Spring 2026 Catalog

Close-up of flower with red petals and yellow tips.

Browse our spring 2026 catalog below and on Edelweiss. 

Jump to:
Trade
Scholarly
New in Paperback

t = trade discount
s = short discount
Most titles are also available in ebook format.

Ordering for Booksellers
To order books, contact our distributor Hopkins Fulfillment Services (HFS) (800-537-5487 or hfscustserv@jh.edu), our interim marketing director (South Carolina), or one of our sales representatives (the South).

Muted green wooded plank background, with purple herbs placed in a brown basket. Purple title top right; green author name middle right.

Foraging Wild Herbs
30 Healing Plants of the Coastal Carolinas

April Punsalan

April 14, 2026
$24.99t, paper, 978-1-64336-529-9
NATURE/Foraging

Discover the healing power of wild herbs and transform them into potent remedies for everyday wellness

Order Book

Tangled coral line on solid teal background. White cursive title placed at top center; coral cursive author name placed at bottom.

Welcome to the Sh*t Show
A Memoir of Colorectal Cancer and the Power of Self-Advocacy

Shannon Ivey

February 24, 2026
$24.99t, cloth 978-1-64336-635-7
MEMOIR/Medical

A clear-eyed account of one woman's fight to survive late-stage colorectal cancer

Order Book

Painting of army men and horses in wooded battlefield. White title lower centered, white author name above.

Backcountry Resistance
South Carolina's Militia and the Fight for American Independence

Carl P. Borick

March 24, 2026
$27.99t, cloth, 978-1-64336-555-8
HISTORY/American Revolution

The extraordinary story of a war fought by ordinary people

Order Book

USC Press logo icon.

Tenacious and True
Coastal Carolina's 2016 Championship and the Rise of a Baseball Power

Scott Pleasant
 

March 31, 2026
$26.99t, cloth, 978-1-64336-588-6
SPORTS/Baseball

An improbable dream fulfilled in one unforgettable season

Order Book

Scholarly

Return to top

Painting of a blank-faced blue woman and man in farming attire. White and navy-blue title at top; white author name in navy blue text box at bottom.

Gullah-Geechee Diasporas
Knowledge, Culture, and Black Lowcountry Legacies

Edited by Muhammad Fraser-Rahim and Elizabeth J. West

July 5, 2026
$29.99s, paper, 978-1-64336-639-5
$114.99s, cloth, 978-1-64336-545-9
AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES

Mapping the Gullah-Geechee diaspora across time and space

Order Book

USC Press logo icon.

Wood Basket of the World
Lumbering, Commerce, and Conservation in South Carolina's Forests

Edited by Jessica I. Elfenbein and Mark Kinzer

May 21, 2026
$29.99s, paper, 978-1-64336-618-0
$74.99s, cloth, 978-1-64336-647-0
SOUTH CAROLINA HISTORY & CULTURE/Environmental Studies

Tracing South Carolina's hidden history of lumber, labor, and forest conservation across two centuries

Order Book

Inside of a church centered over an orange background. White title at top, white author name at bottom.

New Christianity for the New South
William Louis Poteat and Liberal Religion in the Baptist South

Paul A. Sanchez

July 2, 2026
$44.99s, cloth, 978-1-64336-631-9
RELIGIOUS STUDIES/Biography

An unlikely champion of modern faith in the heart of the New South

Order Book

Portrait of a man in a dark jacket, white collar, and curled wig, with a handwritten letter in upper background. Red title and author name below.

Benevolence and Bondage
Jonathan Edwards, Slavery, Race, and the Paradox of Spiritual Equality

John T. Lowe

June 25, 2026
$44.99s, cloth, 978-1-64336-564-0
RELIGIOUS STUDIES/History

How Jonathan Edwards's theology of equality laid foundations for early American abolitionism

Order Book

Cream background with handwritten cursive at top; on bottom, a photo of female educators and students. Title and author on light brown text box.

Pioneer of Korean Female Education
Missionary Lulu E. Frey's Letters from Ewha Haktang, 1893–1918

Edited by Julie Choi and Duk-Ae Chung

April 15, 2026
$0.00, OA ebook
RELIGIOUS STUDIES/Christian Missions

The American who opened women's higher education in Korea

Order Book

Yellow background with illustration of a black and white hospital-shaped maze puzzle. Black title at top, black author name at bottom.

