April 7, 2015
Across the social sciences, gradualist evolutionary models of historical dynamics are giving way to explanations focused on the punctuated and contingent “events” through which historical events are actually experienced. The… READ MORE
April 3, 2015
Food is essential to southern culture, and collard greens play a central role in the South’s culinary traditions. A feast to the famished, a reward to the strong, and a… READ MORE
March 24, 2015
The third installment in the landmark Language Variety in the South (LAVIS) series, New Perspectives on Language Variety in the South: Historical and Contemporary Approaches brings together essays devoted to… READ MORE
March 6, 2015
The Civil Rights Movement has contributed some of the most epic and pivotal moments in US history. Among the most dramatic were the events of March 7, 1965, in the Black… READ MORE
March 4, 2015
Contemporary indigenous peoples in North America confront a unique predicament. While they are reclaiming their historic status as sovereign nations, mainstream popular culture continues to depict them as cultural minorities… READ MORE
February 24, 2015
Other Letters to Milena/Otras cartas a Milena offers a parallel translation of a mixed-genre work by acclaimed Cuban writer Reina María Rodríguez in which poetry merges into creative nonfiction, culminating… READ MORE
February 21, 2015
The Southern plantation is a potent place in the American mind. From Margaret Mitchell’s Tara to Faulkner’s Sutpen’s Hundred and Tennessee Williams’s Belle Rive, antebellum Greek Revival mansions are the… READ MORE
February 18, 2015
This afternoon from 4-6, the inimitable Jake Reiss is opening the doors of Alabama Booksmith for a very special book-signing event. UAP has just released a special commemorative edition of… READ MORE
February 14, 2015
One of UAP’s perennial best-sellers is Company K, an innovative 1933 novel in which native Alabaman, WWI veteran, and Croix de Guerre winner William March presented a full company of American… READ MORE
Witness the Wonder: A Glimpse of “Southern Rivers” by Scot R. Duncan