In An Introduction to Black Studies, Jackson connects the growth and impact of Black studies to the broader context of social justice movements, emphasizing the historical and contemporary demand for the discipline.
Books & Authors
Dave Wertz is undergoing a middle-aged crisis. On the back side of fifty with no job and an unhappy marriage, he pulls a Kerouac and goes on-the-road, and back to his hometown of Frankfort, Kentucky. Dave hopes familiar surroundings and a childhood friend can help him find a sense of safety and belonging.
An account of a life framed by family, faith, and service, In Service to Justice is a part spiritual and part adventure story.
Illuminating Nature combines mesmerizing photographs with reflections on the peace we find in nature, the importance of planning and equal power of serendipity, and tips for getting that photo.
With Rust Belt country gothic flair, I Never Do This touches on spiritual abuse, addiction, family entanglements, and the disenfranchisement of women and young people in fundamentalist settings.
I Loved You In Another Life explores the history of love, and how some souls are meant for each other—yesterday, today, forever.
At turns lyrical, poignant, and alluring, I Could Name God In Twelve Ways probes her personal history from the stance of different places, perspectives, and vulnerabilities as she tenderly and fiercely searches for acceptance and a place to call home.
The shady characters in I Can Outdance Jesus go on bizarre and unforgettable adventures, taking them from the Appalachian Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean, and bringing alive the strangeness and humor of the mountains.
I Am Not Santa Claus! is a hilariously clever story about a man with a white beard and a red hat who, despite all evidence to the contrary, insists that he is NOT Santa Claus.
In Hush Candy, her accomplished and sure debut collection, she revisits the venerable genre of domestic advice manuals, those 19th and 20th century compendia of wisdom designed to guide women (especially aspiring women of the rising middle class) in the exercise of their proper roles in the home and society.
The stories in How We Fracture, winner of the Rosemary Daniell Fiction Prize and mostly set in Kentucky, follow a diversity of female characters, from teenagers to women in their sixties, who experience some points of fracture in their lives and discover how we are connected to, and nourished by, the natural world.
These thirteen new works explore the memory and imagination of Andy Catlett, one of the well-loved central characters of the Port William saga. From 1932 to 2021, these stories span the length of Andy’s life, from before the outbreak of the Second World War to the threatened end of rural life in America.