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Exploring what it meant to accuse someone of eating people as well as how cannibalism rumours facilitated slavery and the rise of empires, To Feast on Us as Their Prey posits that it is impossible to separate histories of cannibalism from the role food and hunger have played in the colonization efforts that shaped our modern world.

Destabilizes traditional notions about memory, its permanence and supposed purity, with a simple premise: to remember is to enact violence against the body. Brazen, fragmentary, and intimate, these sonnets depict with astonishing creativity what can come of worshiping the past.

Sketches the industrious career of the Arkansas-based sculptor, illuminating her attention to geometry, physics, and the philosophy of design, and exploring the context and origin of the various series that characterise her body of work.

These poems question the usefulness of wealth and ownership as markers of success. Taking wine fridges and fake flowers as emblems of capitalism's failure to assuage human loneliness, the speakers in these poems find joy in shared meals and glasses of wine, and use moments of mutual attention to challenge notions of class in America.

Brings together sixteen essays covering various aspects of the development and changing nature of sport in one of America's most fascinating and famous cities. The writers cover a range of topics, including the history of car racing and ice skating, the development of sport venues, the power of the Mexican fan base in American soccer leagues, and the importance of the Showtime Lakers.

This selection of Hassan Najmi's poems, translated by Mbarek Sryfi and Eric Sellin, provides an excellent introduction to the work of one of Morocco's foremost poets and to a school of modern verse emerging in the Arab World.

Rabbi Ira Sanders was a dedicated advocate for social justice long before the term entered everyday usage. Just and Righteous Causes - a full biographical study of this bold social-activist rabbi - examines how he expertly navigated the intersections of race, religion, and gender to advocate for a more just society.

Each year, readers, writers, and critics alike anticipate Thomas Hauser's newest collection of articles about the contemporary boxing scene. Protect Yourself at All Times offers a behind-the-scenes look at Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor, dressing room reports from big fights, and compelling portraits of luminaries like Muhammad Ali.

Traveling evangelist John Brown believed that colleges had become elitist and morally suspect, so he founded a small utopian college in 1919 to better combine evangelical Christianity and higher education. Rick Ostrander places John Brown University in the tradition of Christian education, but also shows that evangelicalism had largely separated from mainstream higher education by the twentieth century.

John Marin was a major figure among the cutting-edge circle of American modernist artists who showed his work in Alfred Stieglitz's New York galleries from 1909 until 1950. A collection of the artist's work at the Arkansas Arts Center forms the basis of this first book of essays and images to concentrate on Marin's drawings in the context of his life, his watercolours, and his etchings.

William A. Schwab shares the stories of immigration reform advocates and follows up on stories told in his 2013 book Right to DREAM, which argued in favour of the DREAM Act that would have provided conditional residency for undocumented youth brought to the US as children, a version of which was later enacted by executive order.

Art for a New Understanding, an exhibition from Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, seeks to reposition the narrative of American art since 1950 by charting a history of the development of contemporary Indigenous art. This accompanying book documents and expands on the histories and themes of the exhibition.

In 1935 a fledging government agency embarked on a project to photograph Americans hit hardest by the Great Depression. Of the roughly one thousand Farm Security Administration photographs taken in Arkansas, approximately two hundred have been selected for inclusion in this volume.

Through a culturally informed view of urban and rural lifestyles and spaces, Interpreting Kigali, Rwanda presents principles and proposals for neighbourhood development in the challenging context of Kigali's informal settlements. The lessons learned in Rwanda provide an urgent study for scholars and practitioners across disciplines.

A late-flowering extension of the work initiated sixty years ago with University of Arkansas botanist Edwin B. Smith's first entries in his pioneering Atlas and Annotated List of the Vascular Plants of Arkansas. An Arkansas Florilegium is a unique mix of art, science, and Arkansas saga.

There have been many books written about Johnny Cash, but The Man in Song is the first to examine Cash's incredible life through the lens of the songs he wrote and recorded. Music journalist and historian John Alexander has drawn on decades of studying Cash's music and life, to tell a life story through songs familiar and obscure.

Applying for nationally competitive scholarships can be a daunting process for students. For many, the applications present an unfamiliar territory, so students seek out informed advisors who can help them navigate the terrain. This volume of essays is a great way for anyone advising students through an application to become an expert.

Contents: Introduction - Robert Ivy Jr.1. Fayetteville - David Buege and Jeff Shannon2. Shining in the Shadow: The Architecture of Fay Jones and Frank Lloyd Wright - Robert McCarter3. The Paradigm Shift - Greg Herman4. Fay Jones's Crosby Structures in Mississippi: Personal Views - Steve Sheppard5. Nature and Humanity in a Simple Shed: Fay Jones's Pinecote Pavilion - Ethel Goodstein-Murphree6. Fay Jones's Stoneflower, Eden Isle, Arkansas - Richard Longstreth7. Reflections on My Friend, Fay Jones - Dale Mulfinger8. Elemental and Singular: The Poetic Magic of Fay Jones - Juhani Pallasmaa9. Presence and Absence - Karen Cordes Spence10. Fay Jones - Roy Reed11. Living with Light - Ellen Gilchrist12. Working with Fay Jones - John Womack13. A Turtle on a Fence Post - James P. Cramer14. Memories of Fay Jones - Tom Lutz15. A Coda: Twenty Photographs and Four Verbs - Timothy Hursley and Peter MacKeith

Winner of the 2017 Etel Adnan Poetry Prize. Rizkallah's the magic my body becomes is an exciting new book from an exciting young poet, a love letter to a people as well as a fist in the air.

