First published in 1982, James R. McGovern's Anatomy of a Lynching unflinchingly reconstructs the grim events surrounding the death of Claude Neal, one... Læs mere
With contributions from leading scholars in the fields of history, legal scholarship, political science, and communications, this revised and updated edition of Freeing the Presses offers an in-depth inquiry into the theory and practice of journalistic freedom.
In Parallel Histories, James S. Amelang reconstructs the compelling struggle of converts in Spain to coexist with a Christian majority that suspected them of secretly adhering to their ancestral faiths and destroying national religious unity in the process.
Passionately written and perfectly crafted, Anya Krugovoy Silver's poems help us to view life through a different lens. In I Watched You Disappear, she offers meditations... Læs mere
Offers a fresh, multifaceted interpretation of the quintessential sectional conflict in pre-Civil War Kansas. Kristen Tegtmeier Oertel... Læs mere
New Yorker James Baldwin once declared that a black man can look at a map of the United States, contemplate the area south of the... Læs mere
Through an analysis of slavery as an economic institution, Gavin Wright presents an innovative look at the economic divergence between North and South in the... Læs mere
“Anna Journey's poetry is really magical.” - David Lynch, director of Blue Velvet and creator of Twin Peaks.
Deeply rooted in personal and regional history, David Middleton's The Fiddler of Driskill Hill celebrates a particular place and the universal human experience. While... Læs mere
The bravura of David R. Slavitt's first book of poems, published more than fifty years ago, continues to reverberate through his newest collection in a voice matured and roughened by... Læs mere
Through silence and song, death and rebirth, a sense of wonder pervades every minute of our lives. In The Man Who Saws Us in Half, Ron Houchin explores this idea from... Læs mere
In his moving debut collection, Matt Rasmussen faces the tragedy of his brother's suicide, refusing to focus on the expected pathos, blurring the edge between grief and humour. Destructive and redemptive, Black Aperture opens to the complicated entanglements of mourning.