The Patient Empowerment Paradox
Lyme Disease Rhetoric and Contested Health Literacies

Sarah Ann Singer

February 19, 2026
$29.99s, paper, 978-1-64336-653-1
$114.99s, cloth, 978-1-64336-531-2
RHETORIC & COMMUNICATION/Health

How chronic Lyme sheds new light on the rhetorical problem of patient empowerment

Order Book

Vibrant multicolored illustration of a woman's face. White title lower centered, white author name placed below.

Blurred Boundaries
Feminist Essays on Twenty-First-Century Academic Labor

Edited by Jessica Edens McCrary and Lynée Lewis Gaillet

April 2, 2026
$29.99s, paper, 978-1-64336-649-4
$114.99s, cloth, 978-1-64336-585-5
RHETORIC & COMMUNICATION/Higher Education

How the COVID-19 pandemic revealed gendered inequities in academic labor—and how to overcome them

Order Book

White background with dark gray statue of an ibis and praying figure. Dusty orange title top center; dusty orange author name at bottom.

The Gods Themselves
Rhetoric and Myth in Sumer, Egypt, and Greece Before 355 BCE

Shawn D. Ramsey

June 11, 2026

$29.99s, paper, 978-1-64336-650-0
$74.99s, cloth, 978-1-64336-619-7
$0.00, open access ebook
RHETORIC & COMMUNICATION/Ancient History

Illuminates the geographic and cultural diversity of ancient rhetoric

Order Book

Tinted blue sky and barren red ground with one tree at center. Cream title flowing from center top to center bottom, cream author name placed at bottom.

New Perspectives on Cormac McCarthy
Encountering The Passenger and Stella Maris

Edited by Jonathan Elmore and Rick Elmore

May 28, 2026
$34.99s, paper, 978-1-64336-648-7
$114.99s, cloth, 978-1-64336-627-2
LITERARY STUDIES

Leading scholars take stock of McCarthy's final novels, illuminating the arc of his career, influence, and legacy

Order Book

Cream background with title in black and golden yellow large type.

Carolina Currents, Studies in South Carolina Culture
Volume 3. Travel as Resistance

Edited by Meredith A. Love and Christopher D. Johnson

April 9, 2026
$24.99s, paper, 978-1-64336-632-6
$0.00, open access ebook
SOUTH CAROLINA HISTORY & CULTURE

“Carolina Currents is a welcome addition to the cultural conversations of South Carolina—inclusive, diverse, incisive, and overarching.”
—John Lane, author of The Best of the Kudzu Telegraph

Order Book

New in Paperback

Return to top

Vibrant orange background with muted blue photo of peaceful protest. White title underlined placed top left and white author name placed at bottom.

Another Sojourner Looking for Truth
My Journey from Civil Rights to Black Power and Beyond

Millicent E. Brown 

February 10, 2026
$18.99t, paper, 978-1-64336-677-7
Cloth ed. 2024, 978-1-64336-491-9
CIVIL RIGHTS/Memoir

“Brown's memoir illustrates that she has earned her cred as an outspoken, thoughful critic. We'd do well to listen (and read).”
—Charleston Magazine

Order Book

Brown and white dog sits on hay in front of hay stalks. White title at top, red subtitle and author name at bottom.

Bird Dog Days, Wingshooting Ways
Archibald Rutledge's Tales of Upland Hunting

Archibald Rutledge
Edited by Jim Casada

May 7, 2026
$28.99s, paper, 978-1-64336-675-3
Cloth ed. 2016, 978-1-61117-654-4
HUNTING/Essays

“Rutledge is truly one of the all-time great dog writers, and Bird Dog Days, Wingshooting Ways brings to light some of his earliest and best works.”
Hunting magazine

Order Book

Grayed out image of a statue with soldier mounted on horse. White title and author name lower centered in navy blue text box.

General Nathanael Greene and the American Revolution in the South

Edited by Gregory D. Massey and Jim Piecuch

March 26, 2026
$29.99s, paper, 978-1-64336-679-1
Cloth ed. 2012, 978-1-61117-069-6
AMERICAN REVOLUTION/Southern History

New insights on General Nathanael Greene and the Southern fight for American independence

Order Book

Portrait painting of a man in a black and gold jacket and vest, holding a sword. Gold title and author name placed top right.

Crescent Moon over Carolina
William Moultrie and American Liberty

C. L. Bragg

March 19, 2026
$27.99s, paper, 978-1-64336-678-4
Cloth ed. 2013, 978-1-61117-269-0
HUNTING/Essays

“Carefully researched and written, Crescent Moon over Carolina is recommended for [students] of Southern history.”
The Journal of Southern History

Order Book