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Meditations on personal and cultural memory, race, and sexuality in the New South

Selected by Afaa Weaver as the third annual winner of the South Carolina Poetry Book Prize, Signals is…]]> Fri, 02 May 2025 07:19:39 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3921807/The-Art-of-Brevity
Refreshing, inclusive approaches to the theory and practice of short fiction

The Art of Brevity gathers fresh ideas about the theory and writing of short fiction from around the globe t…]]> Fri, 02 May 2025 07:19:39 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3921879/Understanding-Edmund-White
Nicholas F. Radel's Understanding Edmund White, the first book-length critical study of White's work, examines America's best-known gay novelist within the changing social contexts of the past…]]> Fri, 02 May 2025 07:19:39 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3922121/Understanding-Adrienne-Rich
The journey of an important feminist writer through poetry, prose, and politics

Among the most celebrated American poets of the past half century, Adrienne Rich was the recipient of nu…]]> Fri, 02 May 2025 07:19:39 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3922123/Queerly-Remembered
An interdisciplinary examination of the strategies GLBTQ communities have used to advocate for political, social, and cultural change

Queerly Remembered investigates the ways in which g…]]> Fri, 02 May 2025 07:19:39 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3922190/Southern-Perspectives-on-the-Queer-Movement
A collection of essays by South Carolina activists on the development of the LGBTQ movement

In Southern Perspectives on the Queer Movement: Committed to Home, Sheila R. Morris has colle…]]> Fri, 02 May 2025 07:19:39 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3922191/The-Damned-Dont-Cry-They-Just-Disappear
A biography of an unconventional Southern writer who illuminated gay life in the South

In The Damned Don't Cry—They Just Disappear, literary historian and Lamba Award-winning novelist H…]]> Fri, 02 May 2025 07:19:39 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3922241/Understanding-Jim-Grimsley
The first book-length study of an influential voice in contemporary queer American literature

Since the early 1980s, Jim Grimsley has received increasing acclaim for his achievements in…]]> Fri, 02 May 2025 07:19:39 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3922256/Understanding-James-Baldwin
An analysis of the ground-breaking author's vision and thematic concerns

The Harlem-born son of a storefront preacher, JamesBaldwin died almost thirty years ago, but his spirit lives on…]]> Fri, 02 May 2025 07:19:39 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3922257/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…]]> Fri, 02 May 2025 07:19:39 -0700