahn Collection By
the High Museum of Art. A sumptuous catalog of self-taught art from
one of America’s major collections. 2001, 172 pp., 85 full-color plates,
25 halftones, ISBN 978-1-57806-363-5, cloth, $45.00T.
Losing Malcolm: A Mother’s Journey Through Grief By Carol Henderson. A mother’s powerful and moving narrative about the loss of her
infant son and her redemption from sorrow. 2001, 264 pp., ISBN 9781-57806-339-0, cloth, $32.00S.
The Life of Dick Haymes: No More Little White Lies By Ruth Prigozy. The
definitive biography of this superstar crooner’s rise, fall, and struggle
for a comeback. 2006, 272 pp., 978-1-57806-551-6, cloth, $30.00T.
Lost Landmarks of Mississippi By Mary Carol Miller. A guide to historic
buildings lost to neglect, flames, “progress,” and bulldozers. 2002, 176
pp., 82 b&w halftones, ISBN 978-1-57806-475-5, cloth, $35.00T.
The Light in the Piazza and Other Italian Tales By Elizabeth Spencer. Introduction by Robert Phillips. Seven fascinating tales in which Southerners surrender to the mesmerizing spell of Italy. A Banner Book.
1995, 304 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-837-2, paper, $18.00T.
Lost Mansions of Mississippi By Mary Carol Miller. A photographic and
historical review of fifty-seven of Mississippi’s most notable antebellum mansions, all long-vanished. 1996, 192 pp., 85 b&w illustrations,
ISBN 978-0-87805-888-4, cloth, $37.00T.
Light of the Spirit: Portraits of Southern Outsider Artists By Karekin
Goekjian and Robert Peacock. Foreword by Donald Kuspit. Introduction by Gerard C. Wertkin. Dramatic photographs uniting the visions
of the photographer and of southern self-taught artists. 1998, 120 pp.,
85 full-color photographs, ISBN 978-1-57806-025-2, cloth, $65.00S;
ISBN 978-1-57806-015-3, paper, $35.00T.
Lost Plantation: The Rise and Fall of Seven Oaks By Marc R. Matrana.
The story of a Louisiana mansion, a planter’s empire, and a preservation battle lost to bulldozers. 2005, 192 pp., 20 b&w photographs,
4 tables, appendix, chronology, bibliography, index, ISBN 978-157806-900-2, paper, $20.00T.
Li’l Abner: A Study in American Satire By Arthur Asa Berger. Al Capp’s
cartoon of Dogpatch’s favorite son revealed as satiric culture of
the common man. 1994, 191 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-713-9, paper,
$20.00D.
Lincoln’s Moral Vision: The Second Inaugural Address By James Tackach. An assessment of the great speech as Lincoln’s moral resolution
of his views on slavery, race, and religion. 2002, 208 pp., ISBN 978-157806-495-3, cloth, $35.00S.
Liv Ullman: Interviews Edited by Robert Emmet Long. Interviews with
the actress of such Ingmar Bergman classics as Persona, Scenes from a
Marriage, and Cries and Whispers and the director of such fine films
as Sofie, Private Confessions, Kristin Lavransdatter, and Faithless.
2006, 256 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-823-4, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S;
978-1-57806-824-1, paper, $22.00T.
Living Life inside the Lines: Tales from the Golden Age of Animation
By Martha Sigall. Foreword by Jerry Beck. An insider’s account of the
wild and wacky teams that created cartoon classics for Warner Bros.
and MGM Animation. 2005, 224 pp., 74 b&w illustrations, index,
ISBN 978-1-57806-748-0, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-157806-749-7, paper, $20.00T.
Lotus among the Magnolias: The Mississippi Chinese By Robert Seto
Quan, in collaboration with Julian B. Roebuck. A study showing how
the Mississippi Chinese have been able to expand their social and economic potential and are now moving away from their restrictive beginnings. 1982, 184 pp., ISBN 978-1-934110-04-1, paper, $25.00D.
Louisiana By Erna Brodber. Linking the living and the dead, a brilliant
novel imbued with the magic of hoodoo and conjuring. Co-published
with New Beacon Books Ltd. Not for sale in the U.K. and European
Common Market countries. 1997, 168 pages, ISBN 978-1-57806031-3, paper, $20.00D.
Louisiana Cookery By Mary Land. Illustrated by Morris Henry Hobbs.
Preface by Owen Brennan. A classic cookbook loaded with signature
dishes from all of Louisiana’s rich cuisines. 2005, 400 pages, preface, appendixes, glossary, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-757-2, paper,
$22.00T.
Louisiana Dayride: Fifty-two Short Trips from New Orleans Written
and illustrated by Shelley N.C. Holl. A guidebook to hundreds of exciting places to visit while radiating from the hub of the Crescent
City. 1995, 144 pp., 7 maps, 5 b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-0-87805822-8, paper, $18.00T.
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Louisiana Voyages: The Travel Writings of Catharine Cole By Martha R.
Field, edited by Joan B. McLaughlin and Jack McLaughlin. Revelations
of a Gilded Age woman writing from the South’s most rugged and
exotic climes. 2006, 256 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-825-8, unjacketed
cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-826-5, paper, $20.00T.
Martin Scorsese: Interviews Edited by Peter Brunette. Collected interviews with the man who has been called the greatest living American
film director. Conversations with Filmmakers Series. 1999, 256 pp.,
ISBN 978-1-57806-071-9, cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-072-6,
paper, $22.00T.
The Loved and the Unloved By Thomas Hal Phillips. An unforgettable
novel in which violence is tempered by compassion and love. A Banner Book. 1998, 260 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-056-6, paper, $20.00S.
Marxism for Our Times: C. L. R. James on Revolutionary Organization
Edited by Martin Glaberman. The writings of a Marxist at work. 1999,
240 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-151-8, paper, $25.00S.
The Magic Behind the Voices: A Who’s Who of Cartoon Voice Actors By
Tim Lawson and Alisa Persons. Stories of the actors who gave voice
to SpongeBob Squarepants, Beavis and Butthead, Bart and Homer
Simpson, Bugs Bunny, Mickey Mouse, and many more animated
characters. 2004, 304 pp., 39 b&w photographs, bibliography, index,
ISBN 978-1-57806-696-4, paper, $28.00T.
Mass Media and the Shaping of American Feminism, 1963-1975 By Patricia Bradley. An incisive look at how the media curtailed feminism.
2003, 320 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-612-4, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S;
ISBN 978-1-57806-613-1, paper, $22.00S.
The Magic Carpet and Other Tales Retold by Ellen Douglas, with illustrations by Walter Anderson. For all readers a spectacular book combining the arts of illustration and narrative. 1987, 1997, 186 pages, 24
full-color illustrations, ISBN 978-0-87805-327-8, cloth, $50.00T.
Making Haste Slowly: The Troubled History of Higher Education in
Mississippi By David G. Sansing. A comprehensive history that reveals the intrusion of culture and politics into higher education in
Mississippi. 1990, 350 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-458-9, cloth, $50.00S.
Malinche’s Children By Daniel Houston-Davila. A novel in stories chronicling the rise of a Chicano barrio in California. 2003, 368 pp., ISBN
978-1-57806-521-9, cloth, $30.00T.
Manners and Southern History Edited by Ted Ownby. Essays questioning
the role of etiquette in the South from Civil War times through the
Civil Rights era. Chancellor Porter L. Fortune Symposium in Southern
History Series. 2007, 192 pp., introduction, index, ISBN 978-1-57806979-8, cloth, $50.00S.
Mardi Gras, Gumbo, and Zydeco: Readings in Louisiana Culture Edited
by Marcia Gaudet and James C. McDonald. An anthology of essays
that afford an understanding of southern Louisiana’s diverse culture.
2003, 200 pp., 12 b&w halftone photographs, ISBN 978-1-57806529-5, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-530-1, paper,
$20.00S.
Margaret Atwood’s Fairy-Tale Sexual Politics By Sharon Rose Wilson.
Intriguing investigation of fairy-tale images in Atwood’s haunting
fiction, poetry, and artwork. Not for sale in Canada. 1994, 350 pp.,
ISBN 978-0-87805-639-2, cloth, $50.00S.
Mario Lanza: Singing to the Gods By Derek Mannering. Foreword By Ellisa Lanza Bregman. A biography of the Italian American tenor, star
of The Great Caruso and inspiration to the Three Tenors. American
Made Music Series. 2005, 256 pp., 44 b&w photographs, filmography,
discography, and index, ISBN 978-1-57806-741-1, cloth, $30.00T.
Maroon and White: Mississippi State University, 1878-2003 By Michael
B. Ballard. A history of the remarkable People’s University. 2008, 400
pp., 18 b&w illustrations, appendix, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-999-6,
$35.00S.
Martin Ritt: Interviews Edited by Gabriel Miller. A collection of interviews with one of America’s preeminent makers of social films and
one of the most sensitive portraitists of the rural South. Conversations with Filmmakers Series. 2003, 256 pp., 12 b&w film stills, ISBN
978-1-57806-433-5, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806434-2, paper, $22.00T.
Masterpieces of Fabergé: The Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation Collection. Malcolm Forbes called the objects featured in this spectacular
book one of the most sumptuous and beautifully chosen collections
of Fabergé in the United States. 2000, 160 pp., ISBN 978-0-89494040-8, paper, $30.00T.
Mayor Crump Don’t Like It: Machine Politics in Memphis By G. Wayne
Dowdy. A biography of the Southern politician who forged the first
biracial Democratic coalition and then shattered it with his loyalty
to segregation’s status quo. 2006, 160 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-859-3,
cloth, $38.00S.
Me: A Book of Remembrance By Winnifred Eaton, with an afterword
by Linda Trinh Moser. A Chinese-Eurasian’s autobiographical novel
tracing a woman’s dual quest for a writing career and romance. A
Banner Book. 1997, 368 pages, ISBN 978-0-87805-991-1, unjacketed
cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-0-87805-992-8, paper, $20.00S.
The Measure of Our Days: Writings of William F. Winter Edited by Andrew P. Mullins, Jr. Speeches from one of Mississippi’s best known
and most progressive public servants. Published for the William
Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation at the University of Mississippi. 2006, 192 pp., 13 b&w photographs, introduction, ISBN 978-157806-914-9, cloth, $30.00S.
A Melvin Dixon Critical Reader Edited by Justin A. Joyce and Dwight A.
McBride. The first collection of essays on literature and life from the
famous activist and scholar. 2006, 208 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-866-1,
cloth, $38.00S.
Memory’s Tailor By Lawrence Rudner, Edited by John Kessel and Susan
Ketchin. A powerful novel in which an elderly Jew journeys across the
Soviet Union on a quest to preserve ethnic memory. 1998, 297 pp.,
ISBN 978-1-57806-090-0, cloth, $25.00T.
Memphis Photographs and text by Larry E. McPherson, with an introduction by Charles Reagan Wilson. Sweeping photographs portraying the
rebirth and rise of modern Memphis, Tennessee. Distributed for the
Center for American Places, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Santa Fe,
New Mexico. 2002, 160 pp., 122 full-color photographs, ISBN 978-1930066-03-8, cloth, $40.00T.
Memphis-Nam-Sweden: The Story of a Black Deserter By Terry Whitmore as told to Richard Weber, with an afterword by Jeff Loeb. One of
the finest memoirs of the Vietnam experience. A Banner Book. 1997,
208 pages, ISBN 978-0-87805-984-3, paper, $20.00S.
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Michael Powell: Interviews Edited by David Lazar. This collection of
interviews reveals the mind and the tactics of a master filmmaker
who is woefully under-known, even as his films are widely celebrated
throughout the world. Conversations with Filmmakers Series. 2003,
248 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-497-7, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN
978-1-57806-498-4, paper, $22.00T.
Mike Leigh: Interviews Edited by Howie Movshovitz. Collected interviews
with the British filmmaker of High Hopes, Life Is Sweet, and Secrets
and Lies. Conversations with Filmmakers Series. 2000, 256 pp., ISBN
978-1-57806-067-2, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806068-9, paper, $22.00T.
Mildred Nungester Wolfe Edited by Elizabeth Wolfe with an introduction
by Ellen Douglas. A celebration of the achievement of one of Mississippi’s finest artists. 2005, 112 pp., 50 color illustrations, chronology,
ISBN 978-1-57806-809-8, cloth, $35.00T.
Milton Caniff: Conversations Edited by Robert C. Harvey. Collected interviews with the master cartoonist who created Terry and the Pirates
and Steve Canyon. Conversations with Comic Artists Series. 2002, 312
pp., 39 b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-1-57806-437-3, unjacketed cloth,
$50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-438-0, paper, $20.00T.
The Mind of the South: Fifty Years Later Edited by Charles W. Eagles.
Scholarly debate about one of the most influential books ever written
about the American South. 1992, 192 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-580-7,
cloth, $50.00S.
Minty Alley By C. L. R. James. The only novel by this world-renowned
West Indian revolutionary and social critic. Co-published with New
Beacon Books Ltd. Not for sale in the U.K. and European Common
Market countries. 1997, 248 pages, ISBN 978-1-57806-027-6, paper,
$20.00S.
Miracles of the Spirit: Folk, Art, and Stories from Wisconsin By Don
Krug and Ann Parker. A survey highlighting the many wonders of
Wisconsin’s visual culture traditions. 2005, 336 pp., 30 color and 188
b&w photographs, bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-753-4,
cloth, $65.00S.
Mississippi: A Documentary History Edited by Bradley G. Bond. The unfolding story of the Magnolia State as told in this striking collection
of its historical documents. 2003, 352 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-843-2,
paper, $25.00D.
Mississippi Archaeology Q & A By Evan Peacock. An expert’s sourcebook
of answers to the public’s frequently asked archaeology questions.
2005, 60 b&w illustrations, glossary, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-766-4,
unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-767-1, paper, $18.00T.
Mississippi Artist: A Self-Portrait By Karl Wolfe. A marvelously personal
and touching memoir of the unusual life of Jackson, Mississippi’s best
known portraitist. Color and black-and-white illustrations, 1979, 170
pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-106-9 (paper), $18.00S.
The Mississippi Cookbook By the Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service. A collection of over one thousand of Mississippi’s most popular
recipes. This book is designed to preserve the state’s culinary heritage.
1972, 475 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-381-0, paper, $22.00T.
Mississippi Forests and Forestry By James E. Fickle. A comprehensive
history of how people used the state’s forests and of how conservation
triumphed. 2001, 368 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-308-6, cloth, $40.00S.
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Mississippi Liberal: A Biography of Frank E. Smith. The biography of
a white, Democratic congressman whose liberal stand on race ended his political career in Mississippi. Published for the Mississippi
Historical Society. 2001, 312 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-343-7, cloth,
$38.00S.
Mississippi Observed Photographs selected and edited by Sheree Hightower
and Cathie Stanga, and text selected and edited by Carol Cox. A long
and lasting glimpse at Mississippi in vintage photographs from the
collection of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History
and in descriptive text by writers in the state’s literary pantheon.
1994, 144 pages, 210 b&w duotone photographs, ISBN 978-0-87805727-6, cloth, $35.00T.
Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006 By Jere Nash and
Andy Taggart. Foreword by John Grisham. The inside story of a seismic shift in political control. 2006, 320 pp., introduction, index, ISBN
978-1-57806-907-1, cloth, $32.00T.
The Mississippi Public Community and Junior College Story: 19722002 By The Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges. Foreword by Ronnie Musgrove. A history of one of the nation’s
most successful public higher education systems. 2007, 400 pp., photographs, introduction, appendices, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-808-1,
cloth, $45.00S
Mississippi Quilts By Mary Elizabeth Johnson. Photographs by J. D.
Schwalm. Over a century’s worth of the Deep South’s quilting heritage beautifully displayed in 152 color and 40 black-and-white photographs. 2001, 200 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-357-4, cloth, $60.00T;
ISBN 978-1-57806-358-1, paper, $40.00T.
The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission: Civil Rights and States’
Rights By Yasuhiro Katagiri. A history of the Magnolia State’s notorious watchdog agency established for maintaining racial segregation.
2001, 384 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-388-8, cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-160473-008-1, paper, $25.00D.
Mississippi Writers: An Anthology Edited by Dorothy Abbott. An omnibus of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama written by Mississippi
authors. Center for the Study of Southern Culture Series. 1991, 520 pp.,
ISBN 978-0-87805-479-4, cloth, $40.00S.
Mississippi Writers: Reflections of Childhood and Youth Compiled
and edited by Dorothy R. Abbott. A monumental anthology in four
volumes collecting fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama written by
authors from Mississippi, a state that has been called the cradle of
storytellers. In a five-year project sponsored by the Center for the
Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, Abbott
made selections from the works of Faulkner, Welty, Williams, Percy, and Wright along with stories, essays, poems, and plays both by
eminently known and by emerging writers from Mississippi. Each
selection expresses the theme of Mississippi youth and childhood or
its relevance to the life of the writer. Center for the Study of Southern Culture Series. Volume One: Fiction, 1985, 786 pp., ISBN 978-087805-232-5, paper, $25.00S. Volume Two: Non-Fiction, 1986, 735
pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-233-2, cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-0-87805234-9, paper, $25.00S. Volume Three: Poetry, 1987, 423 pp., ISBN
978-0-87805-235-6, cloth, $50.00S. Volume Four: Drama, 1991, 606
pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-238-7, paper, $25.00S.
Mississippi Writers Talking Edited by John Griffin Jones. Interviews
with Eudora Welty, Shelby Foote, Elizabeth Spencer, Barry Hannah,
and Beth Henley. 1982, 208 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-154-0, paper,
$20.00D.
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Mississippi Writers Talking II Edited by John Griffin Jones. Interviews
with Walker Percy, Ellen Douglas, Willie Morris, Margaret Walker
Alexander, James Whitehead, and Turner Cassity. 1982, 208pp., ISBN
978-87805-175-5, paper, $20.00D.
Multiparty Politics in Mississippi, 1877–1902 By Stephen Cresswell. A
revisionary study of Mississippi’s late nineteenth-century image as a
one-party state of Democrats. 1995, 240 pp., 3 maps, 10 b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-1-934110-03-4, paper, $25.00D.
Morgana: Two Stories from ‘The Golden Apples’ By Eudora Welty, with
illustrations by Mildred Nungester Wolfe. Two of Welty’s finest stories,
‘Moon Lake’ and ‘June Recital,’ enhanced by twenty black-and-white
illustrations by Wolfe. Author and Artist Series. 1988, 160 pp., ISBN
978-0-87805-400-8, cloth, $35.00T.
Murder at Montpelier: Igbo Africans in Virginia By Douglas B. Chambers. The story of the poisoning of President James Madison’s grandfather and the solidarity of a slave community’s traditions. 2005, 240
pp., index, ISBN 978-1-57806-706-0, cloth, $45.00S.
Mort Walker: Conversations Edited by Jason Whiton. A collection of interviews and articles from 1938-2004 that shows how the cartoonist
managed to keep his art and stories fresh for over seventy years of
production. Conversations with Comic Artists Series. 2005, 256 pp.,
45 illustrations, introduction, chronology, index, ISBN 978-1-57806699-5, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-700-8, paper,
$20.00T.
Mother Wit from the Laughing Barrel: Readings in the Interpretation
of Afro-American Folklore Edited by Alan Dundes. A classic book
covering almost every aspect of the black folk experience, collecting writings by Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, Alan Lomax,
Ralph Ellison, and many others. 1990, 680 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805478-7, paper, $30.00D.
Mouse Tracks: The Story of Walt Disney Records By Tim Hollis and Greg
Ehrbar. Foreword by Leonard Maltin. An appreciative assessment of
a wondrous recording studio and all fifty years of its magical output.
2006, 240 pp., 105 b&w illustrations. ISBN 978-1-57806-848-7, unjacketed cloth, $55.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-849-4, paper, $25.00T.
Moving Pictures, Migrating Identities Edited by Eva Rueschmann. A
close reading of international films that focus on diaspora and exile.
2003, 296 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-542-4, cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1934110-50-8, paper, $25.00D
Ms. Booth’s Garden Photographs by Jack Kotz, with a preface by Bailey
White and an afterword by the photographer. A gentle photographic
look at an elderly woman in her rural Mississippi landscape. Distributed for the Mississippi Museum of Art. 2002, 128 pp., 110 full-color
photographs, ISBN 978-1-57806-508-0, cloth, $35.00T.
Muffler Men By Timothy Corrigan Correll and Patrick Arthur Polk. How
creations welded from the scrapheap have become a folk art rage.
Folk Art and Artists Series. 2000, 128 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-298-0,
unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-299-7, paper, $20.00S.
The Mulatta and the Politics of Race By Teresa C. Zackodnik. An analysis
of how black women used the mulatta figure to contest racial barriers. 2004, 272 pp., bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-676-6,
cloth, $50.00S.
