The University Press of Mississippi was founded in 1970 and is supported by Mississippi's eight state universities. UPM publishes scholarly books of the highest distinction and books that interpret the South and its culture to the nation and the world. From its offices in Jackson, the University Press of Mississippi acquires, edits, distributes, and promotes more than eighty new books every year. Over the years, the Press has published more than 1000 titles and distributed more than 2,600,000 copies worldwide, each with the Mississippi imprint.
Body Genre
Anatomy of the Horror Film
A first-of-its-kind study of the relationship between human anatomy and horror
What a Difference a Day Makes
Women Who Conquered 1950s Music
A fun-filled survey of the women who topped the charts in jazz, blues, R&B, and rock ’n’ roll
Rowdy Boundaries
True Mississippi Tales from Natchez to Noxubee
Narratives of the good, the bad, and the outlandish in legal tangles along Mississippi’s borders
Roots Punk
A Visual and Oral History
An entertaining and thorough introduction to the power of punk’s hybrid evolution
Ben Katchor
The first book dedicated to exploring the comics of Ben Katchor
Backseat Quarterback
A wife’s insider story of her marriage to a famous New York Giant during the golden days of professional football
All I Want Is Loving You
Popular Female Singers of the 1950s
A delightful visit with the talented, yet often overlooked, white female vocalists of the 1950s
Afrocentricity in AfroFuturism
Toward Afrocentric Futurism
A vanguard challenge to unite two formerly independent fields in Black studies
American Landscapes
Meditations on Art and Literature in a Changing World
A lushly illustrated consideration of the significance of landscapes in art and literature during times of unprecedented change
Ferocious Ambition
Joan Crawford’s March to Stardom
An astute, lavishly illustrated evaluation of one of Hollywood’s biggest stars
Robert Williams
Conversations
Interviews with the founder of Juxtapoz Art & Culture Magazine and coproducer of ZAP Comix who is known for his underground comix cartoons and oil paintings
M. Night Shyamalan
Interviews
Two decades of interviews with the visionary filmmaker of such successful films as The Sixth Sense, Signs, and Unbreakable
Finding Myself Lost in Louisiana
One writer’s odyssey through Louisiana folklore and history as he searches for the true meaning of home
A Seat at the Table
Black Women Public Intellectuals in US History and Culture
A sounding of a profound, lasting imprint on intellectual history