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.
Gay Faulkner
Uncovering a Homosexual Presence in Yoknapatawpha and Beyond
The definitive study on the celebrated writer’s often-ignored ties to LGBTQ literature and culture
Faulkner and Print Culture
A fascinating survey of Faulkner’s publishing history with periodicals and publishing houses
Cuban Literature in the Age of Black Insurrection
Manzano, Plácido, and Afro-Latino Religion
A fascinating discovery of the inception of both black Cuban literature and its Afro-Latino religious powers
Cuban Literature in the Age of Black Insurrection
Manzano, Plácido, and Afro-Latino Religion
A fascinating discovery of the inception of both black Cuban literature and its Afro-Latino religious powers
Conversations with Ron Rash
Collected interviews with the award-winning author spanning from the 1994 publication of his first collection of short stories, The Night the New Jesus Fell to Earth, through the publication of his 2015 novel, Above the Waterfall
Carnival Is Woman
Feminism and Performance in Caribbean Mas
Revelations of both the burgeoning power and expression of women celebrating Carnival
Cherchez la Femme
New Orleans Women
A photographic exploration of how New Orleans women have shaped the city
Wes Craven
Interviews
Collected interviews with the pioneer of the modern horror cinema and director of The Last House on the Left, The Hills Have Eyes, A Nightmare on Elm Street,and Scream
New Essays on Eudora Welty, Class, and Race
A groundbreaking work on race and class in the remarkable writer’s fiction and photography
Monstrous Imaginaries
The Legacy of Romanticism in Comics
The first book to explore the lasting influence of Romanticism on contemporary comics monsters
Growing Up Asian American in Young Adult Fiction
Essays exploring how Asian American adolescents form identity in YA fiction
Critical Interventions in Caribbean Politics and Theory
A well-known public intellectual’s intense engagement with politics in the contemporary Caribbean
Conversations with Neil Simon
Collected interviews with the Pulitzer Prize winning playwright and screenwriter best known for his BB Trilogy, which included Brighton Beach Memoirs, Biloxi Blues, and Broadway Bound
Conversations with Dorothy Allison
Conversations with the author of Bastard out of Carolina, Two or Three Things I Know For Sure, Trash, and other works
Ang Lee
Interviews
Collected interviews with the director of such films as Brokeback Mountain; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; and Life of Pi
Adrian Rollini
The Life and Music of a Jazz Rambler
The first and definitive biography of the great bass saxophone jazz man
Something Inside So Strong
Life in Pursuit of Choice, Courage, and Change
The autobiography of a reluctant writer who overcame poverty and racism to become a civil rights activist and an award-winning, highly published author of books for young readers
The Smell of Burning Crosses
An Autobiography of a Mississippi Newspaperman
A Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist’s account of the terror and menace leveled at advocates of integration
The Smell of Burning Crosses
An Autobiography of a Mississippi Newspaperman
A Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist’s account of the terror and menace leveled at advocates of integration
Jeff Smith
Conversations
A career-spanning collection of interviews with the comics creator of Bone, RASL, and Tüki: Save the Humans
Jeff Smith
Conversations
A career-spanning collection of interviews with the comics creator of Bone, RASL, and Tüki: Save the Humans
Jazz Transatlantic, Volume II
Jazz Derivatives and Developments in Twentieth-Century Africa
The conclusion of a monumental study of jazz and its lasting influence
Jazz Transatlantic, Volume I
The African Undercurrent in Twentieth-Century Jazz Culture
The primary installment of a life’s work seeking the confluences between American and African jazz creation
Gothic for Girls
Misty and British Comics
The first book-length study of the beloved British girls’ comic
Gothic for Girls
Misty and British Comics
The first book-length study of the beloved British girls’ comic
Conversations with Robert Morgan
Collected interviews with the celebrated author of southern and Appalachian literature, who has written more than thirty volumes of poetry, short fiction, history, biography, and novels
Connecting Histories
Francophone Caribbean Writers Interrogating Their Past
A comprehensive introduction to five Caribbean writers and their confrontation with trauma
Comics, Trauma, and the New Art of War
A study of the distinctive manner in which comics portray trauma and war
The Lost World of DeMille
Published at long last, a great film historian’s biography of the director who invented Hollywood
Jockomo
The Native Roots of Mardi Gras Indians
The first exploration of three hundred years of intertwined Native American and African American cultural practices in New Orleans
The Mississippi Governor's Mansion
Memories of the People's Home
An artful, insider’s tour of the mightiest mansion in Mississippi
The Order and the Other
Young Adult Dystopian Literature and Science Fiction
A critical study of the perceptions of two similar but separate genres in young adult literature
The Brothers Mankiewicz
Hope, Heartbreak, and Hollywood Classics
The first dual biography of two Hollywood icons
Yo' Mama, Mary Mack, and Boudreaux and Thibodeaux
Louisiana Children's Folklore and Play
How children have used story and play to navigate problems and delineate ethnic boundaries
Visible Cities, Global Comics
Urban Images and Spatial Form
A definitive study on how urban places are reflected in comics
Tyler Perry
Interviews
A career-spanning collection of interviews with the multimedia phenomenon who has directed groundbreaking films like Diary of a Mad Black Woman that feature mostly African American actors and tell stories about adversity, faith, family, and redemption
Superman in Myth and Folklore
How the Man of Steel leapt from panels and storyboards into folklore and myth
Posthuman Folklore
The first book-length study of how animal studies and digital culture change what it means to be “us”
Po' Monkey's
Portrait of a Juke Joint
A photographic tour of a quintessential staple of the Mississippi blues
Mulata Nation
Visualizing Race and Gender in Cuba
A vivid exploration of the key role played by multiracial women in visualizing and performing Cuban identity