Music and History: Bridging the Disciplines Edited by Jeffrey H. Jackson
and Stanley C. Pelkey. An anthology that reinforces the value of harmony between two specialities of study. 2005, 256 pp., index, ISBN
978-1-57806-762-6, cloth, $50.00S.
Must See Mississippi: 50 Favorite Places Text by Mary Carol Miller. Photographs by Mary Rose Carter. Introduction by Greg Iles. A journey
to the state’s most intriguing spots. 2007, 224 pp., 112 color photographs, introduction, bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-845-6,
cloth, $40.00T.
My Mississippi By Willie Morris with photographs by David Rae Morris. A
father and son’s eloquent portrait and personal evocations of modern
Mississippi. 2000, 256 pp., 105 full-color photographs, ISBN 9781-57806-193-8, cloth, $42.00T; ISBN 978-1-57806-309-3, slipcased
limited edition of 150 numbered copies, $100.00L.
Mystery Fiction and Modern Life By R. Gordon Kelly. An analysis of how
codes of modernity are reflected in detective thrillers and make them
believable. Studies in Popular Culture Series. 1998, 272 pages, ISBN
978-1-57806-005-4, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806032-0, paper, $22.00S.
Nairne’s Muskhogean Journals: The 1708 Expedition to the Mississippi
River By Captain Thomas Nairne, edited by Alexander Moore. Discovered in the British Library, the earliest known account in English
of Muskhogean society, chronicling a remarkable diplomatic episode
between European colonists and Native Americans. 1988, 92 pp.,
ISBN 978-1-57806-853-1, paper, $20.00D.
The Natchez Indians: A History to 1735 By James F. Barnett, Jr. The most
complete and detailed examination of a vanished tribe. 2007, 224
pp., 10 maps, bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-988-0, cloth
$40.00S.
Nationalism, Marxism, and African American Literature between the
Wars: A New Pandora’s Box By Anthony Dawahare. A call to recognize Marxism’s underestimated influence on the course of African
American letters. Margaret Walker Alexander Series in African American Studies. 2002, 184 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-507-3, cloth, $50.00S;
ISBN 978-1-934110-51-5, paper, $25.00D.
Mule Trader: Ray Lum’s Tales of Horses, Mules, and Men By William R.
Ferris. Foreword by Eudora Welty. A muletrader’s tales from a culture
enriched by his fascinating presence. A Banner Book. 1998, 256 pp.,
ISBN 978-1-57806-086-3, paper, $20.00S.
Native American Place Names in Mississippi By Keith A. Baca. A comprehensive guide to the translations and tribal origins of five hundred
intriguing designations. 2007, 160 pp., 20 b&w illustrations, map,
ISBN 978-1-57806-954-5, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-157806-955-2, paper, $18.00T.
Multicultural American Literature: Comparative Black, Native, Latino/a,
and Asian American Fictions By A. Robert Lee. Copublished with Edinburgh University Press. A comparative analysis of recent ethnic writing that has enlarged the spectrum of American literature. 2003, 320
pp., bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-644-5, unjacketed cloth,
$50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-645-2, paper, $22.00S.
Native American Writing in the Southeast: An Anthology, 1875-1935
Edited by Daniel F. Littlefield, Jr., and James W. Parins. The first comprehensive anthology of Native American literature representing
tribes of the Southeastern U.S. 1995, 232 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805827-3, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-0-87805-828-0, paper,
$22.00S.
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Native Land By Mary Ann Wells. From the Native American viewpoint
a personal yet carefully documented chronicle about the lands that
became the state of Mississippi. 1995, 256 pages, 60 b&w illustrations,
maps, index, ISBN 978-0-87805-733-7, cloth, $48.00S; ISBN 978-087805-734-4, paper, $25.00S.
Not Just Child’s Play: Emerging Tradition and the Lost Boys of Sudan
By Felicia R. McMahon. A study of one group of Sudanese refugees
and their efforts to hold on to their traditions. 2007, 224 pp., 16 b&w
illustrations, appendices, glossary, bibliography, index, ISBN 978-157806-987-3, cloth, $50.00S.
Neo-Pagan Sacred Art and Altars: Making Things Whole By Sabina
Magliocco. Mystic meanings behind the flourishing art of modernday pagans and witches. Folk Art and Artists Series. 2002, 88 pp., 24
color photographs, 28 halftones, ISBN 978-1-57806-390-1, unjacketed cloth, $45.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-391-8, paper, $20.00S.
Now Is the Time By Lillian Smith. Afterword By Will Brantley. In a new
edition, Smith’s memorable defense of America’s moral obligation to
civil rights. 2004, 144 pp., afterword, ISBN 978-1-57806-631-5, cloth,
$25.00S.
The New Blue Music: Changes in Rhythm & Blues, 1950–1999 By Richard J. Ripani. A study that finds African influences of melody, harmony, rhythm, and form in the top 25 songs from each decade of R&B.
2006, 240 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-861-6, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S;
ISBN 978-1-57806-862-3, paper, $20.00S.
The New Great American Writers Cookbook Edited by Dean Faulkner
Wells with a foreword by Julia Reed. Your favorite authors heating up
their best in a literary cook-off. 2003, 240 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806589-9, cloth, $28.00T.
The New Orleans Garden: Gardening in the Gulf South By Charlotte
Seidenberg. The New Orleans garden and how to create one of your
own. 1993, 528 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-637-8, paper, $25.00D.
New Orleans Sketches By William Faulkner. Edited by Carvel Collins.
Faulkner’s early fictional forays that foreshadow a Nobel Laureate in
the making. A Banner Book. 2002, 176 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-471-7,
paper, $18.00T.
The New Regionalism Edited by Charles Reagan Wilson. A dialogue
among scholars that reveals issues and attitudes in the contemporary
renaissance of regional studies. 1998, 184 pages, ISBN 978-1-57806013-9, cloth, $45.00S.
New York Voices: Fourteen Portraits By Whitney Balliett. Profiles of the
artists, music makers, and movers and shakers who created New York
City’s vibrant cultural landscape. 2006, 232 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806836-4, cloth, $25.00T.
Nitty Gritty: A White Editor in Black Journalism By Ben Burns. A controversial journalist’s experiences while working as editor for African
American publications based in Chicago. 1996, 288 pp., ISBN 978-1934110-02-7, paper, $25.00D.
No Place Like Home: A Black Briton’s Journey through the American
South By Gary Younge. Travelogue, social commentary, and journey to self-discovery, the story of a black Englishman’s amazing trek
through Dixie to connect with his racial identity. For sale only in the
U.S. and its territories. 2002, 280 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-488-5, paper, $22.00S.
Nobody Knows Where the Blues Come From: Lyrics and History Edited
by Robert Springer. A vibrant and varied look at African American
songs and the history behind the lyrics. American Made Music Series.
2005, 303 pp., index, ISBN 978-1-934110-29-4, paper, $25.00D.
The Norumbega Harmony: Historic and Contemporary Hymn Tunes
and Anthems from the New England Singing School Tradition
By Stephen A. Marini, General Editor. A song book that collects the
music of the singing schools in early America. American Made Music
Series. 2003, 176 pp., 135 line illustrations. ISBN 978-1-57806-611-7,
cloth, $25.00S.
A Nurse’s Story and Others By Peter Baida. A collection of compelling
stories that includes the first-prize winner in the 1999 O. Henry
Awards. 2001, 248 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-318-5, cloth, $30.00T.
Obituaries in American Culture By Janice Hume. What obituaries tell us
about our culture, past and present. Based on a study of more than
8,000 newspaper obituaries from 1818 to 1930. 2000, 200 pp., ISBN
978-1-57806-241-6, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806242-3, paper, $20.00S.
Odd-Egg Editor By Kathryn Tucker Windham. Remembering the sting
of male discrimination she repeatedly endured during her career as
a newspaper-woman, the author wistfully recalls the hurt of being
overlooked, snubbed, and ribbed by her male colleagues. 1990, 170
pp., ISBN 978-1-934110-01-0, paper, $25.00D.
Oil in the Deep South: A History of the Oil Business in Mississippi,
Alabama, and Florida, 1859–1945 By Dudley J. Hughes. A history
of the petroleum industry in the Southeastern United States through
the end of World War II. 1993, 272 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-615-6,
cloth, $48.00S.
Okefenokee Photographs by Lucian Niemeyer and text by George W. Folkerts. Lush photographs of and informative text about the primeval
Okefenokee wetlands area in the American southeast. 2002, 166
pp., 160 full-color photographs, ISBN 978-1-57806-409-0, cloth,
$50.00T.
Oliver Stone: Interviews Edited by Charles L. P. Silet. Fifteen conversations ranging from 1981 to 1997 with the controversial filmmaker
of Born on the Fourth of July, JFK, Natural Born Killers, and Platoon.
Conversations with Filmmakers Series. 2001, 240 pp., ISBN 978-157806-302-4, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-303-1,
paper, $22.00T.
On the Gulf By Elizabeth Spencer. Six masterworks of short fiction highlighted by the luminous art of Walter Anderson. Author and Artist
Series. Not for sale in England, Australia, Northern Ireland, Scotland,
and Wales. 1991, b&w line drawings, 146 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805507-4, cloth, $26.00T; ISBN 978-0-87805-508-1, signed limited edition, $100.00L.
On Island Time: Kayaking the Caribbean By Scott B. Williams. One kayaker’s odyssey from the streams of south Mississippi to the unspoiled
blue of the West Indies. 2005, 256 pp., 10 b&w photographs, ISBN
978-1-57806-746-6, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806747-3, paper, $20.00T.
On the Lam: Narratives of Flight in J. Edgar Hoover’s America
By William Beverly. An exploration of how the fugitive took the spotlight in American literature, film, and media news. 2003, 256 pp.,
ISBN 978-1-57806-537-0, cloth, $50.00S.
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On My Way: The Arts of Sarah Albritton By Susan Roach. Paintings from
painful memories of a childhood spent in the shadows of slave quarters. Distributed for Louisiana Tech University. 1999, 96 pp., ISBN
978-1-57806-114-3, paper, $20.00S.
Ozark Country By W. K. McNeil. A stimulating encounter with the vigorous mountain culture and enduring folklife of the Ozarks. Folklore in
the South Series. 1995, 180 pages, 30 b&w illustrations, index, ISBN
978-0-87805-729-0, paper, $20.00S.
On William Faulkner By Eudora Welty. Afterword by Noel Polk. A memorable literary record that marks the encounter of two great American
writers. 2003, 96 pp., 6 b&w photographs, 1 drawing. ISBN 978-157806-570-7, cloth, $30.00T; ISBN 978-1-57806-571-4, slipcased
limited edition, $100.00L.
Pacific Skies: American Flyers in World War II By Jerome Klinkowitz.
Airmen remembering the perils of combat in the skies over the Pacific. 2004, 256 pp., bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-652-0,
cloth, $35.00S.
On William Hollingsworth, Jr. By Eudora Welty. Welty’s graceful, appreciative essay about one of the South’s notable painters. 2002, 32 pp.,
12 full-color plates, ISBN 978-1-57806-487-8, cloth, $25.00T.
One Time, One Place: Mississippi in the Depression: A Snapshot Album By Eudora Welty, with a foreword by William Maxwell. An acclaimed southern author’s soul-stirring photographic images of her
homeland during the 1930s. Silver Anniversary Edition. 1996, 124
pp., 102 b&w duotone photographs, ISBN 978-0-87805-866-2, cloth,
$30.00T.
Operation Pretense: The FBI’s Sting on County Corruption in Mississippi By James R. Crockett. A narrative detailing an FBI ploy that
exposed the largest public corruption scandal in Mississippi history.
2003, 360 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-496-0, cloth, $42.00S.
Organ Theft Legends By Véronique Campion-Vincent. Translated by Jacqueline Simpson. An unflinching exploration of the sources of gruesome tales of bodily harm. 2005, 224 pp., appendix, index, ISBN 9781-57806-593-6, cloth, $48.00S.
Orson Welles: Interviews Edited by Mark W. Estrin. An array of interviews, profiles, and press conferences tracing the half century that
this multidimensional film director and actor was in the public eye.
Conversations with Filmmakers Series. 2002, 288 pp., 10 b&w film
stills, ISBN 978-1-57806-208-9, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 9781-57806-209-6, paper, $22.00T.
The Other Carl Sandburg By Philip R. Yannella. A portrait of the radical
Sandburg before his days of glory in the pantheon of popular writers.
1996, 200 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-941-6, cloth, $30.00S.
Out of Sight: The Rise of African American Popular Music, 1889-1895
By Lynn Abbott and Doug Seroff. A deluxe, encyclopedic survey of the
cultural scene that engendered the popular music of the twentieth
century. American Made Music Series. 2003, 528 pp., 150 b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-1-57806-499-1, cloth, $75.00S.
Out of the Past: Adventures in Film Noir By Barry Gifford. For both the
film buff and the general moviegoer, a handbook that unlocks the
secrets of a hundred noir movies. 2001, 196 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806290-4, paper, $20.00S.
Outside the Southern Myth By Noel Polk. A southern male’s forthright
view of himself and of the real-life small-town culture that made him.
1997, 240 pages, ISBN 978-0-87805-979-9, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S;
ISBN 978-0-87805-980-5, paper, $20.00S.
Overseas American: Growing Up Gringo in the Tropics By Gene H. BellVillada. A moving exploration of what it means to be an American
born and reared abroad. A Willie Morris Book in Memoir and Biography. 2005, 240 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-720-6, cloth, $30.00S.
Paddling the Pascagoula By Ernest Herndon and Scott B. Williams.
By kayak and canoe, an appreciative adventure along America’s last
unaltered river system. 2005, 192 pp., 18 b&w photographs, bibliography, ISBN 978-1-57806-714-5, paper, $20.00T.
Pagan Spain By Richard Wright, with an introductory essay by Faith Berry.
A new edition that records Wright’s encounter with Franco, Iberia,
and colonialism. A Banner Book. 2002, 320 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806427-4, paper, $20.00S.
A Painter’s Psalm: The Mural from Walter Anderson’s Cottage Art By
Walter Anderson, text by Redding S. Sugg, Jr. The astonishing history
of a brilliant treasure Walter Anderson created in his hidden room.
1992, 96 pp., 40 full-color illustrations, with gatefold, ISBN 978-087805-560-9, cloth, $30.00T.
Passionate Observer: Eudora Welty among Artists of the Thirties Edited
by René Paul Barilleaux. A handsome and informative book featuring
Welty among her peers in painting, photography, and other arts during the 1930s. Distributed for the Mississippi Museum of Art. 2002,
84 pp., 38 duotone photographs, 16 full-color reproductions, ISBN
978-1-887422-06-2, cloth, $25.00T.
Paul Marchand, F. M. C. By Charles W. Chesnutt. Introduction by Matthew
Wilson. Never before published, a 1920s novel that disputes prevailing attitudes on racial character and identity. 1998, 184 pp., ISBN
978-1-57806-798-5, paper, $20.00D.
Pearl Harbor Jazz: Change in Popular Music in the Early 1940s By Peter
Townsend. A close examination of the period when World War II
transformed American popular music. 2007, 264 pp., introduction,
index, ISBN 978-1-57806-924-8, cloth, $50.00S.
The Peddler’s Grandson: Growing Up Jewish in Mississippi By Edward
Cohen. A memoir that reveals the unique duality of southern Jews.
1999, 208 pp., 25 b&w photographs, ISBN 978-1-57806-167-9, cloth,
$27.00S.
Pedro Almodóvar: Interviews Edited by Paula Willoquet-Maricondi. A
collection of interviews that documents the 22-year long cinematic
career of the most internationally celebrated Spanish art-film director since Luís Buñuel. Conversations with Filmmakers Series. 2004,
208 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-568-4, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN
978-1-57806-569-1, paper, $22.00T.
Pemberton: The General Who Lost Vicksburg By Michael B. Ballard. A
biography of the Confederate general who lost the Mississippi River’s
last strategic outpost to General Grant. 1999, 264 pp., ISBN 978-157806-226-3, paper, $20.00T.
The Peninsula Campaign of 1862: A Military Analysis By Kevin Dougherty with J. Michael Moore. A military history of McClellan’s ambitious drive on Richmond and the genius and fortune by which Lee
foiled it. 2005, 192 pp., 11 b&w photographs, 6 maps, chronology,
appendixes, bibliography, index. ISBN 978-1-57806-752-7, cloth,
$45.00S.
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Perspectives on Barry Hannah Edited by Martyn Bone. A career-spanning examination of a masterful fiction writer’s output. 2006, 224 pp.,
introduction, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-919-4, cloth, $50.00S.
Perspectives on Cormac McCarthy Edited by Edwin T. Arnold and Dianne
C. Luce. A revised edition of a volume praised as the best handbook
for an understanding of McCarthy’s great works. 1998, 224 pp., ISBN
978-1-57806-104-4, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806105-1, paper, $25.00S.
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Piney Woods School: An Oral History By Alferdteen Harrison, with photographs by Roland Freeman. The story of an extraordinary African
American school in Rankin County, Mississippi, that served underprivileged, rural, and handicapped black students during the Jim
Crow era. 2005, 176 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-876-0, paper, $22.00D.
Pinktoes By Chester Himes. With an afterword by Edward Margolies. A sex
farce deemed to be Himes’s most daring work of fiction. A Banner
Book. 1996, 264 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-887-7, paper, $20.00S.
Perspectives on Harry Crews Edited by Erik Bledsoe. A look into the poorwhite world of one of the South’s spellbinding storytellers. 2001, 256
pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-321-5, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 9781-57806-322-2, paper , $25.00S.
A Place Called Mississippi: Collected Narratives Edited by Marion Barnwell. An anthology of readings that reveal the mind and the character
of the Magnolia State. 1997, 384 pages, ISBN 978-0-87805-963-8, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-0-87805-964-5, paper, $20.00T.
Perspectives on Richard Ford Edited by Huey Guagliardo. A comprehensive appreciation of the fiction written by this Pulitzer Prize-winning
author. 2000, 200 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-233-1, unjacketed cloth,
$50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-234-8, paper, $25.00S.
Placing the South By Michael O’Brien. The best from twenty years of a
noted intellectual historian’s work. 2007, 272 pp., index, ISBN 978-157806-934-7, cloth, $50.00S.
Perspectives on Wole Soyinka: Freedom and Complexity Edited by Biodun Jeyifo. Essays that examine the aesthetics and the radical politics
of one of Africa’s greatest writers. 2006, 242 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806335-2, cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-930-9, paper, $25.00D.
Peter Greenaway: Interviews Edited by Vernon Gras and Marguerite Gras.
Twenty-one interviews with the controversial director of films such
as Prospero’s Books and The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover.
Conversations with Filmmakers Series. 2000, 232 pp., ISBN 978-157806-254-6, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-255-3,
paper, $22.00T.
Peyote Religious Art: Symbols of Faith and Belief By Daniel C. Swan.
An examination of the vibrant traditional and folk arts inspired by
the sacramental use of peyote by members of the Native American
Church. Folk Art and Artists Series. 1999, 112 pp., 77 full-color photographs, 32 b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-1-57806-096-2, cloth with
printed cover, $35.00T.
Photographs By Eudora Welty, with a foreword by Reynolds Price. The radiant world of Eudora Welty’s art is charged by a poignant and familiar beauty, and here in a stunning book of her photographic work
is a dazzling record of this writer’s unique and special vision. 1989,
226 duotone photographs, 196 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-529-6, paper,
$38.00T.
Pictured in My Mind: Contemporary American Self-Taught Art from
the Collection of Dr. Kurt Gitter and Alice Rae Yelen Edited by Gail
Andrews Trechsel, foreword By William R. Ferris, and preface by John
E. Schloder. A stunning book featuring full-color reproductions of art
by American self-taught artists. Distributed for the Birmingham Museum of Art. 1996, 248 pp., 200 full-color plates, ISBN 978-0-87805877-8, cloth, $55.00S.
The Pilgrim Jubilees By Alan Young. The story of the African American
quartet that set gospel music’s modern standard. American Made
Music Series. 2002, 304 pp., 20 b&w photographs, ISBN 978-1-57806415-1, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-416-8, paper,
$25.00S.
Pilgrimage from Darkness: Nuremberg to Jerusalem By David E. Feldman. The story of a former Hitler Youth’s journey to Judaism. A Willie
Morris Book in Memoir and Biography. 2004, 256 pp., ISBN 978-157806-619-3, cloth, $32.00S.
Plays and Pageants from the Life of the Negro Edited by Willis Richardson, with an introduction by Christine R. Gray. A reprinting of the
first collection of theater productions written by African Americans.
1993, 373 pp., ISBN 978-1-934110-55-3, paper, $25.00D.
Pleasant Journeys and Good Eats along the Way: The Paintings of John
Baeder Edited and with an essay by Jay Williams. Preface by Kevin
Grogan. Introduction by Donald Kuspit. A retrospective of a masterful
artist’s passion for an American roadside icon. Copublished with the
Morris Museum of Art. 2007, 96 pp., 100 color illustrations, preface,
introduction, exhibition history, ISBN 978-1-934110-22-5, paper,
$30.00T.
