Historian Frazier (Miami Univ.) uses extensive oral histories and archival sources to provide a detailed account of the mid-20th-century...
Review
Separate Games reviewed in The Journal of American History
“Edited by David K. Wiggins—a widely read, senior scholar at George Mason University and former editor of the Journal of Sport History—and Ryan A....
Down on Mahan’s Creek reviewed in Arkansas Historical Quarterly
Until very recent times, serious studies of Ozark history and culture have been few and far between. Most of us have been content to let travel...
Oxford American reviews Paraíso
Ruben Quesada has reviewed Paraíso: Poems by Jacob Shores-Argüello for the Oxford American Magazine. As the series editor’s preface notes,...
Paraíso reviewed by Publisher’s Weekly
“Shores-Argüello (In the Absence of Clocks) returns to his mother’s Costa Rican hometown on the occasion of her death in his latest, winner of the...
Anti-Catholicism in Arkansas reviewed in Arkansas Historical Quarterly
“As Kenneth Barnes shows in his engagingly written and thought-provoking Anti-Catholicism in Arkansas, fear of foreigners and foreign influence...
Claudia Rankine reviews The Golden Shovel Anthology in The New York Times
“Throughout this anthology, more than 60 other well-known Brooks poems can be read the same way, with lines from ‘The Mother’ and ‘The Bean Eaters’...
Choice recommends Down on Mahans Creek
“While the subtitle suggests an emphasis on a neighborhood, this book is really a family history about people for whom place is important. Setting...
Choice recommends Separate Games for all readers
“Wiggins (George Mason Univ.) and Swanson (Univ. of New Mexico) have edited a 12-essay volume, written by recognized experts, about the segregated...
AHQ reviews Distinguishing the Righteous from the Roguish
“Looney brings to his study a well-trained legal mind and a solid grasp of the nineteenth-century law and its institutions. His discussions...
Two Great Reviews for Frank Merriwell and the Fiction of All-American Boyhood
"Anderson’s writing is swift and lucid. Moreover, his research is through and complemented by several illustrations that enhance his analysis....
Choice recommends Distinguishing the Righteous from the Roguish
“Although the title suggests this material will interest only historians of a brief legal era, this book is quite a lively read. It views the...
Publisher's Weekly reviews Jenn Givhan's Protection Spell
“In a second collection that beats with multiple hearts, Givhan (Landscape with Headless Mama) addresses complicated familial identity,...
Booklist on Hagar Poems: "Forthright and fearless poetry…"
In E-mails from Scheherazad (2003), Kahf introduces the legendary storyteller to the electronic trappings of contemporary life, yielding poignant...
"Hard-hitting journalism at its best…" says Booklist of Thomas Hauser's latest collection
Hauser continues to provide the sporting world’s most perceptive boxing reporting, which, fortunately, is collected in an ongoing series from...
Arkansas Historical Quarterly reviews Slavery and Secession in Arkansas
Every student of Arkansas history — and anyone interested in sectional conflict and the Civil War more generally — will welcome Slavery and...
Another terrific review for When the Wolf Came
“…[A] fine and thorough overview of the military history of the Civil War in the Indian Territory, one that captures the different levels of...
Arkansas Historical Quarterly: "an exceptionally strong contribution to the history of Arkansas and the U.S. South."
“Race and Ethnicity in Arkansas is an exceptionally strong contribution to the history of Arkansas and the U.S. South. It is rare to find an edited...
True Faith, True Light featured in Vintage Guitar magazine
Arkansas farmer Ed Stilley was plowing his fields in 1979 when he was struck down by a heart attack; lying in the dirt, he had a vision that...
New Choice Reviews for June
Frank Merriwell and the Fiction of All-American Boyhood The Progressive Era Creation of the Schoolboy Sports Story Ryan K. Anderson Anderson...
Choice recommends Aaron Henry of Mississippi
“Long ago, the historiography of the civil rights movement moved beyond the study of some its most iconic leaders, such as Martin Luther King Jr.,...