Throughout the NCAA Tournament's history, underdogs, Cinderella stories, and upsets have captured the attention and imagination of fans. Making March Madness is the story of this premiere tournament, from its early days in Kansas City, to its move to Madison Square Garden, to its surviving a point-shaving scandal in New York and taking its games to different sites across the country.

In 2016, Booklist observed, ""Thomas Hauser is a treasure. Whatever he writes is worth reading. Boxing is blessed that he has focused so much of his career on the sweet science."" There Will Always Be Boxing continues this tradition of excellence, showing why Hauser is one of the last real champions of boxing and one of the very best who has ever written about the sport.

In this collection, top scholars of Soviet and post-Soviet studies convene to explore communism's aftermath. They consider state building and consitutionalism; the transition to market capitalism and democracy across Eastern Europe; the political development of Muslim states; the complex and differential developments of electoral systems; the risks and opportunities of nationalism; and new political and economic activities in Russia, from corruption to contracts. Editor Donald Kelley introduces the volume with a synthesis of the theoretical and empirical findings of the volume, and his brief chapter introductions place each contribution in relation to the other essays and to larger debates on democratization.

In 1957, President Dwight D Eisenhower and Arkansas governor Orval Faubus viewed the desegregation of Little Rock Central High through very different lenses. This book helps readers understand how this local, southern conflict became a national and international cause.

Historical novelist William Gilmore Simms first published The Forayers in 1855 at the peak of his reputation and ability. Simms had set out to create a prose epic through a series of linked novels detailing American history and struggles from early colonization to the mid-nineteenth century. The Forayers, which was the sixth book in his series of eight Revolutionary War novels set in the South, describes events around Orangeburg, South Carolina, before the Battle of Eutaw Springs (itself covered in this novel's sequel, Eutaw). It features such characters as Hell-fire Dick, a hardhearted, foul-mouthed looter under Tory protection. Simms hoped his readers would find this book "a bold, brave, masculine story; frank, ardent, vigorous; faithful to humanity." He described it to a friend as "fresh and original" and wrote that "the characterization [is] as truthful as forcible. It is at once a novel of society & a romance."

"Come Walk with Me: The Art of Dorris Curtis has enormous appeal both as a memoir and as a collection of wonderful paintings. Dorris Curtis, like Grandma Moses, began painting at a late age. She worked as a school teacher for over forty years and upon retirement at the age of sixty-five, began to study art. Curtis looked up to Grandma Moses and was heavily influenced by her achievements. This book includes 103 images of Curtis's artwork, each with an extended caption, as well as an introduction by Robert Cochran which places Curtis's art into the larger context of both Arkansas art and American folk art as a whole.

From the greatest collection of American Victoriana comes a wonderful evocation of the lives of women 100 years ago. Harvey Green culls from letters and diaries, quotes from magazines, and looks at the clothes, samplers, books, appliances, toys, and dolls of the era to provide a rare portrait of daily life in turn-of-the-century America.

Sidney Sanders McMath was a pivotal figure not only in Arkansas history but in the history of the Democratic Party and of American law. Still vibrant and engaged in his nineties, he sets out his story in full for the first time: how he rose and fell in public office, and rose again as a lawyer seeking justice for ordinary people. McMath divides his story into four parts. In the first, he describes how his early life in rural Arkansas sparked his commitment to people. The second section describes his service to democracy in the military, including his commission in the U.S. Marines, a battlefield promotion in the Pacific and other honors, and his subsequent advancement to the rank of major general. The revealing third section details McMath s extraordinary life in politics, starting with his explosive debut in 1945, when he and other recent veterans dethroned one of Arkansas s most powerful and corrupt political machines. Later, as a two-term governor, he fulfilled this promise of reform and modernization: he brought the first roads and electricity to rural areas, fought the poll tax, and built the state s first medical center. He also helped change the party s rules so that black citizens could vote in primaries. McMath describes how he worked with President Truman to keep the segregationist Dixiecrats from taking over the Democratic Partyand the presidency. But here his story takes a dramatic turn: political opponents alleged bribery in his highway program, and although no indictments were handed down, McMath s political career ended. Arguing his case for the first time in fifty years, he sets the facts straight. McMath turned to the practice of law to fight for the people he had represented as governor. In the concluding section of the book he describes some of his most important cases, examples of how he put his life s experience, knowledge, and integrity in the service of those who had few resources. These stories show exactly why he has been honored with membership in such exclusive groups as the Inner Circle of Advocates as well as the presidency of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Promises Kept shows us the excitement and the hard choices of real democracy, offering compelling human stories, new information on past conflicts, and the crucial perspective of a man at the center of history."

This is a history in microcosm of the American small college. It is a story of the power of persistence of the educational ideal, of the communal will to survive, and of the idea of the promise of a better day to come.