Plunging into Haiti: Clinton, Aristide, and the Defeat of Diplomacy By
Ralph Pezzullo. An inside account of the backroom negotiations that
entangled the United States in the sufferings of its island neighbor.
2006, 240 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-860-9, cloth, $45.00S.
Poe By James M. Hutchisson. A biography revealing as never before Poe’s
southern gentility and his vast influence on literature and letters. A
Willie Morris Book in Memoir and Biography. 2005, 272 pp., photographs, chronology, bibliography, and index, ISBN 978-1-57806-7213, cloth, $32.00T.
Porgy By DuBose Heyward, with an afterword by James M. Hutchisson. The
first major southern novel to portray African Americans outside of
stereotypes. A Banner Book. 2001, 168 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-356-7,
paper, $20.00T.
Postcolonial Cultures By Simon Featherstone. An overview of postcolonial studies and current thought on literature, tourism, and popular
culture. 2005, 256 pp., index, ISBN 978-1-57806-770-5, unjacketed
cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-771-8, paper, $22.00S.
Postcolonial Literature and the Biblical Call for Justice Edited by Susan
VanZanten Gallagher. How postcolonial literature reflects the irony
that the same biblical call both enslaved the Third World and freed it.
1994, 288 pp, ISBN 978-0-87805-723-8, cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-160473-016-6, paper, $25.00D.
Postcolonial Theory and the United States: Race, Ethnicity, and Literature Edited by Amritjit Singh and Peter Schmidt. Probing essays that
examine critical issues surrounding the United States’s ever-expanding international cultural identity in the postcolonial era. 2000, 496
pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-251-5, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 9781-57806-252-2, paper, $30.00S.
28 Power Plays: Politics, Football, and Other Blood Sports By John M.
Barry. An award-winning author’s exposure of America’s ruthless
pursuit of power. 2001, 224 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-404-5, cloth,
$35.00T.
Prejudice Across America By James Waller. The experiences of a teacher
and his white students on a nationwide trek toward racial understanding. 2000, 336 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-313-0, paper, $20.00S.
Presbyterian Missionary Attitudes toward American Indians, 1837–
1893 By Michael C. Coleman. Based upon correspondence of missionaries in the field, this book offers valuable insight into understanding
protestant attitudes in the nineteenth century as evangelicals took the
Indian “from heathenism to gospel light.” 1985, 222 pp., ISBN 978-160473-007-4, paper, $25.00D.
Preserving the Pascagoula By Donald G. Schueler with a new foreword
by the author and a speech by Edward O. Wilson. A new edition of a
classic book about the environmental triumph that saved a southeast
Mississippi wetland. 2002, 208pp., 11 b&w photographs, ISBN 9781-57806-466-3, paper, $20.00T.
The Press and Race: Mississippi Journalists Confront the Movement
Edited by David R. Davies. The fervent opinions and historic decisions of editorial writers in the turbulent 1950s and 1960s. 2001, 302
pp., 8 b&w photographs, introduction, index, ISBN 978-1-57806342-0, cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-934110-52-2, paper, $25.00D.
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Quentin Tarantino: Interviews Edited by Gerald Peary. Collected interviews with the controversial filmmaker whose films include Reservoir
Dogs and Pulp Fiction. Conversations with Filmmakers Series. 1998,
256 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-050-4, cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806051-1, paper, $22.00T.
R. Crumb: Conversations Edited by D. K. Holm. In this collection of interviews that spans from the late 1960s to the beginning of the twentyfirst century, the comic artist proves to be iconoclastic, opinionated,
and impervious to the commercial moods of the public. Conversations with Comic Artists Series. 2004, 240 pp., 25 b&w line illustrations, chronology, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-636-0, unjacketed cloth,
$50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-637-7, paper, $20.00T.
Race and Sport: The Struggle for Equality on and off the Field Edited by
Charles K. Ross. An examination of the connection between race and
sport in America. Chancellor Porter L. Fortune Symposium in Southern History Series. 2004, 224 pp., index, ISBN 978-1-57806-897-5,
paper, $22.00D.
Race, Reform, and Rebellion: The Second Reconstruction and Beyond
in Black America, 1945–2006, Third Edition By Manning Marable.
An update of one of the indispensable political and social histories of
African Americans since World War II. 2007, 320 pp., preface, bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-153-2, unjacketed cloth, $55.00S;
ISBN 978-1-57806-154-9, paper, $22.00S.
Printmaking in New Orleans Edited by Jessie J. Poesch. Copublished with
the Historic New Orleans Collection. A lavishly illustrated chronicle of
graphic artistry from colonial times through the twentieth century.
2006, 256 pp., 125 b&w photographs, 60 color photographs, index,
ISBN 978-1-57806-768-8, cloth, $50.00S.
Ragged but Right: Black Traveling Shows, “Coon Songs,” and the
Dark Pathway to Blues and Jazz By Lynn Abbott and Doug Seroff.
A groundbreaking study of “coon songs” and ragtime in black musical comedies, circus sideshows, and tented minstrel shows. 2007, 480
pp., illustrations, appendix, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-901-9, cloth,
$75.00S.
Professional Wrestling: Sport and Spectacle By Sharon Mazer. A provocative and personal study of professional wrestlers in training and
in performance. Performance Studies Series. 1998, 208 pp., 30 b&w
photographs, ISBN 978-1-57806-020-7, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S;
ISBN 978-1-57806-021-4, paper, $20.00S.
Reading Faulkner: Collected Stories By Theresa M. Towner and James
B. Carothers. For readers and critics, a guide to the Nobel Laureate’s
shorter fiction. Reading Faulkner Series. 2006, 224 pp., bibliography,
index, ISBN 978-1-57806-812-8, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN
978-1-57806-813-5, paper, $25.00S.
Promises Kept: The University of Mississippi Medical Center By Janis
Quinn. The first fifty years of the state’s only health sciences center.
2005, 256 pp., 56 b&w photographs, appendices, index, ISBN 978-157806-805-0, cloth, $35.00T.
Reading Faulkner: Light in August By Hugh Ruppersburg. A glossary
that will lead readers through the complexities of one of William
Faulkner’s major works. Reading Faulkner Series. 1994, 320 pages,
ISBN 978-0-87805-732-0, paper, $25.00S.
Prophet Singer: The Voice and Vision of Woody Guthrie By Mark Allan
Jackson. An exploration of the history and intent behind the words
of a great American folk singer. American Made Music Series. 2007,
320 pp., 18 b&w illustrations, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-915-6, cloth,
$50.00S.
Reading Faulkner: Sanctuary By Edwin T. Arnold and Dawn Trouard.
A handbook for interpreting William Faulkner’s most violent and
shocking novel. Reading Faulkner Series. 1996, 256 pp., ISBN 978-087805-873-0, cloth with printed cover, $50.00S; ISBN 978-0-87805874-7, paper, $25.00S.
Public Folklore Edited by Robert Baron and Nick Spitzer. An indispensable volume and standard course reading on the representation of
folklore. 2007, 370 pp., 16 b&w illustrations, introduction, bibliography, ISBN 978-1-934110-40-9, paper, $25.00S.
Reading Faulkner: The Sound and the Fury By Stephen Ross and Noel
Polk. A handbook for interpreting Faulkner’s great novel. Reading
Faulkner Series. 1996, 176 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-935-5, unjacketed
cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-0-87805-936-2, paper, $25.00D.
Punk and Neo-Tribal Body Art By Daniel Wojcik. The confrontational
shock aesthetics and ritual meanings characteristic of body art practiced by punk rockers and neo-tribalists. Folk Art and Artists Series.
1995, 72 pp., 40 full-color and b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-0-87805735-1, cloth with printed cover, $25.00S.
Reading Faulkner: The Unvanquished By James Hinkle and Robert McCoy. A glossary that will lead readers through the complexities of this
book of interrelated stories by William Faulkner. Reading Faulkner
Series. 1995, ISBN 978-0-87805-785-6, paper, $25.00S.
The Pursuit of a Dream By Janet Sharp Hermann. The story of a utopia
created by Mississippi freedmen on a white man’s former plantation. A Banner Book. 1999, 290 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-129-7, paper,
$25.00D.
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Real Football: Conversations on America’s Game By Stephen H. Norwood. In-depth discussions with former NFL players and coaches
on a wide range of topics, including masculinity, injury and pain,
big-time college recruiting, college athletics and academics, relationships with fathers and coaches, encounters with Jim Crow and desegregation, and strikes and labor relations in the NFL. 2004, 414 pp.,
32 b&w photographs, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-662-9, unjacketed
cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-663-6, paper, $22.00S.
Recentering Anglo/American Folksong: Sea Crabs and Wicked Youths
By Roger deV. Renwick. An attempt to wrest folksong from contemporary theorists and return it to textual study. 2002, 200 pp., ISBN
978-1-57806-393-2, cloth, $50.00S.
Reclaiming Community in Contemporary African American Fiction
By Philip Page. An examination of how the works of five African
American writers reveal the power of communal bonds. 1999, 256
pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-123-5, paper, $20.00S.
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Remaking Dixie: The Impact of World War II on the American South
Edited by Neil R. McMillen, with an introduction by Morton Sosna. An
assessment of World War II’s effect on post Confederate Dixie. 1997,
192 pages, ISBN 978-0-87805-927-0, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN
978-0-87805-928-7, paper, $25.00D.
Remembering Reet and Shine: Two Black Men, One Struggle By Michael Schwalbe. A profile of working-class men and the personas they
adopted to cope in white society. 2004, 256 pp., 25 b&w photographs,
ISBN 978-1-57806-675-9, cloth, $30.00S.
Rencontres sur le Mississipi, 1682-1763 By Gail Alexander Buzhardt and
Margaret Hawthorne. For French-language students a reader of authentic texts from the period of French influence in the lower Mississippi Valley. 1993, 264 pp., 200 line illustrations, ISBN 978-0-87805665-1, cloth, $35.00S.
Red Midnight By Thomas Hal Phillips. The first new novel in forty years
from the acclaimed writer of books and screenplays. 2002, 320 pp.,
ISBN 978-1-57806-474-8, cloth, $30.00T.
Resistance and Reformation in Nineteenth-Century African-American
Literature: Brown, Wilson, Jacobs, Delany, Douglass, and Harper By John Ernest. An examination of how six prominent AfricanAmerican writers of the nineteenth century reconfigured a threatening world. 1995, 352 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-817-4, paper, $20.00S.
Red Stick Men: Stories By Tim Parrish. The book Kirkus Reviews called
“A refreshing—at times inspirational—debut collection about hardworking people trying to do the right thing.” 2000, 232 pp., ISBN
978-1-57806-263-8, cloth, $22.00T; ISBN 978-1-57806-421-2, paper,
$20.00S.
Resorting to Casinos: The Mississippi Gambling Industry Edited by
Denise von Herrmann. Essays on how casinos became legal in Mississippi and how they affect the economy and people. 2006, 256 pp.,
map, 23 tables and charts, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-790-9, cloth,
$45.00S.
Rednecks, Redeemers, and Race: Mississippi after Reconstruction,
1877–1917 By Stephen Cresswell. A history of the paradoxical time
when the state’s technology advanced and race relations deteriorated.
2006, 272 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-847-0, cloth, $45.00S.
Return to Dresden By Maria Ritter. A healing memoir that confronts national guilt for the Nazi past. A Willie Morris Book in Memoir and
Biography. 2004, 240 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-596-7, cloth, $32.00S.
Redressing the Balance: American Women’s Literary Humor from Colonial Times to the 1980s Edited by Nancy Walker and Zita Dresner.
The first comprehensive anthology of American women’s humorous
writings, a collection that reclaims the tradition of female humor in
America, from witty observations in the eighteenth century to humorous essays of contemporary women. 1988, 480 pp., ISBN 978-087805-364-3, paper, $25.00S.
Reflections of Elegance: Cartier Jewels from the Lindemann Collection. A treasury of jewelry and objets de vertu, masterpieces created
by the great house of Cartier. 2000, 182 pp., ISBN 978-0-89494-0309, paper, $30.00T.
Reggae Wisdom: Proverbs in Jamaican Music By Sw. Anand Prahlad.
What song lyrics say about Jamaican life, Rastafari religion, and reggae music history. 2001, 328 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-319-2, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-320-8, paper, $25.00S.
Reggae, Rastafari, and the Rhetoric of Social Control By Stephen A.
King. With contributions by Barry T. Bays III and P. Renée Foster. How
Jamaica fashioned a tourist beacon from reggae music and the Rastafarian revolution. 2003, 200 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-489-2, cloth,
$45.00S; ISBN 978-1-60473-003-6, paper, $25.00D.
Religion in Mississippi By Randy J. Sparks. From Catholicism to Evangelicalism, from the seventeenth century to the present day, a study
of dissonant religious forces in Mississippi’s turbulent history. 2001,
392 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-361-1, cloth, $45.00S.
Return to Glory: Inside Tyrone Willingham’s Amazing First Season at
Notre Dame By Alan Grant. With a new afterword. An insider’s story
of Notre Dame’s first black football coach and his amazing debut with
the Fighting Irish. 2004, 304 pp., 18 b&w illustrations, afterword, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-708-4, paper, $20.00S.
The Reverend Photographs by James Perry Walker. Foreword by Will D.
Campbell. An intimate portrait of a fiery spiritual leader and his African American congregations. 2006, 128 pp., 90 duotone photographs,
foreword, ISBN 978-1-57806-787-9, cloth, $35.00T.
Revising the Blueprint: Ann Petry and the Literary Left Edited by Alex
Lubin. A reassessment of the African American novelist and her position in the canon in the years following World War II. 2007, 224
pp., introduction, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-971-2, cloth, $50.00S.
Rich Harvest: A History of the Grange, 1867–1900 By D. Sven Nordin.
The story of the development and progress of the Order of Patrons of
Husbandry, beginning with Oliver Hudson Kelley’s first activities on
behalf of the farmer organization. 1997, 292 pp., ISBN 978-1-93411006-5, paper, $25.00D.
Richard Wright: Books and Writers By Michel Fabre. A bibliography of
Wright’s library, which serves as a key to understanding the development, philosophies, and aesthetics of one of the greatest African
American writers. 1990, 304 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-403-9, cloth,
$50.00S.
Richard Wright’s Travel Writings: New Reflections Edited by Virginia
Whatley Smith. From multinational perspectives, a study of Wright’s
innovative travel literature and its politics of postcolonialism. 2001,
258 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-347-5, cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806931-6, paper, $25.00D.
30 Riddling Tales from around the World Selected by Marjorie Dundas. Seventy-nine tales that show how riddles pervade storytelling worldwide.
2002, 256 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-372-7, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S;
978-1-57806-373-4, paper, $22.00S.
Ridley Scott: Interviews Edited by Laurence F. Knapp and Andrea F. Kulas. Collected interviews with the British filmmaker of the sci-fi classics Blade Runner and Alien. 2005, 272 pp., introduction, chronology, filmography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-725-1, unjacketed cloth,
$50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-726-8, paper, $22.00T.
The Rise of David Duke By Tyler Bridges. A gripping biography tracing
the controversial Louisiana politician’s quest for political legitimacy.
1994, 308 pages, 40 b&w photographs, ISBN 978-0-87805-684-2, paper, $20.00S.
The River of No Return: The Autobiography of a Black Militant and
the Life and Death of SNCC By Cleveland Sellers with Robert Terrell. “The River of No Return is, quite simply, one of the two or three
most important books to come out of the Civil Rights Movement.
[Sellers’s] book is as timely now as it was when he wrote it nearly two
decades ago.”—John Dittmer. 1990, 296 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-4749, paper, $20.00S.
The Road to West 43rd Street By Nash K. Burger, with Pearl Amelia
McHaney. Afterword by Eudora Welty. A lively memoir detailing days
before, during, and after an editorial life at the New York Times Book
Review. 1995, 192 pp., 20 b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-0-87805-7931, cloth, $30.00S.
Robbing The Mother: Women in Faulkner By Deborah Clarke. A close
look at William Faulkner’s strange ambivalence toward maternal
figures in his novels. 2006, 184 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-880-7, paper,
$25.00D.
Robert Aldrich: Interviews Edited by Eugene L. Miller and Edwin T. Arnold. In this collection of interviews, the filmmaker tells fascinating
stories of making motion pictures with such film legends as Burt
Lancaster, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Burt Reynolds, and many others. Conversations with Filmmakers Series. 2004, 192 pp., ISBN 9781-57806-602-5, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-603-2,
paper, $22.00T.
Robert Altman: Interviews Edited by David Sterritt. Collected interviews
with the unpredictable and controversial filmmaker of M.A.S.H.,
Nashville, and Short Cuts. Conversations with Filmmakers Series.
2000, 256 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-186-0, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S;
ISBN 978-1-57806-187-7, paper, $22.00T.
Robert G. Clark’s Journey to the House: A Black Politician’s Story By
Will D. Campbell. The story of a black man’s unprecedented rise to
power and political prominence in the formerly segregationist state
of Mississippi. 2003, 184 pp., 16 b&w photographs, ISBN 978-157806-526-4, cloth, $28.00S.
Robinson: The Pleasant History of an Unusual Cat By Walter Anderson.
A magical story of a stray cat’s transformation into a prodigy who
performs at Carnegie Hall. Includes block prints by the author. 1982,
72 pp., 32 two-color illustrations, ISBN 978-0-87805-948-5, paper,
$18.00T.
Rock Solid: Southern Miss Football By John W. Cox and Gregg Bennett.
Foreword by Brett Favre. Lively history and timeless photographs
that cheer on ninety-two years of the Golden Eagles. Copublished
by the University of Southern Mississippi. 2004, 272 pp., 80 b&w and
32 color photographs, appendices, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-709-1,
cloth, $38.00T.
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Rodolphe Töpffer: The Complete Comic Strips Compiled, translated and
annotated by David Kunzle. The first English-language edition of the
premier comic artist’s work. 2007, 672 pp., preface, 376 line illustrations, chronology, bibliography, ISBN 978-1-57806-946-0, cloth,
$65.00S.
The Role of Ideas in the Civil Rights South Edited by Ted Ownby. Essays that plumb the minds of intellectuals and activists caught up in
the struggle for justice in the American South during the 1950s and
1960s. Chancellor Porter L. Fortune Symposium in Southern History
Series. 2002, 240 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-467-0, unjacketed cloth,
$50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-468-7, paper, $20.00S.
Roman Polanski: Interviews Edited by Paul Cronin. Collected interviews
with the controversial European filmmaker of Rosemary’s Baby, Chinatown, and The Pianist. Conversations with Filmmakers Series. 2005,
208 pp., introduction, chronology, filmography, index, ISBN 978-157806-799-2, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-800-5,
paper, $22.00T.
Romance and Rights: The Politics of Interracial Intimacy, 1945-1954
By Alex Lubin. A study of the tensions between the private and public
realms of interracial relationships. 2005, 224 pp., bibliography, index,
ISBN 978-1-57806-705-3, cloth, $45.00S.
Roosevelt’s Blues: African-American Blues and Gospel Songs on FDR
By Guido van Rijn. Foreword by Paul Oliver. In blues lyrics of the
thirties and forties a reflection of FDR’s influence on black America.
American Made Music Series. 1996, 200 pages, 35 b&w illustrations,
discography, ISBN 978-0-87805-937-9, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S;
ISBN 978-0-87805-938-6, paper, $22.00S.
Roots of a Region: Southern Folk Culture By John A. Burrison. An exploration of the integral role of folk traditions in southern life. 2007, 224
pp., 16 color illustrations, 84 b&w illustrations, 11 line illustrations,
4 maps, bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-934110-20-1, unjacketed
cloth, $50.00S, ISBN 978-1-934110-21-8, paper, $20.00S.
Rubber Soul: Rubber Stamps and Correspondence Art By Sandra Mizumoto Posey. Rubber-stamping as an enticing form of popular art. Folk
Art and Artists Series. 1996, 72 pp., 44 full-color and 45 b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-0-87805-902-7, cloth with printed cover, $40.00S;
ISBN 978-0-87805-903-4, paper, $20.00S.
Running Scared: Silver in Mississippi By James W. Silver. The history of
a university professor’s daring stand for principles during the movement for civil rights in Mississippi and the history behind the writing
of his incisive analysis entitled Mississippi: The Closed Society in 1964.
1984, 238 pp., ISBN 978-1-934110-58-4, paper, $25.00D.
Sacred and Profane: Voice and Vision in Southern Self-Taught Art
Edited by Carol Crown and Charles Russell. A sustained critical assessment of southern folk art and self-taught art and artists. 2007,
240 pp., illustrations, introduction, bibliography, index, ISBN 978-157806-916-3, cloth, $50.00S.
Salvation Run By Mary Gardner. A novel of small-town Minnesota where
turbulent waters run beneath placid Midwestern surfaces. 2005, 192
pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-716-9, cloth, $30.00T.
