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Born in 1928 in the small coastal town of Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, Genevieve "Sister" Peterkin grew up with World War II bombing practice in her front yard, deep-sea fishing expeditions…]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1534922/The-Mobile-River-updated-edition
Winner of the Clinton Jackson Coley Book Award from the Alabama Historical Association

In the first-ever narrative history of this important American watercourse, John S. Sledge weaves…]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1534921/Shall-We-Play-That-One-Together-updated-edition
The life of the unparalleled purveyor of the Great American Songbook, Marian McPartland, is celebrated in this engrossing biography

From Bobby Short to Esperanza Spalding, across the 33…]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1534920/Dearest-Mama
A cache of letters leads to a journey of discovery that reveals the long and lasting consequences of war

William S. Walker never knew his uncle, Fletcher "Bud" Blanton. Blanton had bee…]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1534919/The-End-of-Tennessee
A haunting memoir of childhood trauma, building a life, and living with wounds that never heal

"Not a year before I ran away from home at seventeen, I stepped out of the house at dusk…]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1534918/Securing-the-Prize
How presidential metaphors have shaped US discourse on the Persian Gulf

From the 1970s to the 1990s American presidents and their advisers introduced four metaphors into foreign-policy…]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1534917/Understanding-Etheridge-Knight-updated-edition
"Collins has written the book that Knight has long deserved."—American Literary Scholarship

Understanding Etheridge Knight introduces readers to a major—but understudied—American poet.…]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1534916/Port-Cities-of-the-Atlantic-World
Traces the maritime routes and the historical networks that link port cities around the Atlantic world

Port Cities of the Atlantic World brings together a collection of essays that exam…]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1534915/South-of-My-Dreams
Woman plans, God laughs . . . Woman persists.

Introducing a new voice from the South that tells us with humor, panache, and raw frankness her irresistible story of what it means to bec…]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1534914/Understanding-Gish-Jen-updated-edition
Traces the evolution of Jen's career, her themes, and the development of her narrative voice.

Jennifer Ann Ho introduces readers to a "typical American" writer, Gish Jen, who is the aut…]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700