From Blue to Red: The Rise of the GOP in Arkansas Now in Paper
A fascinating look at how Arkansas went from being one of the country’s most solidly Democratic states to one of its most ardently Republican in just a few years.
Available for Pre-Order: Straw in the Sun by Charlie May Simon
“In Straw in the Sun, Charlie May Simon never indulges in the easy dichotomies that poison our own politics and culture, for she finds neighborliness, knowledge, and beauty wherever she turns in rural Perry County, Arkansas.”
Twenty Acres Reviewed in the Arkansas Historical Quarterly
“Good stories are to be cherished and shared. They also help us understand ourselves and our communities.”
Race, Labor, and Violence in the Delta Reviewed in Journal of American History
“provides novel insights into the history of Black working-class activism and racial capitalism in the early twentieth century and the postwar period in the Mississippi Delta.”
Announcing the Forthcoming Publication of Charlie May Simon’s Straw in the Sun
“Last spring I went to Rocky Crossing again. New green grass was sprouting on the high ridge of the road that led there…”
John Kirk wins the 2024 Booker Worthen Literary Prize for Winthrop Rockefeller
The Booker Worthen Literary Prize is awarded each year to the best work, fiction or non-fiction, by an author living in Arkansas.