Sam Myers: The Blues Is My Story By Sam Myers and Jeff Horton. A
house-rocking blues life story of the late Mississippi-born front man
of Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets. American Made Music Series. 2006, 192 pp., introduction, discography, bibliography, index,
ISBN 978-1-57806-895-1, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-157806-896-8, paper, $20.00T.
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Satyajit Ray: Interviews Edited by Bert Cardullo. Interviews with India’s
preeminent film director and creator of the Apu trilogy. Conversations with Filmmakers Series. 2007, 224 pp., introduction, chronology, filmography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-936-1, unjacketed cloth,
$50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-937-8, paper $20.00T.
Savage Holiday By Richard Wright, with an afterword by Gerald Early.
Wright’s dazzling novel of murder and misadventure. A Banner
Book. 1995, 220 pages, ISBN 978-0-87805-749-8, unjacketed cloth,
$40.00S.
Saving Louisiana? The Battle for Coastal Wetlands By Bill Streever. An
objective look at an ecological uproar pitting scientists, oil companies, and citizens in coastal conflict. 2001, 200 pp., ISBN 978-157806-329-1, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-348-2,
paper, $25.00D.
Scottish Traveller Tales: Lives Shaped through Stories By Donald Braid.
The only book that closely examines this fascinating storytelling
culture of Scotland. 2002, 328 pp., 15 b&w photographs, 5 musical
transcriptions, ISBN 978-1-57806-450-2, cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 9781-934110-98-0, paper, $25.00D.
A “Scottsboro” Case in Mississippi: The Supreme Court and Brown v.
Mississippi By Richard C. Cortner. An absorbing analysis of a 1936
case that exonerated three black sharecroppers tortured into confessing a murder they did not commit. 192 pp., 2005, 978-1-57806-815-9,
paper, $25.00D.
Seal of Approval: The History of the Comics Code By Amy Kiste Nyberg.
A study that explores the history of comic book censorship. Studies
in Popular Culture Series. 1998, 256 pages, ISBN 978-0-87805-974-4,
unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-0-87805-975-1, paper, $20.00D.
Searching for Red Eagle: A Personal Journey into the Spirit World of
Native America By Mary Ann Wells. From an American Indian perspective, a boldly mystical interpretation of Red Eagle and the Creek
War. 1998, 256 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-030-6, cloth, $30.00S.
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The Seventh Babe By Jerome Charyn. With an afterword by Neil D. Isaacs.
Baseball fiction that flies high above its genre. A Banner Book. 1996,
352 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-882-2, paper, $20.00S.
The Several Lives of Chester Himes By Edward Margolies and Michel Fabre. A critical biography that reveals the varied profiles of the expatriate author. 1997, 224 pages, 18 b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-0-87805908-9, cloth, $30.00S.
Shadow and Shelter: The Swamp in Southern Culture By Anthony Wilson. An examination of the swamp’s role in southern cultural, literary,
and ecological history. 2006, 232 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-804-3, cloth,
$45.00S.
Shadowing Ralph Ellison By John Wright. A critical study of the writings
and thought of the American literary genius and his blues and jazzderived “vernacular” aesthetic. 2006, 224 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806850-0, cloth, $40.00S.
Shadows and Cypress: Southern Ghost Stories By Alan Brown. A bewitching convocation of Dixie’s most frightening ghost tales. 2000,
232 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-270-6, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN
978-1-57806-271-3, paper, $20.00T.
Shaping Our Mothers’ World: American Women’s Magazines By Nancy
A. Walker. How mid-century periodicals that fostered an indelible
middle-class ideal for American women also confronted the happy
homemaker stereotype. Studies in Popular Culture Series. 2000, 280
pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-295-9, paper, $22.00S.
Sharks, Skates, and Rays of the Gulf of Mexico: A Field Guide By Glenn
R. Parsons. The ideal guidebook for spotting and identifying 42
sharks and 25 skates and rays of the Gulf of Mexico. 2006, 176 pp.,
ISBN 978-1-57806-827-2, flexibind, $25.00T.
Shebang By Valerie Vogrin. The rollicking story of an aunt and her nephew thrown together to fashion a family. 2004, 338 pp., ISBN 978-157806-564-6, cloth, $30.00T.
Secrets of a New Orleans Chef: Recipes from Tom Cowman’s Cookbook By Greg Cowman. Foreword by Gene Bourg. Culinary delights
from the kitchen of a famed Crescent City chef. 1999, 250 pp., 65
line illustrations, ISBN 978-1-57806-179-2, cloth with printed cover,
$30.00T.
Shelby Foote: A Writer’s Life By C. Stuart Chapman. A biography that
plumbs the ambiguous life of the gentlemanly novelist and historian.
Willie Morris Books in Memoir and Biography. 2003, 304 pp., photographs, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-359-8, cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-157806-932-3, paper, $20.00T.
Self-Taught Art: The Culture and Aesthetics of American Vernacular
Art Edited by Charles Russell. The first book to give self-taught art the
same degree of scholarly attention and critical thinking that mainstream art traditionally receives. 2001, 244 pp., 72 b&w illustrations,
32 full-color plates, ISBN 978-1-57806-380-2, cloth, $50.00S.
Shelby Foote: Novelist and Historian By Robert L. Phillips, Jr. A critical appreciation of the author extolled for both his fiction and his
acclaimed three-volume history, The Civil War. 2005, 272 pp., ISBN
978-1-57806-874-6, paper, $25.00D.
Seminole Burning: A Story of Racial Vengeance By Daniel F. Littlefield,
Jr. The true story of mob vengeance on two innocent Indian teenagers in Oklahoma. 1996, 208 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-923-2, cloth,
$30.00S.
Sentenced to Death: The American Novel and Capital Punishment By
David Guest. Literature that spotlights real-life punitive justice in
America. 1997, 256 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-917-1, cloth, $45.00S;
ISBN 978-1-60473-015-9, paper, $25.00D.
A Serigamy of Stories By Kathryn Tucker Windham. Appealing reminiscences of small-town life by one of the South’s most enchanting oral
storytellers. A Muscadine Book. 1999, 130 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806256-0, paper, $20.00T.
Shenandoah Valley Folklife By Scott Hamilton Suter. The first comprehensive study of the valley’s rich folklife. Folklife in the South Series.
1999, 144 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-189-1, paper, $20.00S.
Shifting Interludes: Selected Essays By Willie Morris. Edited by Jack Bales.
Covering the span of his forty-year career, a collection of eloquent essays by one of the South’s favorite writers. 2002, 224 pp., ISBN 978-157806-478-6, cloth, $35.00S.
Shiloh and Corinth: Sentinels of Stone Photographs and text by Timothy
T. Isbell. Photographs that capture the landscapes and monuments
of two Civil War battlefields. 2007, 176 pp., 93 color photographs,
chronology, bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-934110-08-9, cloth,
$40.00T.
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Shim By Reuben Davis. Introduction By Bertram Wyatt-Brown. A novel
of the southern backwoods in which a boy attempts to preserve his
beloved Delta homeland from despoilation by the timber industry. A Banner Book. 1995, 288 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-774-0, paper,
$20.00S.
The Snare By Elizabeth Spencer, with an introduction by Peggy Whitman
Prenshaw. The reprinting of a major southern writer’s New Orleans
novel that explores a young woman’s temptation to live on the periphery of evil. A Banner Book. 1993, 448 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805666-8, paper, $25.00T.
Showman: The Life and Music of Perry George Lowery By Clifford Edward Watkins. The biography of an African American cornetist who
traveled the country in minstrel shows and circus bands. American
Made Music Series. 2003, 256 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-555-4, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-556-1, paper, $22.00S.
Soldier’s Son By Ben W. McClelland. A memoir in which a son imagines
and resurrects the life of his deceased WWII soldier father. A Willie
Morris Book in Memoir and Biography. 2004, 320 pp., 25 b&w photographs, ISBN 978-1-57806-625-4, cloth, $30.00T.
Shreveport Sounds in Black and White Edited by Kip Lornell and Tracey
E. W. Laird. How players and promoters from one Louisiana locale
created unforgettable music. American Made Music Series. 2008, 288
pp., introduction, index, ISBN 978-1-934110-41-6, unjacketed cloth,
$50.00S, ISBN 978-1-934110-42-3, paper, $25.00S.
Sidelines Activist: Charles S. Johnson and the Struggle for Civil Rights
By Richard Robbins. The biography of the president of Fisk University
and his role as a precursor of racial change in America. 1996, 224 pp.,
ISBN 978-0-87805-932-4, paper, $20.00S.
Sidney Lumet: Interviews Edited by Joanna E. Rapf. A collection of over
twenty interviews with the director of Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon,
The Verdict, and 12 Angry Men. Conversations with Filmmakers Series. 2005, 208 pp., introduction, chronology, filmography, index,
ISBN 978-1-57806-723-7, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-157806-724-4, paper, $22.00T.
The Sinking of the USS Cairo By John C. Wideman. Previously untold, the
true story of the Union ironclad, the first man-of-war sunk in combat
by a naval torpedo. 2004, ISBN 978-1-57806-680-3, paper, $20.00D.
Sitting in Darkness: New South Fiction, Education, and the Rise of Jim
Crow Colonialism, 1865-1920 By Peter Schmidt. A study of postbellum fiction and its engagement in debates over African American
education and America’s new colonial territories. 2008, 304 pp., bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-934110-39-3, cloth, $50.00S.
The Sixteenth Mississippi Infantry: Civil War Letters and Reminiscences Compiled and edited by Robert G. Evans. Words and memories of Mississippi men who fought the major campaigns of the Civil
War. 2002, 400 pp., 14 illustrations, ISBN 978-1-57806-486-1, cloth,
$45.00S.
Skin Deep By Diana Wagman. A haunting novel that explores the human
compulsion to be beautiful. 1997, 224 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-982-9,
cloth, $35.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-099-3, paper, $20.00D.
Slavery and the American South Edited by Winthrop D. Jordan. Essays
that offer engaging new examinations of the culture of southern slavery. Chancellor Porter L. Fortune Symposium in Southern History Series. 2003, 216 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-581-3, cloth, $50.00S.
Slavery and Frontier Mississippi, 1720-1835 By David J. Libby. A new
look at the evolution of this frontier society and its unyielding grip on
slavery. 2004, 208 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-599-8, cloth, $45.00S.
Slavery, Propaganda, and the American Revolution By Patricia Bradley.
A study of how blacks were excluded from the Revolutionary patriots’ goals for American liberation. 1999, 224 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806211-9, paper, $25.00D.
Some Notes on River Country By Eudora Welty. In prose and photography, Welty’s meditation on her inspiring encounter with an enduring
landscape. 2003, 32 pp., 24 b&w duotone photographs, ISBN 9781-57806-525-7, cloth, $27.00T; ISBN 978-1-57806-563-9, slipcased
limited edition of 150 numbered copies, $100.00L.
Somebody Always Singing You By Kaylynn Sullivan TwoTrees. The story
of a multiracial woman coming to understand her identity. 1997, 160
pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-981-2, cloth, $30.00S.
Sonny Montgomery: The Veteran’s Champion By G. V. “Sonny” Montgomery, with Michael B. Ballard and Craig S. Piper. The autobiography
of the Mississippi Congressman who spearheaded the drive for the
revamped G.I. Bill. Distributed for the Mississippi State University
Libraries. 2003, 240 pp., 20 b&w photographs, ISBN 978-1-57806554-7, cloth, $30.00S.
The Soul of Southern Cooking By Kathy Starr. A fine black cook’s recipes
from a hard-scrabble heritage and its ritual of surviving and rejoicing
in family values. “Reminds me of my childhood in Mississippi. . . an
excellent contribution to the history of black foodways and culture”
–Craig Claiborne. A Muscadine Book. 1990, ISBN 978-0-87805-4152, paper, $25.00D.
The South and the Caribbean Edited by Douglass Sullivan-González and
Charles Reagan Wilson. The first comprehensive study of the close
ties between the American South and the Caribbean. Chancellor Porter L. Fortune Symposium in Southern History Series. 2001, 224 pp.,
ISBN 978-1-57806-312-3, cloth, $50.00S; 978-1-934110-37-9, paper,
$25.00D.
The South By Its Photographers By Susan Sipple Elliott, with an introduction by John E. Schloder. Photographic images by forty-eight of the
South’s best photographers. Distributed for the Birmingham Museum of Art. 1997, 68 pp., 27 full-color and 28 b&w photographs, ISBN
978-0-87805-954-6, paper, $20.00T.
South Florida Folklife By Tina Bucuvalas, Peggy A. Bulger, and Stetson
Kennedy. Rich folklife of America’s southernmost tip shaped by ethnic diversity and nomadic tourist populations. Folklife in the South
Series. 1994, 30 b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-0-87805-659-0, cloth,
$40.00S; ISBN 978-0-87805-660-6, paper, $25.00D.
Southern Belle By Mary Craig Sinclair, with an afterword by Peggy Whitman Prenshaw. The delightful autobiography of an indefatigable lady
who married a muckraking reformer and became his writing partner. A Banner Book. 1999, 416 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-152-5, paper,
$20.00S.
Southern Cooking to Remember By Kathryn Tucker Windham. Recipes
for real southern cooking, especially for gourmands who decry “fast
foods” and “southern food” advertised along the roadside. A Muscadine Book. 1994, 274 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-746-7, paper, $25.00T.
TITLE LIST (Includes titles through February 2008)
The Southern Writers Quiz Book By Patti Carr Black. Illustrations by
Patti Henson. In Q & A’s what everybody likes about the South—the
writers. A Muscadine Book. 1999, 80 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-149-5,
paper, $12.00T.
Speaking of the Short Story: Interviews with Contemporary Writers
Edited by Farhat Iftekharuddin, Mary Rohrberger, and Maurice Lee.
Literary conversations revealing how the short story gives transit
across cultural and ethnic borders. 1997, 216 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805970-6, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-0-87805-971-3, paper,
$20.00S.
Spheres of Liberty: Changing Perceptions of Liberty in American Culture By Michael Kammen. A historical overview of the concept of
liberty in American culture and thought. A Banner Book. 2001, 224
pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-394-9, paper, $22.00S.
Spike Lee: Interviews Edited by Cynthia Fuchs. The best interviews and
profiles of America’s most prominent African American filmmaker.
Conversations with Filmmakers Series. 2002, 272 pp., 10 b&w film
stills, ISBN 978-1-57806-469-4, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 9781-57806-470-0, paper, $22.00T.
A Spiral Way: How the Phonograph Changed Ethnography By Erika
Brady. The way Edison’s talking machine brought the study of ethnic cultures into the modern era. 1999, 136 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806173-0, unjacketed cloth, $40.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-174-7, paper,
$15.00S.
The Spirit of Black Hawk: A Mystery of Africans and Indians By Jason
Berry, with photographs by Syndey Byrd. A report on a sect of African American churches in New Orleans and the mystery of how a
legendary Indian became one of their patron saints. 1995, 128 pp.,
12 full-color photographs, 6 b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-0-87805806-8, cloth, $25.00S.
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Steamboats and the Cotton Economy: River Trade in the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta By Harry P. Owens. This history of steamboating along
the waterways of one of the most fertile farmlands in America conveys the importance of the steamboat industry to the economy of the
Deep South. 2003, 250 pp., 17 b&w photographs, ISBN 978-1-57806622-3, paper, $25.00D.
Step Right Up By Brooks McNamara. The immensely entertaining history
of the rise and fall of an American institution, the medicine show.
Performance Studies Series. 1995, 192 pp., 75 b&w illustrations, ISBN
978-0-87805-832-7, paper, $25.00D.
Stepping into the Picture: Cartoon Designer Maurice Noble By Robert
J. McKinnon. A biography of the artist who mastered concepts of animated design for Disney, Warner Bros., and Dr. Seuss. 2008, 176 pp.,
20 b&w illustrations, index, ISBN 978-1-934110-43-0, unjacketed
cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-934110-44-7, paper, $20.00T.
Steven Soderbergh: Interviews Edited by Anthony Kaufman. Interviews
which chart the rise and fall and rise again of the writer-directorproducer’s surprising career from 1989 to 2001. Conversations with
Filmmakers Series. 2002, 208 pp., 10 b&w film stills, ISBN 978-157806-428-1, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-429-8,
paper, $22.00T.
Steven Spielberg: Interviews Edited by Lester D. Friedman and Brent Notbohm. A collection of interviews charting Spielberg’s evolution from
brash young filmmaker to blockbuster king to mature and meaningful film director. Conversations with Filmmakers Series. 2000, 256 pp.,
ISBN 978-1-57806-113-6, paper, $22.00T.
Still Following Percy By Lewis A. Lawson. A collection of interrelated essays on Walker Percy by one of Percy’s most perceptive and sensitive
critics. 1996, 256 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-826-6, cloth, $45.00S; ISBN
978-1-60473-006-7, paper, $25.00D.
A Spiritual Journey: The Art of Eddie Lee Kendrick By Alice Rae Yelen.
A self-taught artist’s work that vibrantly praises God. Distributed for
the New Orleans Museum of Art. 1999, 96 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806111-2, paper, $25.00T.
Stories from the Haunted South By Alan Brown. Your guide to the locations and lore of some of Dixie’s spookiest spots. 2004, 176 pp., bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-660-5, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S;
ISBN 978-1-57806-661-2, paper, $20.00T.
Sports: The All-American Addiction By John R. Gerdy. A sports insider
cries foul at America’s obsession with big-time athletics. 2002, 296
pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-452-6, cloth, $35.00S.
Straight White Male: Performance Art Monologues By Michael Peterson.
An engaging exploration of the white heterosexual male as portrayed
by professional monologists. Performance Studies Series. 1997, 256
pages, 8 b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-0-87805-978-2, paper, $20.00S.
Stackhouse By J. Richard Gruber. Distributed for the Morris Museum of
Art, Augusta, Georgia. A mid-career biography and survey of the
sculptor noted for his ribbed installations. 2005, 152 pp., 47 b&w illustrations, 169 color illustrations, introduction, bibliography, chronology, ISBN 978-1-890021-07-8, paper, $39.95T.
Stan Lee: Conversations Edited by Jeff McLaughlin. Interviews with the
co-creator of the Amazing Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, the Incredible Hulk, and the Uncanny X-men. 2007, 224 pp., 10 b&w illustrations, introduction, chronology, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-984-2,
unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-985-9, paper, $20.00T.
Stanley Kubrick: Interviews Edited by Gene D. Phillips. The only comprehensive collection of interviews with the elusive director of Eyes
Wide Shut, A Clockwork Orange, and Dr. Strangelove. Conversations
with Filmmakers Series. 2001, 240 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-297-3, paper, $22.00T.
Star Trek Fans and Costume Art By Heather R. Joseph-Witham. A colorfully illustrated study of the phenomenal attire that unites devoted
fans of the series. Folk Art and Artists Series. 1996, 72 pp., 42 illustrations, ISBN 978-0-87805-920-1, paper, $20.00S.
Strike Songs of the Depression By Timothy P. Lynch. The Depression-era
politics of strikers’ songs that called for solidarity and action. American Made Music Series. 2001, 184 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-344-4,
cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-934110-36-2, paper, $25.00D.
Striking Performances/Performing Strikes By Kirk W. Fuoss. A look at
how two groups of protesters promoted their agendas by mock performances. Performance Studies Series. 1997, 25 b&w illustrations,
ISBN 978-0-87805-914-0, paper, $20.00S.
Strings Attached By Gay Walley. A lyric story of love’s stranglehold on a
father and daughter. 1999, 200 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-199-0, cloth,
$30.00T.
Studying and Living in Britain By The British Council. A fact-filled, practical guide for anyone preparing for student residence or extended
travel in Britain. 1997, 160 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-987-4, paper,
$20.00S.
34 Suddenly They Heard Footsteps: Storytelling for the Twenty-first Century By Dan Yashinsky. A manifesto for storytelling’s future and a
handbook of stories and inspiration. 2006, 336 pp., bibliography, appendix, ISBN 978-1-57806-926-2, unjacketed cloth, $55.00S; ISBN
978-1-57806-927-9, paper, $25.00S. For sale in the U.S. and its territories only.
Sullivan’s Hollow By Chester Sullivan. Anecdotes and lore about a notorious zone in the Mississippi piney woods. 1992, 102 pp., ISBN 978-087805-080-2, paper, $18.00D.
Sundays Down South: A Pastor’s Stories By James O. Chatham. A revealing picture of southern character as seen in a minister’s recollections
of his congregations. Folklife in the South Series. 1999, 240 pp., ISBN
978-1-57806-175-4, cloth, $28.00S.
Super Heroes: A Modern Mythology By Richard Reynolds. A study of one
of pop culture’s superstars whose enchanting mystique pervades the
modern world. Studies in Popular Culture Series. 1994, 134 pp., 25
b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-0-87805-694-1, paper, $22.00D.
