RCP BOOKS

Recent releases

A Generous Life: W. James Samford, Jr.

Wayne Greenhaw

The foundation of Jimmy Samford’s life was generosity, and in this portrait of the man from award-winning author Wayne Greenhaw, it becomes evident that generosity is also his legacy.

Jeanie Thompson

From wandering the rivers and valleys of her upbringing to veering off the beaten paths in Italy, for her fourth collection of poems, award-winning poet Jeanie Thompson carries the meditations of her heart across the span of a year.

Staying Ahead of the Posse: The Ben Jobe Story

Joe Formichella

Ben Jobe is not afraid of starting fires. For kindling he chooses words and deeply personal, historically significant stories. Staying Ahead of the Posse: The Ben Jobe Story is history in the flesh, the history of basketball and the Civil Rights Movement, of desegregation and economic exploitation, of HBCUs and the NCAA, of African independence and the modern-day plantation that is the American sports industry.

BREATHING OUT THE GHOST

Kirk Curnutt

*** Named Fiction of the Year for 2008 by the Indiana Center for the Book ***

In the shape of a noir thriller, Kirk Curnutt fashions a gripping tale of the consequences of unchecked grief, of painful truths hidden as though they were dark secrets, and what salvation remains possible for good men who enter the darkness and become the ghosts they are chasing.

MURDER CREEK: THE "UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT" OF ANNIE JEAN BARNES

Joe Formichella

Joe Formichella, in classic investigative style, reopens an old crime case and questions a multitude of crime experts, law enforcement officers, and citizens alike—including many who, so it was said, would never speak about the “unfortunate incident” of Annie Jean Barnes’s death in 1966 Brewton, Alabama.

THE VIOLINIST

Robert Kahn

The Violinist tells the story of a semi-autistic composer who, after long struggle, finds sudden celebrity from his new form of music: countertonality. But even as his reputation and popularity grow, he is plagued by doubts—why should people listen? Why should he continue playing?