Bronx Epitaph

By Steven K. Wagner
Subjects: Sociology
Series: Excelsior Editions

The first book to comprehensively examine Lou Gehrig's famous "Luckiest Man" speech.

Blues on Stage

By John L. Clark Jr.
Subjects: Film, Visual Culture, And Performing Arts
Series: Suny Press Jazz Styles, Excelsior Editions

Tells the story of classic blues singers from Ma Rainey to Bessie Smith.

By Mikel Ruiz
Translated by Sean S. Sell
Subjects: General Interest
Series: SUNY series, Trans-Indigenous Decolonial Critiques

A bold and unflinching portrayal of contemporary Maya life in Chiapas, Mexico.

By Elizabeth Aldrich
Subjects: Cultural Studies

An “all-you-can-eat” tour of American life in the postwar period, told through the foods we loved.