The Supreme Commander: The War Years of Dwight D. Eisenhower
By Stephen E. Ambrose. Introduction by Hugh Ambrose. The story of
Ike in his finest hours as the Allies’ top strategist in WWII. A Banner
Book. 1999, 768 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-206-5, paper, $25.00T. Not
for sale in the British Commonwealth.
Swamp Pop: Cajun and Creole Rhythm and Blues By Shane K. Bernard.
A search for the sources and sounds of an often overlooked sister
genre of Cajun and zydeco music. American Made Music Series. 1996,
256 pages, 30 b&w photographs, discography, ISBN 978-0-87805875-4, unjacketed cloth with printed cover, includes CD, $50.00S;
ISBN 978-0-87805-876-1, paper, $22.00D; ISBN 978-0-87805-896-9,
CD of fourteen swamp pop classics, $18.00S.
Swapping Stories: Folktales from Louisiana Edited by Carl Lindahl, Maida Owens, and C. Renée Harvison. Transcribed oral tales that display
the lively art of storytelling in the Bayou State. 1997, 352 pp., ISBN
978-0-87805-930-0, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-0-87805931-7, paper, $25.00T.
Swing, That Modern Sound By Kenneth J. Bindas. A cultural study that
reflects the modern forces on which swing music thrived. 2001, 232
pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-382-6, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 9781-57806-383-3, paper, $22.00S.
A Symphony of Animals By Walter Anderson. Introduction by Mary Anderson Pickard. A marvelous bestiary in art portraying Anderson’s
creative vision of the animal world. 1996, 144 pp., 175 full-color illustrations, ISBN 978-0-87805-909-6, cloth, $50.00T.
The System of Comics By Thierry Groenstein. Translated by Bart Beaty
and Nick Nguyen. An authoritative exploration of how the comics
achieve meaning, form, and function. 2007, 192 pp., illustrations, introduction, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-925-5, cloth, $40.00S.
TABASCO®: An Illustrated History By Shane K. Bernard. Foreword by
Paul C. P. McIlhenny. The story of the McIlhenny family of Avery Island, Louisiana, and the world-renowned pepper sauce they created.
Distributed for the McIlhenny Company. 2007, 242 pp., 225 color
illustrations, 175 b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-0-9797808-0-6, cloth,
$49.95T.
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Tales of the Bark Lodges By Bertrand N. O. Walker (Hen-Toh). Introduction by Daniel F. Littlefield, Jr. and James W. Parins. Illustrations by
Royal Roger Eubanks. Twelve traditional animal tales that preserve
elements of Wyandot culture. A Banner Book. 1995, 160 pp., ISBN
978-0-87805-795-5, paper, $22.00S.
Talking Trauma By Timothy R. Tangherlini. A candid look at paramedics
through their tradition of storytelling. 1998, 280 pp., ISBN 978-157806-043-6, paper, $22.00D.
Talking with Michener By Lawrence Grobel. The first full-length book of
in-depth interviews with the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Tales
of the South Pacific and many other works. 1999, 296 pp., ISBN 9781-57806-139-6, cloth, $30.00S.
Tallulah: My Autobiography By Tallulah Bankhead. In her own words,
the life of the inimitable actress known for her daring ways and distinctive foghorn voice. Southern Icons Series. 2004, 356 pp., 20 b&w
photographs, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-635-3, paper, $22.00T.
Ten Point: Deer Camp in the Mississippi Delta By Alan Huffman. The
wistful history of a vanished hunting club told through a woman’s
photographs and her grandson’s narrative. 1997, 144 pp., 100 b&w
photographs, ISBN 978-1-57806-000-9, cloth, $40.00T.
Tennessee Williams and the South By Kenneth Holditch and Richard
Freeman Leavitt. Words and pictures that show the South’s imprint
on the life and works of the great playwright. 2002, 184 pp., 115 b&w
illustrations, ISBN 978-1-57806-410-6, cloth, $35.00T.
Terry Gilliam: Interviews Edited by David Sterritt and Lucille Rhodes. A
collection of interviews with the renowned filmmaker, animator, artist, and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Conversations
with Filmmakers Series. 2004, 228 pp., chronology, filmography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-623-0, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 9781-57806-624-7, paper, $22.00T.
Texas Death Row Photographs by Ken Light, with an essay by Suzanne
Donovan. Rare, raw glimpses into the faces and doomed lives of prisoners on Texas Death Row. 1997, 128 pages, 12 halftones, 75 duotones, ISBN 978-0-87805-951-5, paper, $35.00S.
Theatre of the Fraternity: Staging the Ritual Space of the Scottish Rite
of Freemasonry, 1896-1929 Edited by C. Lance Brockman. A collection of evocative icons and stage designs used by a fraternal order of
freemasonry. 1996, 160 pp., 100 full-color illustrations, ISBN 978-087805-947-8, paper, $35.00S.
Theo Angelopolous: Interviews Edited by Dan Fainaru. 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. Conversations with Filmmakers Series. 2001, 192 pp.,
ISBN 978-1-57806-215-7, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-157806-216-4, paper, $22.00T.
A Thief of Peirce: The Letters of Kenneth Laine Ketner and Walker
Percy Edited by Patrick H. Samway, S. J. A collection of engaging letters by which two Charles Sanders Peirce devotees, an author and a
philosopher, gain deeper insights into semiotics. 1995, 350 pp., ISBN
978-0-87805-810-5, cloth, $50.00S.
Thomas Jefferson on Wine By John Hailman. A connoisseur’s compendium of a great American’s passion for fine wine. 2006, 400 pp., 25
color and 30 b&w images, introduction, chronology, bibliography,
appendix, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-841-8, cloth, $38.00T.
TITLE LIST (Includes titles through February 2008)
Threading the Generations: A Mississippi Family’s Quilt Legacy By
Mary Elizabeth Johnson and Carol Vickers. Photographs by J. D.
Schwalm. An unprecedented collection of fifty remarkable quilts
from four generations of women artisans. 2005, 96 pp., 50 color and
25 b&w photographs, bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-745-9,
cloth, $28.00T.
Three Lives for Mississippi By William Bradford Huie. Introduction by
Martin Luther King, Jr. Afterword by Juan Williams. The only complete on-the-scene account of the heinous Freedom Summer murders
in Mississippi. A Banner Book. 2000, 176 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-2478, paper, $20.00S.
Through the Lens of the City: NEA Photography Surveys of the 1970s
By Mark Rice. An examination of the national effort to capture the
essence of American society at the bicentennial. 2005, 224 pp., 40
b&w illustrations, appendix, bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806707-7, cloth, $48.00S.
Tim Burton: Interviews Edited by Kristian Fraga. Collected interviews
with the eclectic director of Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice, and Ed
Wood. Conversations with Filmmakers Series. 2005, 224 pp., introduction, chronology, filmography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-758-9, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-759-6, paper, $22.00T.
Tim Hector: A Caribbean Radical’s Story By Paul Buhle. The first biography of the influential Antiguan journalist and follower of C. L. R.
James. 2006, 208 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-851-7, cloth, $32.00T.
Timber: A Photographic History of Mississippi Forestry By James E.
Fickle. Copublished with the Mississippi Forestry Foundation, Inc.
Photographs documenting the timber industry’s destruction and
restoration of Mississippi’s great natural resource. 2004, 144 pp., 288
b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-1-57806-710-7, cloth, $40.00S.
To Make a New Race: Gurdjieff, Toomer, and the Harlem Renaissance
By Jon Woodson. How a Greek exile and mystic teacher influenced
America’s Harlem Renaissance. 1999, 202 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806130-3, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-131-0, paper,
$22.00S.
Too Close to Call By Michael Kelsay. Rowdy and deep-dyed “southern,”
a comic first novel of politics, booze, and a ne’er-do-well’s coming of
age. 2001, 280 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-369-7, cloth, $30.00T.
Tough-as-Nails Flowers for the South By Norman Winter. The southerner’s guidebook to selecting, growing, and utilizing superior landscape
flowers. 2003, 234 pp., 200 full-color photographs, ISBN 978-1-57806543-1, cloth, $50.00T; ISBN 978-1-57806-544-8, paper, $28.00T.
Touring Literary Mississippi By Patti Carr Black and Marion Barnwell. A
traveler’s guide combined with capsule biographies and photographs
of writers with Mississippi ties. 2002, 280 pp., 100 b&w halftones,
7 maps, ISBN 978-1-57806-367-3, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN
978-1-57806-368-0, paper, $25.00T.
Toussaint’s Clause: The Founding Fathers and the Haitian Revolution
By Gordon S. Brown. The story of an early American foreign policy
crisis and its lasting effect on liberty and the Caribbean. 240 pp., bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-711-4, cloth, $35.00S.
Tracing Your Alabama Past By Robert Scott Davis. For genealogists and
others, a detailed guide to informational resources in Alabama records. 2003, 280 pp., 12 maps, ISBN 978-1-57806-491-5, unjacketed
cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-492-2, paper, $20.00S.
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Tracing Your Mississippi Ancestors By Anne S. Lipscomb and Kathleen
Hutchison. An essential how-to guide for researching ancestral roots
in the Magnolia State. 1994, 160 pages, 35 illustrations, bibliography,
index, ISBN 978-0-87805-698-9, paper, $20.00S.
Tracks By Donald C. Jackson. Reflections on the power of the great outdoors from a noted conversationist and teacher. 2006, 240 pp., ISBN
978-1-57806-894-4, cloth, $25.00T.
The Transformation of the Southeastern Indians, 1540-1760 Edited by
Robbie Ethridge and Charles Hudson. The most current thought on
Native Americans of the colonial South. Chancellor Porter L. Fortune
Symposium in Southern History Series. 2002, 352 pp., ISBN 978-157806-351-2, cloth, $50.00S.
Traveling the Rainbow: The Life and Art of Joseph E. Yoakum By Derrel B. DePasse. Foreword by Gerard C. Wertkin. The first full-length
celebration of an African American and Native American self-taught
master’s landscapes and travels. Copublished with The Museum of
American Folk Art. 2001, 212 pp., 50 color illustrations, 145 b&w
illustrations, ISBN 978-1-57806- 311-6, cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-157806-248-5, paper, $30.00T.
Triumph of Good Will: How Terry Sanford Beat a Champion of Segregation and Reshaped the South By John Drescher. A history of Sanford’s groundbreaking strategy that established the winning centrist
formula for southern politics. 2000, 344 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-3109, cloth, $30.00S.
Truck Stop Photographs by Marc F. Wise. Text by Bryan Di Salvatore. The
world of American truckers and truck stops in a stunning album of
photographs. Author and Artist Series. 1995, 96 pp., 65 full-color photographs, ISBN 978-0-87805-842-6, limited edition cloth, $150.00L.
Trumpet Records: Diamonds on Farish Street By Marc W. Ryan. In a
new edition, the history of a regional record company and the blues,
gospel, and R&B greats it launched nationally. American Made Music
Series. 2004, 144 pp., discography, 60 b&w illustrations, index, ISBN
978-1-57806-606-3, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806607-0, paper, $20.00S.
TVA Photography: Thirty Years of Life in the Tennessee Valley
By Patricia Bernard Ezzell. From official TVA files, documentary images of the New Deal and its legacy. 2003, 192 pp., 147 b&w photographs, bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-582-0, unjacketed
cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-583-7, paper, $25.00S.
Two Zuni Artists: A Tale of Art and Mystery By Keith Cunningham. A
revelation of how Zuni art, past and present, is an essential expression of Zuni life and heritage. Folk Art and Artists Series. 1998, 96 pp.,
ISBN 978-1-57806-062-7, cloth with printed cover, $25.00T.
Uncle Monday and Other Florida Tales Retold by Kristin G. Congdon and
illustrated by Kitty Kitson Petterson. An elegantly illustrated collection of forty-nine traditional tales from the Sunshine State. 2002, 216
pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-385-7, paper, $22.00T.
Understanding Addiction By Elizabeth Connell Henderson, M.D. A concise overview of this complex affliction for all those affected by addiction—addicts, family members, and even employers. Understanding
Health and Sickness Series. 2001, 224 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-240-9,
paper, $14.00T.
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Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease By Neal R. Cutler, M.D., and John J.
Sramek, Pharm.D. A guide to understanding a devastating illness that
affects a significant segment of the elderly population. Understanding
Health and Sickness Series. 1996, 150 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-910-2,
cloth with printed cover, $30.00S; ISBN 978-0-87805-911-9, paper,
$14.00T.
Understanding Cosmetic Laser Surgery By Robert Langdon, M.D. A description of the processes and procedures available in cosmetic laser
surgery. Understanding Health and Sickness Series. 2004, 112 pp., 12
line illustrations, 18 halftones, glossary, index, ISBN 978-1-57806586-8, cloth with printed cover, $30.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-587-5,
paper, $14.00T.
Understanding Anemia By Ed Uthman, M.D. Medicine for the lay reader,
a book detailing causes and treatments of the various forms of anemia. Understanding Health and Sickness Series. 1998, 160 pp., ISBN
978-1-57806-039-9, paper, $14.00T.
Understanding Crohn Disease and Ulcerative Colitis By Jon Zonderman
and Ronald S. Vender, M.D. For patients and caregivers an overview
of the nature and treatments of inflammatory bowel disease. Understanding Health and Sickness Series. 2000, 128 pp., 14 b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-1-57806-202-7, cloth with printed cover, $30.00S;
ISBN 978-1-57806-203-4, paper, $14.00T.
Understanding Asthma By Phil Lieberman, M.D. A guide to how the
disease behaves and how the latest therapies work. Understanding
Health and Sickness Series. 1999, 120 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-142-6,
paper, $14.00T.
Understanding Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder By L. Susan
Buttross, M.D., F.A.A.P. For parents and teachers, a guide to this
troubling behavioral affliction. Understanding Health and Sickness
Series. 2007, 128 pp., appendix, glossary, index, ISBN 978-1-57806882-1, cloth with printed cover, $30.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-883-8,
paper, $12.00T.
Understanding Breast Cancer Genetics By Barbara T. Zimmerman, Ph.D.
Clinical explanations for the genetic causes of the disease women
most greatly fear. Understanding Health and Sickness Series. 2004, 128
pp., 8 b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-1-57806-578-3, cloth with printed
cover, $30.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-579-0, paper, $14.00T.
Understanding Cancer Therapies By Helen S. L. Chan, M.B.B.S.,
F.R.C.P.(C), F.A.A.P. A practical and hopeful guide to the many treatments available. 2006, 144 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-688-9, cloth with
printed cover, $30.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-689-6, paper, $14.00T.
Understanding Child Sexual Abuse By Edward L. Rowan, M.D. For those
looking to comprehend and to prevent child sexual abuse, a succinct
guidebook of advice and resources. 2006, 96 pp., glossary, index,
ISBN 978-1-57806-806-7, cloth with printed cover, $30.00S; ISBN
978-1-57806-807-4, paper, $14.00T.
Understanding Childhood Cancers By Robert I. Parker, M.D., and Debra
Giugliano Trezza, R.N., C.P.N.P. An easy-to-use reference to research,
treatment, and the special needs of young patients. Understanding
Health and Sickness Series. 128 pp., appendix, glossary, index, ISBN
978-1-57806-912-5, cloth with printed cover, $30.00S; ISBN 978-157806-913-2, paper, $12.00S.
Understanding Childhood Obesity By J. Clinton Smith, M.D. A clear explanation of causes, diagnosis, and treatment of childhood obesity.
Understanding Health and Sickness Series. 1999, 120 pp., ISBN 978-157806-133-4, cloth with printed cover, $30.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806134-1, paper, $14.00T.
Understanding Chronic Pain By Angela J. Koestler, Ph.D. and Ann Myers,
M.D. A handbook for people coping with chronic pain and suffering and for those who seek to understand and support them. Understanding Health and Sickness Series. 2002, 184 pp., 19 b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-1-57806-439-7, cloth with printed cover, $30.00S;
ISBN 978-1-57806-440-3, paper, $14.00T.
Understanding Colon Cancer By A. Richard Adrouny, M.D., F.A.C.P. For
the general reader a concise manual of facts, warnings, prevention,
treatments, and forecasts. Understanding Health and Sickness Series.
2002, 168 pp., 6 b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-1-57806-473-1, paper,
$14.00T.
Understanding Cystic Fibrosis By Karen Hopkin, Ph.D. A useful guide for
families and patients. Understanding Health and Sickness Series. 1998,
128 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-966-9, cloth with printed cover, $30.00S;
ISBN 978-0-87805-967-6, paper, $14.00T.
Understanding Dental Health By Francis G. Serio, D.M.D., M.S. A userfriendly manual on the basics of dental health. Understanding Health
and Sickness Series. 1998, 128 pages, ISBN 978-1-57806-009-2,
cloth with printed cover), $30.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-010-2, paper,
$14.00T.
Understanding Depression By Patricia Ainsworth, M.D. A clear explanation for those who know the illness personally and for those who
want to understand them. Understanding Health and Sickness Series.
2000, 120 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-169-3, paper, $14.00T.
Understanding Dietary Supplements By Jenna Hollenstein, MS, RD, ELS.
A handy guide to the evaluation and use of vitamins, minerals, herbs,
botanicals, and more. Understanding Health and Sickness Series. 2007,
96 pp., 15 tables, appendix, glossary, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-980-4,
cloth with printed cover, $30.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-981-1, paper,
$12.00T.
Understanding Hepatitis By James L. Achord, M.D. For general readers
a comprehensive discussion of the causes and of the treatments of
hepatitis. Understanding Health and Sickness Series. 2002, 152 pp., 11
b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-1-57806-436-6, paper, $14.00T.
Understanding Herpes: Revised Second Edition By Lawrence R. Stanberry, M.D., Ph.D. A concise overview of advances and resources.
2006, 144 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-867-8, cloth with printed cover,
$30.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-868-5, paper, $14.00T.
Understanding Mental Retardation By Patricia Ainsworth, M.D., and Pamela C. Baker, Ph.D. A resource for parents, caregivers, and counselors. Understanding Health and Sickness Series. 2004, 192 pp., 18 halftones, appendix, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-647-6, paper, $14.00T.
Understanding Migraine and Other Headaches By Stewart J. Tepper,
M.D. A comprehensive overview of causes, diagnoses, and treatments. Understanding Health and Sickness Series. 2004, 112 pp., 8
b&w halftones, ISBN 978-1-57806-591-2, cloth with printed cover,
$30.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-592-9, paper, $14.00T.
Understanding Multiple Sclerosis By Melissa Stauffer. For patients and
companions, an overview of all aspects of MS. 2006, 144 pp., 17 illustrations, 2 tables, glossary, index. ISBN 978-1-57806-802-9, cloth with
printed cover, $30.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-803-6, paper, $14.00T.
Understanding Panic and Other Anxiety Disorders By Benjamin Root,
M.D. A patient’s guide to panic disorders, panic attacks, and other
stress-related maladies. Understanding Health and Sickness Series.
2000, 128 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-245-4, paper, $14.00T.
TITLE LIST (Includes titles through February 2008)
Understanding Sickle Cell Disease By Miriam Bloom, Ph.D. For general
readers a guide to understanding a debilitating genetic disease that
affects tens of thousands who are of African heritage. Understanding
Health and Sickness Series. 1995, 128 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-745-0,
paper, $14.00T.
Understanding Stuttering By Nathan Lavid, M.D. Insight into an ailment
that impairs more than sixty million in the world population. Understanding Health and Sickness Series. 2004, 112 pp., 5 b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-1-57806-572-1, cloth with printed cover, $30.00S;
ISBN 978-1-57806-573-8, paper, $14.00T.
Unflinching Gaze: Morrison and Faulkner Re-Envisioned Edited by
Carol A. Kolmerten, Stephen M. Ross, and Judith Bryant Wittenberg.
A critical examination of the Faulkner-Morrison literary connection.
1997, 256 pages, ISBN 978-0-87805-955-3, cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 9780-87805-956-0, paper, $22.00D.
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Victorian Houses of Mississippi Photographs by Sherry Pace. Essay and
captions by Richard J. Cawthon. A lavish tour of 143 architecturally
distinctive homes. 2005, 176 pp., 187 color photographs, index, ISBN
978-1-57806-781-7, cloth, $40.00T.
Vietnam Remembered: The Folk Art of Marine Combat Veteran Michael D. Cousino, Sr. By Varick A. Chittenden. A book featuring
miniature dioramas that translate the Vietnam war into art and selftherapy for the artist. Folk Art and Artists Series. 1995, 72 pp., 40 fullcolor and 10 b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-0-87805-715-3, cloth with
printed cover, $32.50S; ISBN 978-0-87805-716-0, paper, $20.00S.
Vietnam and the Southern Imagination By Owen W. Gilman, Jr. A revealing look at how the new generation of southern writers links
southern cultural heritage and the American experience in Vietnam.
1992, 248 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-591-3, cloth, $50.00S.
The University of Mississippi: A Sesquicentennial History By David G.
Sansing. A 150-year history of Ole Miss, the state’s oldest public institution of higher learning. 1999, 432 pp., 75 b&w illustrations, ISBN
978-1-57806-091-7, cloth, $40.00S.
