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Riveting, revealing stories from women of all walks of southern life taking on the challenges of the Progressive Era

From the 1890s to the end of World War I, the reformers who called t…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3410009/Queering-Romantic-Engagement-in-the-Postal-Age
Romantic letters are central to understanding same-sex romantic relationships from the past, with debates about so-called romantic friendship turning on conflicting interpretations of letters.…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3409987/Remembering-Women-Differently
An examination of women's work, rhetorical agency, and the construction of female reputation

Before the full and honest tale of humanity can be told, it will be necessary to uncover the…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3409974/Understanding-Randall-Kenan
The first book-length study of the life and writings of the critically acclaimed Southern writer

Randall Kenan is an American author best known for his novel A Visitation of Spirits and…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3409968/Mamas-of-Dada
A study of the role women played in the rebellious Dada art movement in the early twentieth century

Mamas of Dada focuses on the lives and works of six representative female supporters…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3409953/Charleston-Belles-Abroad
An examination of the influential role music played in the lives of elite southern women during the antebellum period

In Charleston Belles Abroad, Candace Bailey examines the vital role…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3409907/Central-to-Their-Lives
Scholarly essays on the achievements of female artists working in and inspired by the American South

Looking back at her lengthy career just four years before her death, modernist paint…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3409941/Childrens-Biographies-of-African-American-Women
A study of how rhetoric has shaped the life stories of African American role models in children's literature

In Children's Biographies of African American Women: Rhetoric, Public Memory…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3410038/Crossings-and-Encounters
A collection of essays detailing how individuals remapped race, gender, and sexuality through their lived experiences and in the cultural imagination

For centuries the Atlantic world ha…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3409954/A-Dream-and-a-Chisel
A portrait of a young artist's formative years studying sculpture in Paris, recounted in her own words

Angela Gregory is considered by many the doyenne of Louisiana sculpture and is a n…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800