Surveys the history and culture of the Indian tribes between the Mississippi and the Rocky Mountains. This book is based on the author's visiting to various tribes from 1906 to... Læs mere
The stories in this collection explore the burden, the power, and the nature of love between people who often feel misplaced and estranged from their deepest selves and the world, where they cannot find a home.
In these intimate and unapologetic poems, Susan Nguyen contends with history, memory, and grief while shedding light on the intersections of girlhood and the Vietnamese diaspora.
In Lamentations Carol Kammen imagines the 1842 crossing of the first group of families to go to Oregon through the perspectives of the dozen women who made the journey.
At once a stirring adventure tale, a candid memoir, an offbeat natural history, and a smart literary chronicle, The Bear Doesn’t Know is a bear-lover’s book of wonders—rich in the joy, beauty, and inspiration found during a life well lived in bear country.
This volume on the history of anthropology emphasizes schools of theory, institutional connections, social networks, and... Læs mere
The St. Louis Commune of 1877 tells for the first time the entire and exciting story of the St. Louis Commune of 1877, when U.S. workers assumed political control of the city of St. Louis, Missouri, during the Great Railroad Strike.
A collection of historical and contemporary research and essays, Antisemitism on the Rise looks at antisemitism in the interwar period and today and provides examples for how to effectively teach about antisemitism.
Named 2022 Book of the Year by the Chicago Writers Association Through ancient temples and the lush greenery of Thailand, to the confines of a stranger’s bed and a devouring couch, This... Læs mere
Randon Billings Noble has collected a range of lyric essays in a variety of forms that showcase the essay’s openness to experimentation, reliance on authentic voice, and potential to explore complex subject matter.
The Rinehart Frames questions the boundaries of diaspora and narrative through a tethering of voices and forms that infringe upon monolithic categorizations of Blackness and what can be intersected with it.
Provides stories and highlights from the Masters from its inception up through 2018.