Vodou Things: The Art of Pierrot Barra and Marie Cassaise By Donald
J. Cosentino. Never described or recognized before, fantastic images
of vodou spirits created by two Haitian artists. Folk Art and Artists
Series. 1998, 72 pages, 48 full-color photographs, ISBN 978-1-57806014-6, cloth with printed cover, $25.00S.
The University of Mississippi School of Law: A Sesquicentennial History By Michael de L. Landon. The story of one of the state’s formative
institutions. 2006, 240 pp., photographs, index, ISBN 978-1-57806918-7, cloth, $35.00S.
Voodoo Queen: The Spirited Lives of Marie Laveau By Martha Ward.
The lives and times of the two most powerful spiritual women in
Creole New Orleans. 2004, 224 pp., 3 halftones, 2 maps, 1 genealogy
chart, bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-629-2, cloth, $28.00T.
Unruly Tongue: Identity and Voice in American Women’s Writing,
1850-1930 By Martha J. Cutter. A study of how women writers found
ways to sound an authoritative voice in the male-dominated world.
1999, 224 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-085-6, cloth, $45.00S.
W. E. B. Du Bois on Asia: Crossing the World Color Line Edited by Bill
V. Mullen and Cathryn Watson. A selection of the best of Du Bois’s
vision on the global battle for equality. 2005, 192 pp., chronology, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-791-6, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 9781-57806-820-3, paper, $20.00S.
Unsung Valor: A GI’s Story of World War II By A. Cleveland Harrison.
Thirty riveting months in the life of a common infantryman, one
among the “citizen soldiers” who took the Allies to victory. 2003, 368
pp., 29 b&w photographs, ISBN 978-1-57806-615-5, paper, $25.00D.
Unveiling Kate Chopin By Emily Toth. A vivid portrait of the author of
The Awakening on the 100th anniversary of its publication. 1999, 290
pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-102-0, paper, $20.00S.
Upper Cumberland Country By William Lynwood Montell. The past
springs into the present in a book as hospitable as the people of the
region it explores. Folklife in the South Series. 1993, 208 pp., ISBN
978-0-87805-631-6, paper, $25.00D.
Urbane Revolutionary: C. L. R. James and the Struggle for a New Society By Frank Rosengarten. A comprehensive study of the writings of
a pivotal Caribbean intellectual. 2007, 352 pp., bibliography, index,
ISBN 978-1-934110-26-3, cloth, $50.00S.
Valerie Jaudon By René Paul Barilleaux. Introduction by Anna C. Chave.
An overview of the celebrated contemporary artist and her work.
Distributed for the Mississippi Museum of Art. 1996, 96 pp., 40 fullcolor and 30 b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-1-887422-00-0, paper,
$26.00S.
Van Johnson: MGM’s Golden Boy By Ronald L. Davis. The only fulllength biography of this immensely popular screen star of the 1940s
and 1950s. Hollywood Legends Series. 2001, 272 pp., ISBN 978-157806-377-2, cloth, $30.00T.
Vicksburg: Sentinels of Stone Photographs and text by Timothy T. Isbell.
Photographs that capture the battles, landscapes, history, and memories of the Civil War. 2006, 192 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-840-1, cloth,
$40.00T.
Waking Up to War: The Shock of Pearl Harbor. Distributed for the Deep
South Regional Humanities Center. A compact disc of Southern voices from those who witnessed the outbreak of World War II. Southern
Voices Audio Series. Twelve tracks, 41:02, ISBN 978-0-9743059-0-5,
compact disc, $15.00T.
Walker Percy: A Southern Wayfarer By William Rodney Allen. This perceptive study examines Percy’s novels in the light of psychoanalytic
theory, philosophy, and literary analysis. 1986, 184 pp., ISBN 978-1934110-00-3, paper, $25.00D.
Walls of Light: The Murals of Walter Anderson By Anne R. King. Photographs by John Lawrence. Foreword by Stephen E. Ambrose. A celebration of Walter Anderson as muralist. 1999, 112 pp., 85 four-color
photographs, 20 b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-1-57806-128-0, cloth,
$50.00T.
Walt Disney: Conversations Edited by Kathy Merlock Jackson. A collection of interviews and profiles of the man who created Mickey Mouse,
and produced such full-length animated classics as Snow White, Cinderella, Fantasia, Bambi, and Pinocchio, along with countless short
cartoons. Conversations with Comic Artists Series. 2006, 160 pp., introduction, chronology, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-712-1, unjacketed
cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-713-8, paper, $20.00T.
Waltz the Hall: The American Play Party By Alan L. Spurgeon. A history
and songbook of a once widespread, but now nearly forgotten, form
of folk entertainment. American Made Music Series. 2005, 256 pp.,
90 musical examples, bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-742-8,
cloth, $50.00S.
38 The War of Our Childhood: Memories of World War II By Wolfgang
W. E. Samuel. Accounts that bear witness to the unutterable horrors
German children endured during World War II. 2002, 376 pp., 26
b&w photographs, ISBN 978-1-57806-482-3, cloth, $35.00T.
Warring Fictions: Cultural Politics and the Vietnam War Narrative By
Jim Neilson. A well-documented investigation of the Vietnam fiction
canon and an exposure of the critical minds that inadequately defined it. 1998, 248 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-088-7, paper, $25.00S.
Water Dreams By Jeanne McDonald. A first novel in which a drowned
man’s death transforms the life of a man who tried to save him. 2003,
306 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-548-6, cloth, $30.00T.
The Waterfowl of North America: The Complete Ducks, Geese, and
Swans By Robin Hill. Distributed for the Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia. Through superbly painted color plates and carefully
rendered pencil sketches, an appreciation of North America’s waterfowl for the bird watcher and the art lover. 2005, 164 pp., 104 b&w illustrations, 60 color illustrations, 51 distribution maps, introduction,
bibliography, ISBN 978-0-9618270-0-7, cloth, $50.00T.
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Whitewashing America: Material Culture and Race in the Antebellum
Imagination By Bridget T. Heneghan. A study of how material goods
and antebellum consumption defined whiteness. 2003, 224 pp., 11
b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-1-57806-585-1, cloth, $50.00S; ISBN
978-1-934110-99-7, paper, $25.00D.
Whose Improv Is It Anyway? Beyond Second City By Amy E. Seham. An
inside view of improv comedy in Chicago. 2001, 288 pp., ISBN 9781-57806-340-6, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-341-3,
paper, $22.00S.
Why I Left America and Other Essays By Oliver W. Harrington, Edited
by M. Thomas Inge. An African-American artist, self-exiled behind
the Iron Curtain, gives his unique perspective on his homeland and
on the culture that produced him. 1993, 128 pp., 8 b&w illustrations,
ISBN 978-0-87805-739-9, paper, $20.00S.
Wild Bill Sullivan: King of the Hollow By Ann R. Hammons. The rollicking history of a dreaded real-life figure in the folklore of the Mississippi backwoods. 1992, 152 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-568-5, paper,
$20.00S.
We Saw Lincoln Shot: One Hundred Eyewitness Accounts By Timothy
S. Good. Collected for the first time, actual eyewitness reports of the
Lincoln assassination. 1995, 256 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-778-8, cloth,
$50.00S; ISBN 978-0-87805-779-5, paper, $20.00T.
Wildflowers of Mississippi By Stephen L. Timme. Available again, a classic
guidebook to the many types of wildflowers in Mississippi. 2007, 298
pp., 500 color photographs, 66 line illustrations, glossary, appendix,
bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-969-9, paper, $30.00T.
A Web of Relationship: Women in the Short Fiction of Mary Wilkins
Freeman By Mary R. Reichardt. Insights into a rediscovered author’s
revealing portraits of New England women. 1992, 208 pp., ISBN
978-0-87805-555-5, cloth, $45.00S; ISBN 978-1-60473-022-7, paper,
$25.00D.
Wildflowers of the Natchez Trace By Stephen L. Timme and Caleb
C. K. Timme. A handy guide for identifying the luxuriant wildflowers along the most scenic trail of the Deep South. A Muscadine Book.
2000, 144 pp., 100 full-color plates, 23 line drawings, 1 map, index,
checklist, and glossary, ISBN 978-1-57806-126-6, cloth with printed
cover, $40.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-127-3, flexibind, $20.00T.
Welty: A Life in Literature Edited by Albert J. Devlin, with an interview
Eudora Welty granted Peggy Whitman Prenshaw and the editor. A special collection of essays marking the fiftieth anniversary of Welty’s
first important publication. 1987, 312 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-315-5,
cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-60473-020-3, paper, $25.00D.
The Welty Collection: A Guide to the Eudora Welty Manuscripts and
Documents at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History By Suzanne Marrs. A valuable annotated listing that surveys
the extensive collection of primary and secondary materials in the
principal repository of Welty’s manuscripts, photographs, and related
documents. 1988, 244 pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-366-7, cloth, $50.00S.
The Wildlife Garden: Planning Backyard Habitats By Charlotte Seidenberg. A plan for creating a garden that is both alluring to beneficial
native wildlife and aesthetically pleasing to the gardener. 1995, 224
pp., 18 b&w drawings, ISBN 978-0-87805-835-8, paper, $20.00T.
Wiregrass Country By Jerrilyn McGregory. A look at a fascinating Deep
South region and its distinctive way of life. Folklife in the South Series.
1997, 224 pp., 40 b&w illustrations, ISBN 978-0-87805-926-3, paper,
$22.00S.
What Gets Into Us By Moira Crone. Interconnected stories that reveal the
fictional town of Fayton, North Carolina. 2006, 192 pp., ISBN 978-157806-772-5, cloth, $25.00T.
With Signs Following: Photographs from the Southern Religious Roadside By Joe York. Introduction by Charles Reagan Wilson. A drive-by
testimony to southern evangelical wit and wisdom. 2007, 96 pp., 70
b&w photographs, introduction, ISBN 978-1-57806-975-0, cloth,
$25.00T.
Where Have All the Flower Children Gone? By Sandra Gurvis. Firsthand
accounts of how life unfolded for the youth of the Age of Aquarius.
2006, 240 pp., 60 b&w photographs, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-314-7,
cloth, $28.00T.
Without Regard to Race: The Other Martin Robison Delany By Tunde
Adeleke. A biographical reassessment of the racial activist and the
way his views have been portrayed. 2003, 248 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806598-1, cloth, $50.00S.
Whispering Pines Photographs by Birney Imes, with a foreword by Trudy
Wilner Stack. The fascinating aura of place captured in photographs
of a decaying crossroads store. 1994, 96 pages, 12 b&w and 54 fullcolor photographs, ISBN 978-0-87805-695-8, cloth, $50.00S; ISBN
978-0-87805-696-5, paper, $35.00T.
Witness to Injustice By David Frost, Jr. Edited by Louise Westling, with an
introduction by Charles Reagan Wilson. A black moonshiner and civil
rights activist’s autobiographical report on complex events in southern history neglected by white historians. 1995, 128 pp., ISBN 978-087805-843-3, paper, $16.00S.
Whiteness in the Novels of Charles W. Chesnutt By Matthew Wilson. An
examination of race and audience in an American innovator’s writings. 2004, 248 pp., bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-667-4,
cloth, $50.00S.
Witnessing By Ellen Douglas. Essays that affirm the writer’s lifelong role as
witness to humanity and history. 2004, 176 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806670-4, cloth, $30.00T.
TITLE LIST (Includes titles through February 2008)
Woke Me Up This Morning: Black Gospel Singers and the Gospel Life
By Alan Young. Performers’ accounts that reveal gospel’s soaring popularity among African Americans in the present-day South. American Made Music Series. 1996, 256 pp., 30 b&w photographs, ISBN
978-0-87805-944-7, paper, $20.00S.
Woody Allen: Interviews Edited by Robert E. Kapsis and Kathie Coblentz.
Interviews with the famous director of Manhattan, Hannah and Her
Sisters, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Bullets Over Broadway, and the
Oscar-winning Annie Hall. 2006, 256 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-792-3,
unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-793-0, paper, $22.00T.
Words into Images: Screenwriters on the Studio System By Ronald L.
Davis. An unprecedented view of Hollywood’s Golden Age. 2007,
224 pp., introduction, filmographies, index, ISBN 978-1-57806-9644, cloth, $45.00S.
The World of Richard Wright By Michel Fabre. Wide-ranging essays in
which Wright’s biographer probes the career, ideology, complex life,
and achievements of America’s premier black writer. “A major contribution to Wright studies” –Keneth Kinnamon. “Full of insights into
cultural history and radical politics, race relations, and literary connections . . . sets a high standard for scholarship to come” –Werner
Sollors. Center for the Study of Southern Culture Series. 1985, 268 pp.,
ISBN 978- 0-87805-258-5, cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-60473-012-8,
paper, $25.00D.
World War I and the Cultures of Modernity Edited by Douglas Mackaman
and Michael Mays, with a preface by Sandra M. Gilbert. A revisionist
study that rejects the time-honored argument that the Great War was
the cataclysmic break with the epoch that preceded it. 2000, 240 pp.,
ISBN 978-1-57806-243-0, cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-934110-69-0,
paper, $25.00D
The World War II Black Regiment That Built the Alaska Military Highway: A Photographic History By William E. Griggs and edited by
Philip J. Merrill, with an introduction by Douglas Brinkley. A photographic record of a black regiment’s contribution to safeguarding
Alaska from Japanese invasion. Published in cooperation with the
Center for American Places, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Santa Fe,
New Mexico. 2002, 128 pp., 102 b&w halftones, ISBN 978-1-57806504-2, cloth, $45.00S.
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The WPA Guides: Mapping America By Christine Bold. An argument for
how the WPA Guides contrived and shaped America’s conception of
itself in the 1930s and ’40s. 1999, 224 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-194-5,
unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-195-2, paper, $25.00S.
A Writer’s Eye: Collected Book Reviews By Eudora Welty. Edited by Pearl
Amelia McHaney. An eminent fiction writer’s masterpieces in the
book reviewer’s art. 1994, 308 pages, ISBN 978-0-87805-683-5, cloth,
$35.00S.
The Writing Life By Ellen Gilchrist. A beloved writer’s thoughts on teaching her craft and leading a literary life. 2005, 226 pp., ISBN 978-157806-739-8, cloth, $30.00T.
Writings of Frank Marshall Davis: A Voice of the Black Press Edited by
John Edgar Tidwell. Columns and news pieces from a great American
journalist. 2007, 240 pp., introduction, glossary, index, ISBN 978-157806-921-7, cloth, $40.00S.
The Yazoo River By Frank E. Smith. Foreword by David Molpus. An immensely pleasurable book that unlocks the door to one of the most
unusual and diverse regions in the U.S., the culturally rich Delta flatland embraced by two rivers, the Mississippi and the Yazoo. 1988, 376
pp., ISBN 978-0-87805-355-1, paper, $25.00D.
Zachary Scott: Hollywood’s Sophisticated Cad By Ronald L. Davis. A
biography of the stage and screen star who could never escape the
role of dashing villain. Hollywood Legends Series. 2006, 256 pp., ISBN
978-1-57806-837-1, cloth, $30.00T.
Zhang Yimou: Interviews Edited by Frances Gateward. Eleven years of interviews with the acclaimed Chinese film director of such movies as
Red Sorgham, Shanghai Triad, and Not One Less. Conversations with
Filmmakers Series. 2001, 192 pp., ISBN 978-1-57806-261-4, unjacketed cloth, $50.00S; ISBN 978-1-57806-262-1, paper, $22.00T.
Zydeco! Photographs By Rick Olivier. Text by Ben Sandmel. An inside view
of this Louisiana Creole dance music in photos, interviews, and commentary. 1999, 176 pp., 80 b&w photographs, ISBN 978-1-57806116-7, paper, $30.00T.
40 BOOKS LISTED BY AUTHOR/EDITOR
Abbott, Dorothy, ed. Mississippi Writers: An Anthology.
_____. Mississippi Writers: Reflections of Childhood and Youth, Vol. One: Fiction; Vol. Two: Non-Fiction; Vol. Three: Poetry; Vol. Four: Drama.
Abbott, Lynn, and Doug Seroff. Out of Sight: The Rise of African American
Popular Music, 1889-1895.
_____, and Doug Seroff. Ragged but Right: Black Traveling Shows, “Coon
Songs,” and the Dark Pathway to Blues and Jazz.
Achord, James L., M.D. Understanding Hepatitis.
Adams, Shelby Lee. Appalachian Lives.
Adeleke, Tunde. Without Regard to Race: The Other Martin Robison Delany.
Adrouny, A. Richard, M.D., F.A.C.P. Understanding Colon Cancer.
Aggelis, Steven L., ed. Conversations with Ray Bradbury.
Ainsworth, Patricia, M.D. Understanding Depression.
_____, and Pamela C. Baker, Ph.D. Understanding Mental Retardation.
Alford, Terry, ed., and Asia Booth Clarke. John Wilkes Booth: A Sister’s
Memoir.
Allen, William Rodney, ed. The Coen Brothers: Interviews.
_____, ed. Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut
_____, Walker Percy: A Southern Wayfarer.
Alvey, R. Gerald. Kentucky Bluegrass Country.
Ambrose, Stephen E. Ike’s Spies: Eisenhower and the Espionage Establishment.
_____. The Supreme Commander: The War Years of Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Ammon, Theodore G., ed. Conversations with William H. Gass.
Ancelet, Barry Jean. Cajun and Creole Folktales.
_____, and Elemore Morgan, Jr. Cajun and Creole Music Makers: Musiciens
cadiens et créoles.
_____, Jay Edwards, and Glen Pitre. Cajun Country.
Anderson, Agnes Grinstead. Approaching the Magic Hour: Memories of
Walter Anderson.
Anderson, Leif. Dancing with My Father.
Anderson, Walter. An Alphabet.
_____. Birds.
_____. ed. and with an introduction by Redding S. Sugg, Jr. The Horn
Island Logs of Walter Inglis Anderson.
_____. ed. and with an introduction by Redding S. Sugg, Jr. Illustrations
of Epic and Voyage.
_____, with stories by Ellen Douglas. The Magic Carpet and Other Tales.
_____. with text by Redding S. Sugg, Jr. A Painter’s Psalm: The Mural from
Walter Anderson’s Cottage.
_____. Robinson: The Pleasant History of an Unusual Cat.
_____. A Symphony of Animals.
Andrae, Thomas. Carl Barks and the Disney Comic Book: Unmasking the
Myth of Modernity.
Armitage, Shelley. Kewpies and Beyond: The World of Rose O’ Neill.
Arnold, Edwin T., ed. Conversations with Erskine Caldwell.
_____, and Dianne C. Luce, eds. A Cormac McCarthy Companion: The
Border Trilogy.
_____. Erskine Caldwell Reconsidered.
_____, and Dianne C. Luce, eds. Perspectives on Cormac McCarthy.
_____, and Dawn Trouard. Reading Faulkner: Sanctuary.
Arnold, Ellen L., ed. Conversations with Leslie Marmon Silko.
Atkins, E. Taylor. Jazz Planet.
Ault, Donald, ed. Carl Barks: Conversations.
Baca, Keith A. Native American Place Names in Mississippi.
Bach, Gerhard, and Blaine Hall, eds. Conversations with Grace Paley.
Baer, William, ed. Conversations with Derek Walcott.
_____, ed. Elia Kazan: Interviews.
_____. Fourteen on Form: Conversations with Poets.
Baida, Peter. A Nurse’s Story and Others.
Baker, Pamela C., Ph.D. and Patricia Ainsworth, M.D. Understanding
Mental Retardation.
Bales, Jack, ed. Conversations with Willie Morris.
_____, ed, and Willie Morris. Shifting Interludes.
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_____. Maroon and White: Mississippi State University, 1878-2003.
_____. Pemberton: The General Who Lost Vicksburg.
Balliett, Whitney. American Musicians II: Seventy-one Portraits in Jazz.
_____. American Singers: Twenty-seven Portraits in Song.
_____. New York Voices: Fourteen Portraits.
Bankhead, Tallulah. Tallulah: My Autobiography.
Banks, Amanda Carson. Birth Chairs, Midwives, and Medicine.
Barber, David. A Hard Rain Fell: SDS and Why It Failed.
Barilleaux, René Paul. Valerie Jaudon.
_____, and Victoria J. Beck. G. Ruger Donoho: A Painter’s Path.
_____, ed. Passionate Observer: Eudora Welty among Artists of the Thirties.
Barker, Martin. A Haunt of Fear: The Strange History of the British Horror
Comics Campaign.
_____, and Roger Sabin. The Lasting of the Mohicans: History of an American Myth.
Barner, William G. The Egg Bowl: Mississippi State vs. Ole Miss.
Barnett, James F. Jr. The Natchez Indians: A History to 1735.
Barnwell, Marion, ed. A Place Called Mississippi: Collected Narratives.
_____, and Patti Carr Black. Touring Literary Mississippi.
Baron, Robert, and Nick Spitzer, eds. Public Folklore.
Barry, John M. Power Plays: Politics, Football, and Other Blood Sports.
Baughman, Judith S., and Matthew J. Bruccoli, eds. Conversations with
John le Carré.
Bazin, Nancy Topping, and Marilyn Dallman Seymour, eds. Conversations
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Beaty, Bart. Fredric Wertham and the Critique of Mass Culture.
Beisswenger, Drew. Fiddling Way Out Yonder.
Bell-Villada, Gene H., ed. Conversations with Gabriel García Márquez.
_____. Overseas American: Growing Up Gringo in the Tropics.
Bennett, Alma, ed. Conversations with Mary Gordon.
Bennett, Gillian. Bodies: Sex, Violence, Disease, and Death in Contemporary Legend.
Bennett, Gregg, and John W. Cox. Rock Solid: Southern Miss Football.
Bercaw, Nancy, ed. Gender and the Southern Body Politic.
Bergan, Ronald, ed. François Truffaut: Interviews.
Bernard, Shane K. The Cajuns: Americanization of a People.
_____. Swamp Pop: Cajun and Creole Rhythm and Blues.
_____. TABASCO®: An Illustrated History.
Berg, James J., and Chris Freeman, eds. Conversations with Christopher
Isherwood.
Berger, Arthur Asa. Li’l Abner: A Study in American Satire.
Berger, Harris M., and Michael Thomas Carroll, eds. Global Pop, Local
Language.
Berry, Jason. The Spirit of Black Hawk: A Mystery of Africans and Indians.
Beverly, William. On the Lam: Narratives of Flight in J. Edgar Hoover’s
America.
Bindas, Kenneth J. Swing, That Modern Sound.
Black, Patti Carr. Art in Mississippi, 1720-1980.
_____, ed. Early Escapades.
_____, ed. Eudora.
_____, and Robin C. Dietrick, ed. The Mississippi Story.
_____. The Southern Writers Quiz Book.
_____, and Marion Barnwell. Touring Literary Mississippi.
_____, ed. Welty.
Bledsoe, Erik, ed. Perspectives on Harry Crews.
Bloom, Miriam, Ph.D. Understanding Sickle Cell Disease.
Blotner, Joseph. Faulkner: A Biography.
Bold, Christine. The WPA Guides: Mapping America.
Bolton, Charles C. The Hardest Deal of All: The Battle Over School Integration in Mississippi, 1870-1980.
Bond, Bradley G., ed. Mississippi: A Documentary History.
Bone, Martyn, ed. Perspectives on Barry Hannah.
Bradley, Patricia. Slavery, Propaganda, and the American Revolution.
Brady, Erika. A Spiral Way: How the Phonograph Changed Ethnography.
Braid, Donald. Scottish Traveller Tales: Lives Shaped through Stories.
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Brantley, Will, ed. Conversations with Pauline Kael.
Brasseaux, Carl A. Acadian to Cajun: Transformation of a People, 1803–
1877.
_____, Claude F. Oubre, and Keith P. Fontenot. Creoles of Color in the Bayou
Country.
Breivold, Scott, ed. Howard Hawks: Interviews.
Bridges, Tyler. The Rise of David Duke.
British Council. Studying and Living in Britain.
Brockman, C. Lance, ed. Theatre of the Fraternity: Staging the Ritual Space
of the Scottish Rite of Free Masonry, 1896-1929.
Brodber, Erna. Louisiana.
Brooker, Jewel Spears, ed. Conversations with Denise Levertov.
Brown, Alan. Ghost Hunters of the South.
_____. Haunted Places in the American South.
_____. Shadows and Cypress: Southern Ghost Stories.
_____. Stories from the Haunted South.
Brown, Gordon S. Toussaint’s Clause: The Founding Fathers and the Haitian Revolution.
Brown, Jeffrey A. Black Superheroes, Milestone Comics, and Their Fans.
Brown, Rodger Lyle. Ghost Dancing on the Cracker Circuit: The Culture of
Festivals in the American South.
Bruccoli, Matthew J., ed. Conversations with Ernest Hemingway.
_____, and Judith S. Baughman, eds. Conversations with F. Scott Fitzgerald.
_____, eds. Conversations with John le Carré.
Brunette, Peter, ed. Martin Scorsese: Interviews.
Bryer, Jackson R., and Mary C. Hartig, eds. Conversations with August
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_____, ed. Conversations with Lillian Hellman.
_____, ed. Conversations with Thornton Wilder.
Buchan, David, and James Moreira, eds. The Glenbuchat Ballads.
Bucuvalas, Tina, and Kristin G. Congdon. Just Above the Water: Florida
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_____, Peggy A. Bulger, and Stetson Kennedy. South Florida Folklife.
Buhle, Paul. Tim Hector: A Caribbean Radical’s Story.
Bunge, Nancy, ed. Conversations with Clarence Major.
Buranelli, Francesco, and Robin C. Dietrick, ed. Between God and Man:
Angels in Italian Art.
Burger, Nash K., with Pearl Amelia McHaney. The Road to West 43rd
Street.
Burgin, Richard, ed. Jorge Luis Borges: Conversations.
Burns, Ben. Nitty Gritty: A White Editor in Black Journalism.
Burrison, John A. Roots of a Region: Southern Folk Culture.
Buttross, L. Susan., M.D., F.A.A.P. Understanding Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
Butts, William, ed. Conversations with Richard Wilbur.
Buzhardt, Gail Alexander, and Margaret Hawthorne. Rencontres sur le
Mississipi,1682-1763.
Cameron, Theresa. Foster Care Odyssey.
Campbell, Clarice T. Civil Rights Chronicle: Letters from the South.
Campbell, Will D. Robert G. Clark’s Journey to the House: A Black Politician’s Story.
Campion-Vincent, Véronique. Organ Theft Legends.
Capers, Charlotte. The Capers Papers.
Caponi, Gena Dagel, ed. Conversations with Paul Bowles.
Cardullo, Bert, ed. Akira Kurosawa: Interviews.
_____, ed. Conversations with Stanley Kauffmann.
_____, ed. Federico Fellini: Interviews.
_____, ed. Jean Renoir: Interviews.
_____, ed. Satyajit Ray: Interviews.
Carothers, James B., and Theresa M. Towner. Reading Faulkner: Collected
Stories.
Carson, Diane, ed. John Sayles: Interviews.
Carter, William C., ed. Conversations with Shelby Foote.
Chadwick-Joshua, Jocelyn. The Jim Dilemma: Reading Race in Huckleberry Finn.
Chambers, Douglas B. Murder at Montpelier: Igbo Africans in Virginia.
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Therapies.
Chapman, C. Stuart. Shelby Foote: A Writer’s Life.
Charyn, Jerome. The Seventh Babe.
Chatham, James O. Sundays Down South: A Pastor’s Stories.
Chavkin, Allan, ed. Conversations with John Gardner.
_____, and Nancy Feyl Chavkin, eds. Conversations with Louise Erdrich
and Michael Dorris.
Cheatham, Russ. Bad Boy of Gospel Music: The Calvin Newton Story.
Cheseborough, Steve. Blues Traveling: The Holy Sites of Delta Blues, Second
Edition.
Chesnutt, Charles W. A Business Career.
_____. Evelyn’s Husband.
_____. Paul Marchand, F. M. C.
Chittenden, Varick A. Vietnam Remembered: The Folk Art of Marine Combat Veteran Michael D. Cousino, Sr.
Clarke, Asia Booth; edited and with an introduction by Terry Alford. John
Wilkes Booth: A Sister’s Memoir.
Clarke, Deborah. Robbing the Mother: Women in Faulkner.
Clay, Maude Schuyler. Delta Land.
Coblentz, Kathie, and Robert E. Kapsis, eds. Clint Eastwood: Interviews.
_____. Woody Allen: Interviews.
Cockrell, Alan. Drilling Ahead: The Quest for Oil in the Deep South, 19452005.
Coggeshall, John M. Carolina Piedmont Country.
Cohen, Edward. The Peddler’s Grandson: Growing Up Jewish in Mississippi.
Coleman, Michael C. American Indian Children at School, 1850-1930.
_____. Presbyterian Missionary Attitudes toward American Indians, 18371893.
Collins, Carvel, ed, and William Faulkner. New Orleans Sketches.
Conerly, Perian. Backseat Quarterback.
Congdon, Kristin G., and Tina Bucuvalas. Just Above the Water: Florida
Folk Art.
_____, and Kitty Kitson Petterson. Uncle Monday and Other Florida Tales.
Congress, Richard. Blues Mandolin Man: The Life and Music of Yank
Rachell.
Conner, Marc C., ed. The Aesthetics of Toni Morrison: Speaking the Unspeakable.
_____, and William R. Nash, eds. Charles Johnson: The Novelist as Philosopher.
Correll, Timothy Corrigan, and Patrick Arthur Polk. Muffler Men.
Cortner, Richard C. A “Scottsboro” Case in Mississippi: The Supreme Court
and Brown v. Mississippi.
Cosentino, Donald J. Vodou Things: The Art of Pierrot Barra and Marie
Cassaise.
Cowman, Greg. Secrets of a New Orleans Chef: Recipes from Tom Cowman’s
Cookbook.
Cox, John W., and Gregg Bennett. Rock Solid: Southern Miss Football.
Cresswell, Stephen. Multiparty Politics in Mississippi, 1877-1902.
_____. Rednecks, Redeemers, and Race: Mississippi after Reconstruction,
1877–1917.
Crockett, James R. Hands in the Till: Embezzlement of Public Monies in
Mississippi.
_____. Operation Pretense: The FBI’s Sting on County Corruption in Mississippi.
Crone, Moira. Dream State.
_____. What Gets Into Us.
Cronin, Gloria L., and Ben Siegel, eds. Conversations with Robert Penn
Warren.
_____, eds. Conversations with Saul Bellow.
Cronin, Paul, ed. Roman Polanski: Interviews.
_____, ed. George Stevens: Interviews.
Crown, Carol, ed. Coming Home! Self-Taught Artists, the Bible, and the
American South.
_____, and Charles Russell, eds. Sacred and Profane: Voice and Vision in
Southern Self-Taught Art.
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Cunningham, Keith. Two Zuni Artists: A Tale of Art and Mystery.
Currie, James T. Enclave: Vicksburg and Her Plantations, 1863-1870.
Cutler, Neal R., M.D., and John J. Sramek, Pharm.D. Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease.
Cutter, Martha J. Unruly Tongue: Identity and Voice in American Women’s
Writing, 1850-1930.
Dain, Martin J. Faulkner’s World: The Photographs of Martin J. Dain, edited
and with an introduction by Tom Rankin
Daly, Brenda. Lavish Self Divisions: The Novels of Joyce Carol Oates.
Danchin, Sebastian. ‘Blues Boy’: The Life and Music of B. B. King.
_____. Earl Hooker, Blues Master.
Dauth, Brian, ed. Joseph L. Mankiewicz: Interviews.
Davidson, Donald. The Big Ballad Jamboree.
Davies, David R., ed. The Press and Race: Mississippi Journalists Confront
the Movement.
Davis, J. Madison, ed. Conversations with Robertson Davies.
Davis, Reuben. Shim.
Davis, Robert Scott. Tracing Your Alabama Past.
Davis, Ronald L. Just Making Movies: Company Directors on the Studio
System.
_____. Van Johnson: MGM’s Golden Boy.
_____. Words into Images: Screenwriters on the Studio System.
_____. Zachary Scott: Hollywood’s Sophisticated Cad.
Dawahare, Anthony. Nationalism, Marxism, and African American Literature between the Wars: A New Pandora’s Box.
Deep South Regional Humanities Center. Waking Up to War: The Shock
of Pearl Harbor.
Dégh, Linda. Hungarian Folktales: The Art of Zsuzsanna Palkõ.
Demby, William. Beetlecreek.
DeMott, Robert, ed. Conversations with Jim Harrison.
DePasse, Derrel B. Traveling the Rainbow: The Life and Art of Joseph E.
Yoakum.
DePietro, Thomas, ed. Conversations with Don DeLillo.
Devlin, Albert J., ed. Conversations with Tennessee Williams.
_____. Welty: A Life in Literature.
DeWitt, John. Cool Cars, High Art: The Rise of Kustom Kulture.
Di Salvatore, Bryan. Photographs by Marc F. Wise. Truck Stop.
Dick, Bernard F. Forever Mame: The Life of Rosalind Russell.
Dick, Bruce, and Amritjit Singh, eds. Conversations with Ishmael Reed.
_____, and Silvio Sirias, eds. Conversations with Rudolfo Anaya.
Dietrick, Robin C., ed. and Francesco Buranelli. Between God and Man:
Angels in Italian Art.
_____, and Patti Carr Black. The Mississippi Story.
Ditto, Susan, David J. Libby, and Paul Spickard, eds. Affect and Power:
Essays on Sex, Slavery, Race, and Religion.
Dodge, William A. Black Rock: A Zuni Cultural Landscape and the Meaning of Place.
Donaghy, Henry J., ed. Conversations with Graham Greene.
Dougherty, Kevin. Civil War Leadership and Mexican War Experience.
_____, with J. Michael Moore. The Peninsula Campaign of 1862: A Military
Analysis.
Douglas, Ellen. Apostles of Light.
_____. Black Cloud, White Cloud.
_____. Witnessing.
_____, with illustrations by Walter Anderson. The Magic Carpet and Other
Tales.
Dowdy, G. Wayne. Mayor Crump Don’t Like It: Machine Politics in
Memphis.
Drescher, John. Triumph of Good Will: How Terry Sanford Beat a Champion of Segregation and Reshaped the South.
Du Bois, W. E. B. Dark Princess.
DuBow, Wendy, ed. Conversations with Anaïs Nin.
Dundas, Marjorie, ed. Riddling Tales From Around the World.
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Dundes, Alan, ed. Bloody Mary in the Mirror: Essays in Psychoanalytic
Folkloristics.
_____. Mother Wit from the Laughing Barrel: Readings in the Interpretation
of Afro-American Folklore.
Dundy, Elaine. Elvis and Gladys.
Dunlap, William, with an essay by J. Richard Gruber, and a foreword by
Julia Reed. Dunlap.
Dunne, Michael. Hawthorne’s Narrative Strategies.
Duvall, John N., and Ann J. Abadie. Faulkner and Postmodernism.
Eagles, Charles W., ed. The Civil Rights Movement in America
_____, ed. Is There a Southern Political Tradition?
_____. The Mind of the South: Fifty Years Later.
Eaton, Winnifred. Me: A Book of Remembrance.
Ebersole, Lucinda, and Richard Peabody, eds. Conversations with Gore
Vidal.
Ehrbar, Greg, and Tim Hollis. Mouse Tracks: The Story of Walt Disney
Records.
Elder, Jane Lenz. Alice Faye: A Life Beyond the Silver Screen.
Elder, Robert K., ed. John Woo: Interviews.
Elliot, Jeffrey M., ed. Conversations with Maya Angelou.
Elliott, Susan Sipple. The South by Its Photographers.
Ellis, Bill. Aliens, Ghosts, and Cults: Legends We Live.
Ellison, Curtis W. Country Music Culture: From Hard Times to Heaven.
Ernest, John. Resistance and Reformation in Nineteenth-Century AfricanAmerican Literature.
Estrin, Mark W., ed. Conversations with Eugene O’ Neill.
_____, ed. Orson Welles: Interviews.
Ethridge, Robbie, and Charles Hudson, eds. The Transformation of the
Southeastern Indians, 1540-1760.
Evans, Eli N. The Lonely Days Were Sundays: Reflections of a Jewish Southerner.
Evans, Robert G, comp. and ed. The Sixteenth Mississippi Infantry: Civil
War Letters and Reminiscences.
Evans, Timothy H. King of the Western Saddle: The Sheridan Saddle and
the Art of Don King.
Evers, Myrlie, with William Peters. For Us, The Living.
Ezzell, Patricia Bernard. TVA Photography: Thirty Years of Life in the Tennessee Valley.
Fabre, Michel. Richard Wright: Books and Writers.
_____. The World of Richard Wright.
_____, and Robert Skinner, eds. Conversations with Chester Himes.
Fainaru, Dan, ed. Theo Angelopoulos: Interviews.
Fant, Joseph L., and Robert Ashley. Faulkner at West Point.
Faulkner, Jim. Across the Creek: Faulkner Family Stories.
Faulkner, William, and Carvel Collins, ed. New Orleans Sketches.
Featherstone, Simon. Postcolonial Cultures.
Feldman, David E. Pilgrimage from Darkness: Nuremberg to Jerusalem.
Fensch, Thomas, ed. Conversations with James Thurber.
_____, ed. Conversations with John Steinbeck.
Ferris, William R. Mule Trader: Ray Lum’s Tales of Horses, Mules, and
Men.
Fickle, James E. Mississippi Forests and Forestry.
_____. Timber: A Photographic History of Mississippi Forestry.
Field, Martha R., Joan B. McLaughlin and Jack McLaughlin. eds. Louisiana
Voyages: The Travel Writings of Catharine Cole
Filar, Marian, and Charles Patterson. From Buchenwald to Carnegie Hall.
Ford, Karen Jackson. Gender and the Poetics of Excess: Moments of Brocade.
Fowler, Doreen and Ann J. Abadie, eds. Faulkner: International Perspectives.
_____. Faulkner and the Craft of Fiction.
_____. Faulkner and Popular Culture
_____. Faulkner and Race.
_____. Faulkner and Religion.
_____. Faulkner and Women.
Fowler, Virginia C., ed. Conversations with Nikki Giovanni.
Fraga, Kristian, ed. Tim Burton: Interviews.
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Fraiser, Jim. The French Quarter of New Orleans.
Franciosi, Robert, ed. Elie Wiesel: Conversations.
Fraser, Rebecca J. Courtship and Love among the Enslaved in North Carolina.
Freedman, Carl, ed. Conversations with Isaac Asimov.
Freeland, David. Ladies of Soul.
Freeman, Mary Wilkins. Edited by Mary R. Reichardt. The Uncollected
Short Stories of Mary Wilkins Freeman.
Friedman, Lester D., and Brent Notbohm, eds. Steven Spielberg: Interviews.
Frontani, Michael R. The Beatles: Image and the Media.
Frost, Jr., David. Witness to Injustice.
Fuchs, Cynthia, ed. Spike Lee: Interviews.
Fuoss, Kirk W. Striking Performances/Performing Strikes.
Furniss, Maureen, ed. Chuck Jones: Conversations.
Galef, David. Laugh Track.
_____, and Beth Weinhouse, eds. 20 over 40.
Gallagher, Susan VanZanten, ed. Postcolonial Literature and the Biblical
Call for Justice.
Galloway, Patricia K., ed. La Salle and his Legacy: Frenchmen and Indians
in the Lower Mississippi Valley.
Gardner, Eric, ed. Jennie Carter: A Black Journalist of the Early West.
Gardner, Mary. Salvation Run.
Gateward, Frances, ed. Zhang Yimou: Interviews.
Gaudet, Marcia. Carville: Remembering Leprosy in America.
_____, and James C. McDonald, eds. Mardi Gras, Gumbo, and Zydeco:
Readings in Louisiana Culture.
Gayles, Gloria Wade, ed. Conversations with Gwendolyn Brooks.
Gehring, Wes D. Groucho and W. C. Fields: Huckster Comedians.
Gelderman, Carol, ed. Conversations with Mary McCarthy.
Gentry, Jerry. Grady Baby: A Year in the Life of Atlanta’s Grady Hospital.
Gentry, Marshall Bruce. Flannery O’Connor’s Religion of the Grotesque.
_____, and William L. Stull, eds. Conversations with Raymond Carver.
Gerard, Fabien S., T. Jefferson Kline, and Bruce Sklarew, eds. Bernardo
Bertolucci: Interviews.
Gerdy, John R. Air Ball: American Education’s Failed Experiment with Elite
Athletics.
_____. Sports: The All-American Addiction.
Gianvito, John, ed. Andrei Tarkovsky: Interviews.
Gifford, Barry. Hotel Room Trilogy.
_____. Out of the Past: Adventures in Film Noir.
Gilchrist, Ellen. Anabasis: A Journey to the Interior.
_____. Falling Through Space: The Journals of Ellen Gilchrist.
_____. The Writing Life.
Gill, James. Lords of Misrule: Mardi Gras and the Politics of Race in New
Orleans.
Gilman, Owen W., Jr. Vietnam and the Southern Imagination.
Givner, Joan, ed. Katherine Anne Porter: Conversations.
Glaberman, Martin, ed. Marxism for Our Times: C. L. R. James on Revolutionary Organization.
Golding, Melody, photography by, and Sally Pfister, ed. Katrina: Mississippi Women Remember.
Goekjian, Karekin, and Robert Peacock. Light of the Spirit: Portraits of
Southern Outsider Artists.
Good, Timothy S. We Saw Lincoln Shot: One Hundred Eyewitness Accounts.
Gordon, Ellin, Barbara R. Luck, and Tom Patterson. Flying Free: Twentieth-Century Self-Taught Art from the Collection of Ellin and Baron
Gordon.
Gordon, Ian, Mark Jancovich, and Matthew P. McAllister, eds. Film and
Comic Books.
Gottlieb, Sidney, ed. Alfred Hitchcock: Interviews.
Grace, Nancy M., and Ronna C. Johnson. Breaking the Rule of Cool: Interviewing and Reading Women Beat Writers.
Graham, Maryemma, ed. Conversations with Margaret Walker.
_____, and Amritjit Singh, eds. Conversations with Ralph Ellison.
Grant, Alan. Return to Glory: Inside Tyrone Willingham’s Amazing First
Season at Notre Dame.
Grant, Barry Keith, ed. Fritz Lang: Interviews.
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Gresset, Michel. A Faulkner Chronology.
Griffith, Mattie. Autobiography of a Female Slave.
Griggs, William E., and Philip J. Merrill, ed. The World War II Black
Regiment That Built the Alaska Military Highway: A Photographic
History.
Grindy, Matthew A., and Davis W. Houck. Emmett Till and the Mississippi
Press.
Grobel, Lawrence. Talking with Michener.
Groensteen, Thierry. Translated by Bart Beaty and Nick Nguyen. The System
of Comics.
Grubbs, Morris Allen, ed. Conversations with Wendell Berry.
Gruber, J. Richard. American Icons: From Madison to Manhattan, The Art
of Benny Andrews, 1948-1997.
_____. Stackhouse.
Guagliardo, Huey, ed. Conversations with Richard Ford.
_____. Perspectives on Richard Ford.
Guest, David. Sentenced to Death: The American Novel and the Rhetoric of
Capital Punishment.
Guinn, Matthew. After Southern Modernism: Fiction of the Contemporary
South.
Gurvis, Sandra. Where Have All the Flower Children Gone?
Gutierrez, C. Paige. Cajun Foodways.
Hailman, John. Thomas Jefferson on Wine.
Hall, Joan Wylie, ed. Conversations with Audre Lorde.
Hamblin, Robert W, and Ann J. Abadie, eds. Faulkner in the Twenty-First
Century.
Hammons, Ann R. Wild Bill Sullivan: King of the Hollow.
Hannah, Barry. ‘Boomerang’ and ‘Never Die.’
Hantke, Stefen, ed. Horror Film: Creating and Marketing Fear.
Harrington, Evans, and Ann J. Abadie, eds. Faulkner and the Short Story.
Harrington, Oliver, and M. Thomas Inge, ed. Why I Left America and
Other Essays.
Harris, Norman. Connecting Times: The Sixties in Afro-American Fiction.
Harrison, A. Cleveland. Unsung Valor: A GI’s Story of World War II.
Harrison, Alferdteen, ed. Black Exodus: The Great Migration from the
American South.
_____, with photographs by Roland Freeman. Piney Woods School: An
Oral History.
Hartig, Mary C., and Jackson R. Bryer, eds. Conversations with August
Wilson.
Harvey, Robert C. The Art of the Comic Book: An Aesthetic History.
_____. The Art of the Funnies: An Aesthetic History.
_____, and Gus Arriola. Accidental Ambassador Gordo: The Comic Strip
Art of Gus Arriola.
_____. Milton Caniff: Conversations.
Hatfield, Charles. Alternative Comics: An Emerging Literature.
Hattaway, Herman. General Stephen D. Lee.
Haven, Cynthia L., ed. Joseph Brodsky: Conversations.
_____, ed. Czesław Miłosz: Conversations
Hawes, Louise. Anteaters Don’t Dream and Other Stories.
Hayes, Kevin J., ed. Charlie Chaplin: Interviews.
_____, ed. Conversations with Jack Kerouac.
Haynes, Carolyn A. Divine Destiny: Gender and Race in Nineteenth-Century Protestantism.
Head, Tom, ed. Conversations with Carl Sagan.
Heard, Malcolm. French Quarter Manual: An Architectural Guide.
Hearn, Lafcadio, and Delia LaBarre, ed. Chita: A Memory of Last Island.
Hearn, Philip D. Hurricane Camille: Monster Storm of the Gulf Coast.
Heer, Jeet, and Kent Worcester, eds. Arguing Comics: Literary Masters on
a Popular Medium.
Henderson, Carol. Losing Malcolm: A Mother’s Journey through Grief.
Henderson, Elizabeth Connell, M.D. Understanding Addiction.
Heneghan, Bridget T. Whitewashing America: Material Culture and Race
in the Antebellum Imagination.
Henry, Aaron, with Constance Curry. Aaron Henry: The Fire Ever Burning.
Herrmann, Denise von. Resorting to Casinos.
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Hermann, Janet Sharp. Joseph E. Davis: Pioneer Patriarch.
_____. The Pursuit of a Dream.
Hernández, Jo Farb. Forms of Tradition in Contemporary Spain.
Herndon, Ernest. Canoeing Louisiana.
_____. Canoeing Mississippi.
_____, and Scott B. Williams. Paddling the Pascagoula.
Hertzberg, Ludvig, ed. Jim Jarmusch: Interviews.
Heyward, DuBose. Porgy.
Hibbard, Allen, ed. Conversations with William S. Burroughs.
Hill, Robin. The Waterfowl of North America: The Complete Ducks, Geese,
and Swans.
High Museum of Art. Let It Shine: Self-Taught Art from the T. Marshall
Hahn Collection.
Hightower, Sheree, Cathie Stanga, and Carol Cox, eds. Mississippi
Observed.
Hill, Rodney, and Gene D. Phillips, eds. Francis Ford Coppola: Interviews.
Hinkle, James, and Robert McCoy. Reading Faulkner: The Unvanquished.
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Kinton, Tony. Fishing Mississippi.
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Kohlmeyer, Ida. Ida Kohlmeyer: Recent Works.
Kolin, Philip C., ed. Conversations with Edward Albee.
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Unflinching Gaze: Morrison and Faulkner Re-Envisioned.
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Kunzle, David. Father of the Comic Strip: Rodolphe Töpffer
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Land, Mary. Louisiana Cookery.
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Lawson, Lewis A. Still Following Percy.
_____, and Victor A. Kramer, eds. Conversations with Walker Percy.
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Lawson, Tim, and Alisa Persons. The Magic Behind the Voices: A Who’s
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_____. ed. Michael Powell: Interviews.
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Lee, A. Robert. Multicultural American Literature: Comparative Black,
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_____, Garrison Keillor: A Voice of America.
Leighninger, Robert D. Jr. Building Louisiana: The Legacy of the Public
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Lennon, J. Michael, ed. Conversations with Norman Mailer.
Libby, David J. Slavery and Frontier Mississippi, 1720-1835.
_____, Paul Spickard, and Susan Ditto, eds., with a foreword by Charles
Joyner and an introduction by Sheila L. Skemp. Affect and Power:
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Lieberman, Phil, M.D. Understanding Asthma.
Light, Ken, with Suzanne Donovan. Texas Death Row.
Lindahl, Carl, Maida Owens, and C. Renée Harvison, eds. Swapping Stories: Folktales from Louisiana.
_____, and Carolyn Ware. Cajun Mardi Gras Masks.
Lindfors, Bernth, ed. Conversations with Chinua Achebe.
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Long, Robert Emmet, ed. George Cukor: Interviews.
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Lubin, Alex, ed. Revising the Blueprint: Ann Petry and the Literary Left.
_____. Romance and Rights: The Politics of Interracial Intimacy, 1945–
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MacNeil, Robert. Eudora Welty: Seeing Black and White.
Madsen, Deborah. American Exceptionalism.
Magee, Rosemary M., ed. Conversations with Flannery O’ Connor.
_____, ed. Friendship and Sympathy: Communities of Southern Women
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Magliocco, Sabina. Neo-Pagan Sacred Art and Altars: Making Things
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Maguire, Roberta S., ed. Conversations with Albert Murray.
Mannering, Derek. Mario Lanza: Singing to the Gods.
Marable, Manning. Race, Reform, and Rebellion: The Second Reconstruction and Beyond in Black America, 1945-2006, Third Edition.
Margolies, Edward, and Michel Fabre. The Several Lives of Chester Himes.
Marini, Stephen A., general editor. The Norumbega Harmony.
Mark, Rebecca. The Dragon’s Blood: Feminist Intertextuality in Eudora
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Marrs, Suzanne. The Welty Collection: A Guide to the Eudora Welty Manuscripts and Documents at the Mississippi Department of Archives
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Martin, Carol. Dance Marathons: Performing American Culture in the
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Mason, Gilbert R., M.D., with James Patterson Smith. Beaches, Blood, and
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Matrana, Marc R. Lost Plantation: The Rise and Fall of Seven Oaks.
Maurer, Christopher. Fortune’s Favorite Child: The Uneasy Life of Walter
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Mazer, Sharon. Professional Wrestling: Sport and Spectacle.
McAlexander, Hubert H., ed. Conversations with Peter Taylor.
McAllister, Matthew P., Ian Gordon, and Mark Jancovich. Film and Comic
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McBride, Dwight A., and Justin A. Joyce, eds. A Melvin Dixon Critical
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McCarthy, William Bernard, ed. Cinderella in America: A Book of Folk and
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McClelland, Ben W. Soldier’s Son.
McCusker, Kristine M., and Diane Pecknold, eds. A Boy Named Sue:
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McDonald, Jeanne. Water Dreams.
McGregory, Jerrilyn. Wiregrass Country.
McGinnis, Helen. Hiking Mississippi: A Guide to Trails and Natural Areas.
McGowin, Ed, with essays by J. Richard Gruber, Anders Härm, and Thomas
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McKinnon, Robert J., with a foreword by Craig McCracken. Stepping into
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McLaughlin, Jeff, ed. Comics as Philosophy.
______, ed. Stan Lee: Conversations.
McLaughlin, Joan B., and Jack McLaughlin, eds. Louisiana Voyages: The
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McLemee, Scott, ed. C. L. R. James on the ‘Negro Question.’
McMahon, Felicia R. Not Just Child’s Play: Emerging Tradition and the Lost
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McNamara, Brooks. Step Right Up.
McNeil, W. K. Ozark Country.
McPherson, Larry E. Memphis.
Meek, A. J. Clarence John Laughlin: Prophet without Honor.
Melnick, Jeffrey. Black-Jewish Relations on Trial: Leo Frank and Jim Conley
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Milazzo, Lee, ed. Conversations with Joyce Carol Oates.
Miller, Eugene L., and Edwin T. Arnold, eds. Robert Aldrich: Interviews.
Miller, Gabriel. The Films of Martin Ritt: Fanfare for the Common Man.
_____, ed. Fred Zinnemann: Interviews.
_____, ed. Martin Ritt: Interviews.
Miller, Mary Carol, with photographs by Mary Rose Carter. Great Houses
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_____. Lost Landmarks of Mississippi.
_____. Lost Mansions of Mississippi.
_____. With photographs by Mary Rose Carter. Must See Mississippi: 50
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Mills, Kay. Changing Channels: The Civil Rights Case that Transformed
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Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges. The Mississippi Public Community and Junior College Story: 1972-2002
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Mississippi State University Foundation, Inc. 125 Years at Mississippi State
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Mitchell, Dennis J. Mississippi Liberal: A Biography of Frank E. Smith.
Monteiro, George, ed. Conversations with Elizabeth Bishop.
Montgomery, G. V. “Sonny,” with Michael B. Ballard and Craig S. Piper.
Sonny Montgomery: The Veteran’s Champion.
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Morris, Christopher D., ed. Conversations with E. L. Doctorow.
Morris, Willie. After All, It’s Only a Game.
_____. The Courting of Marcus Dupree.
_____, and David Rae Morris. My Mississippi.
_____. North Toward Home.
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Mould, Tom. Choctaw Tales.
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Mullen, Bill V. and Cathryn Watson, eds. W. E. B. Du Bois on Asia: Crossing
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Nairne, Captain Thomas; Alexander Moore, ed. Nairne’s Muskhogean
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Nordin, D. Sven. Rich Harvest: A History of the Grange, 1867-1900.
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Orenstein, Claudia. Festive Revolutions: The Politics of Popular Theater and
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Orso, Mary Ethelyn. The Crab Lover’s Book: Recipes & More.
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_____. Flannery O’ Connor: An Introduction.
Owens, Harry P. Steamboats and the Cotton Economy: River Trade in the
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Ownby, Ted, ed. Black and White: Cultural Interaction in the Antebellum
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_____, ed. Manners and Southern History.
_____, ed. The Role of Ideas in the Civil Rights South.
Pace, Sherry, with essay and captions by Richard J. Cawthon. Historic
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_____. Victorian Houses of Mississippi.
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_____. Reclaiming Community in Contemporary African-American Fiction.
Page, Roby. Bike Week at Daytona Beach: Bad Boys and Fancy Toys.
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Peabody, Richard, and Lucinda Ebersole, eds. Conversations with Gore
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Peacock, Evan. Mississippi Archaeology Q & A.
Pearlman, Mickey, ed. Canadian Women Writing Fiction.
Peary, Gerald, ed. John Ford: Interviews.
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Pecknold, Diane, and Kristine M. McCusker, eds. A Boy Named Sue:
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Pelkey, Stanley C., and Jeffrey H. Jackson. Music and History: Bridging the
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Perkins, Margo V. Autobiography as Activism: Three Black Women of the
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Persons, Alisa, and Tim Lawson. The Magic Behind the Voices: A Who’s
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Peterson, Michael. Straight White Male: Performance Art Monologues.
Petry, Elisabeth. ed. Can Anything Beat White? A Black Family’s Letters.
Petterson, Kitty Kitson, and Congdon, Kristin G. Uncle Monday and Other
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Pezzullo, Ralph. Plunging into Haiti: Clinton, Aristide, and the Defeat of
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Pfister, Sally, ed., with photography by Melody Golding. Katrina: Mississippi Women Remember.
Philipson, Robert. The Identity Question: Blacks and Jews in Europe and
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Phillips, Gene D., ed. Stanley Kubrick: Interviews.
_____, and Rodney Hill, eds. Francis Ford Coppola: Interviews.
Phillips, Robert L., Jr. Shelby Foote: Novelist and Historian.
Phillips, Thomas Hal. Kangaroo Hollow.
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Pickard, Mary Anderson, and Patricia Pinson, eds. Form and Fantasy: The
Block Prints of Walter Anderson.
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Pitre, Glen. The Crawfish Book
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Poague, Leland, ed. Conversations with Susan Sontag.
_____, ed. Frank Capra: Interviews.
Poesch, Jessie J., ed. Printmaking in New Orleans.
Polk, Noel. Children of the Dark House: Text and Context in Faulkner.
_____. Eudora Welty: A Bibliography of Her Work.
_____. Outside the Southern Myth.
_____, and Ann J. Abadie, eds. Faulkner and War.
Polk, Patrick Arthur. Haitian Vodou Flags.
_____, and Timothy Corrigan Correll. Muffler Men.
Porterfield, Nolan. Jimmie Rodgers: The Life and Times of America’s Blue
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Posey, Sandra Mizumoto. Rubber Soul: Rubber Stamps and Correspondence Art.
Powell, Richard J. Circle Dance: The Art of John T. Scott.
Prahlad, Sw. Anand. African-American Proverbs in Context.
_____. Reggae Wisdom: Proverbs in Jamaican Music.
Prenshaw, Peggy Whitman, ed. Conversations with Elizabeth Spencer.
_____, ed. Conversations with Eudora Welty.
_____, ed. More Conversations with Eudora Welty.
Prigozy, Ruth. The Life of Dick Haymes: No More Little White Lies.
Pustz, Matthew J. Comic Book Culture: Fanboys and True Believers.
Quan, Robert Seto, with Julian B. Roebuck. Lotus Among the Magnolias:
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Quinn, Janis. Promises Kept: The University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Rapf, Joanna E., ed. Sidney Lumet: Interviews.
Reder, Michael R., ed. Conversations with Salman Rushdie.
Reeves, Carolyn Keller, ed. The Choctaw before Removal.
Reichardt, Mary R., ed. The Uncollected Short Stories of Mary Wilkins Freeman.
_____. A Web of Relationship: Women in the Short Fiction of Mary Wilkins
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Reid, Panthea, ed. Conversations with Ellen Douglas.
Reilly, Charlie, ed. Conversations with Amiri Baraka.
Renwick, Roger de V. Recentering Anglo/American Folksong: Sea Crabs and
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Reynolds, Richard. Super Heroes: A Modern Mythology.
Rhodes, Lucille, and David Sterritt, eds. Terry Gilliam: Interviews.
Rice, Mark. Through the Lens of the City: NEA Photography Surveys of the
1970s.
Richardson, Willis, ed., with an introduction by Christine R. Gray. Plays
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Ringnalda, Donald. Fighting and Writing the Vietnam War.
Ripani, Richard J. The New Blue Music: Changes in Rhythm & Blues, 1950–
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Ritter, Maria. Return to Dresden.
Roach, Susan. On My Way: The Arts of Sarah Albritton.
Roberson, Susan L. Defining Travel: Diverse Visions.
Roberts, Robin. Anne McCaffrey: A Life with Dragons.
Robbins, Dorothy Dodge and Kenneth Robbins, eds. Christmas Stories
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_____. Christmas Stories from Louisiana.
Robbins, Richard. Sidelines Activist: Charles S. Johnson and the Struggle for
Civil Rights.
Root, Benjamin, M.D. Understanding Panic and Other Anxiety Disorders.
Rosengarten, Frank. Urbane Revolutionary: C. L. R. James and the Struggle
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Ross, Charles K., ed. Race and Sport: The Struggle for Equality on and off
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Ross, Stephen, and Noel Polk. Reading Faulkner: The Sound and the Fury.
Ross, Stephen T. Inland Fishes of Mississippi
Rotondo-McCord, Lisa. Heaven and Earth Seen Within: Song Ceramics
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Rowan, Edward L., M.D. Understanding Child Sexual Abuse.
Rubio, Philip F. A History of Affirmative Action, 1619–2000.
Rudner, Lawrence. Memory’s Tailor.
Rueschmann, Eva, ed. Moving Pictures, Migrating Identities.
Ruffin, Paul. Castle in the Gloom.
Ruppersburg, Hugh. Reading Faulkner: Light in August.
Rushing, Felder. Gardening Southern Style.
Russell, Charles, ed. Self-Taught Art: The Culture and Aesthetics of American Vernacular Art.
______, and Carol Crown, eds. Sacred and Profane: Voice and Vision in
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Ryan, Mark W. Trumpet Records: Diamonds on Farish Street.
Sallis, James. Ash of Stars: On the Writing of Samuel R. Delany.
Samuel, Wolfgang W. E. American Raiders: The Race to Capture the
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_____. Coming to Colorado: A Young Immigrant’s Journey to Become an
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_____. German Boy: A Refugee’s Story.
_____. I Always Wanted to Fly: America’s Cold War Airmen.
_____. The War of Our Childhood: Memories of World War II.
Samway, Patrick H., S. J., ed. A Thief of Peirce: The Correspondence of Kenneth Laine Ketner and Walker Percy.
Sansing, David G. Making Haste Slowly: The Troubled History of Higher
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_____. The University of Mississippi: A Sesquicentennial History.
Sayre, Maggie Lee. Edited by Tom Rankin. Deaf Maggie Lee Sayre: Photographs of a River Life.
Scheurer, Timothy E. Born in the U.S.A.: The Myth of America in Popular
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_____, and Amritjit Singh, eds. Postcolonial Theory and the United States:
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Schubnell, Matthias, ed. Conversations with N. Scott Momaday.
Schueler, Donald G. Preserving the Pascagoula.
Schwalbe, Michael. Remembering Reet and Shine: Two Black Men, One
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Scura, Dorothy. ed. Conversations with Tom Wolfe.
Searles, George J., ed. Conversations with Philip Roth.
Seham, Amy E. Whose Improv Is It Anyway? Beyond Second City.
Seidenberg, Charlotte. The New Orleans Garden: Gardening in the Gulf
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Seshachari, Neila C., ed. Conversations with William Kennedy.
Shakoor, Jordana Y. Civil Rights Childhood.
Shargel, Raphael, ed. Ingmar Bergman: Interviews.
Sherman, Janann, ed. Interviews with Betty Friedan.
Siegel, Ben, and Gloria L. Cronin, eds. Conversations with Robert Penn
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Sigall, Martha. Living Life inside the Lines: Tales from the Golden Age of
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Wilson, Matthew. Whiteness in the Novels of Charles W. Chesnutt.
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50 COMICS AND ANIMATION STUDIES
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FOLKLORE/STORYTELLING & FOLK ART
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Aliens, Ghosts,
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Haunted Halls
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Bloody Mary in the
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Carolyn Ware
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Self-Taught Artists,
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Light of the Spirit
Portraits of Southern
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