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.
Bumpy Road
The Making, Flop, and Revival of Two-Lane Blacktop
A captivating account of the turbulent journey from box-office disaster to classic American road film
The Life and Times of Ward Kimball
Maverick of Disney Animation
The first major biography of the influential, visionary Disney animator
The Expanding Art of Comics
Ten Modern Masterpieces
An explication of master works by one of comics studies’ most renowned scholars
Perils of Protection
Shipwrecks, Orphans, and Children's Rights
An analysis of children’s rights in literature
Mississippi’s Federal Courts
A History
An incomparable resource to understand the historical role of the federal judiciary in a Deep South state
Graphic Satire in the Soviet Union
Krokodil's Political Cartoons
An original study on the little-known but highly influential Russianmagazine Krokodil
Conversations with Jim Harrison, Revised and Updated
Collected interviews the self-titled “quadra schizoid” writer who is best known for his novella Legends of the Fall
The British Superhero
Tracking the surprising rise of the British superhero
Heroes, Rascals, and the Law
Constitutional Encounters in Mississippi History
Tales of a people’s great, disgraceful, and mundane constitutional encounters
Conversations with Maurice Sendak
Over forty years of interviews with one of the most respected, influential authors of the twentieth century, an American original who redefined the picture book and changed children’s literature—and its readers—forever
The Comics of Julie Doucet and Gabrielle Bell
A Place inside Yourself
The first edited volume to juxtapose these female alternative comics artists
Southern Religion, Southern Culture
Essays Honoring Charles Reagan Wilson
From the steeple to the stable to the goal posts and dinner table, a homily on southern religiosity
Lalo Alcaraz
Political Cartooning in the Latino Community
A perceptive study of a bold, prescient voice in Latino comics
Between Distant Modernities
Performing Exceptionality in Francoist Spain and the Jim Crow South
A literary exploration of the surprising similarities between the US South and Franco’s Spain
Leaving the South
Border Crossing Narratives and the Remaking of Southern Identity
How narratives about mass migration from the South reconstructed southern identity
Conversations with Madeleine L'Engle
Collected interviews with the beloved author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction, but who is best known for her Newbery Award–winning novel, A Wrinkle in Time
Funny Girls
Guffaws, Guts, and Gender in Classic American Comics
The first comprehensive examination of young female protagonists in early American comics
The Story of French New Orleans
History of a Creole City
Why New Orleans is considered America’s distinctly French city
Panel to the Screen
Style, American Film, and Comic Books during the Blockbuster Era
A unique exploration of adaptation theory and how one dramatic visual style affects another
Conversations with Edna O'Brien
Collected interviews covering over fifty years of this acclaimed and controversial Irish author’s career
He Slew the Dreamer
My Search for the Truth about James Earl Ray and the Murder of Martin Luther King
A legendary investigative journalist’s powerful reckoning of fact, fiction, and wild conspiracies about the great crusader’s murder
Greek Music in America
A long-overdue study that samples all the genres, sounds, and contributions of the Greek music diaspora
Crusaders, Gangsters, and Whiskey
Prohibition in Memphis
A lively, full history of Memphis during the Prohibition era
Delivered by Midwives
African American Midwifery in the Twentieth-Century South
A history of African American childbirth experience and midwifery’s renewed value in combating health disparities
Steven Soderbergh
Interviews, Revised and Updated
Collected interviews with the film director of Erin Brockovich, Traffic, and Ocean’s Eleven
J. J. Abrams
Interviews
A career-spanning collection of interviews with the director behind Lost; Mission: Impossible III; Star Trek; and Star Wars: The Force Awakens
He Slew the Dreamer
My Search for the Truth about James Earl Ray and the Murder of Martin Luther King
A legendary investigative journalist’s powerful reckoning of fact, fiction, and wild conspiracies about the great crusader’s murder
Conversations with Gish Jen
Over two decades worth of interviews with an American author who skillfully addresses the merits and drawbacks of Eastern and Western cultures
Comics and Sacred Texts
Reimagining Religion and Graphic Narratives
How comics, graphic novels, and sacred texts work in concert to expand our sense of the holy
Rod Serling
His Life, Work, and Imagination
The definitive book on The Twilight Zone’s Rod Serling
Blues Traveling
The Holy Sites of Delta Blues, Fourth Edition
The updated fourth edition of the fundamental blues travel guide
Just Trying to Have School
The Struggle for Desegregation in Mississippi
A study of the history of desegregation in Mississippi schools
Creating the Jazz Solo
Louis Armstrong and Barbershop Harmony
A powerful statement on Armstrong’s pathway to creativity and his transformation of jazz
The Old Pro Turkey Hunter
A classic gem of wisdom and lore from a master sportsman
Alison Bechdel
Conversations
Collected interviews with the trailblazing creator of the graphic memoir Fun Home and the comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For
The Pinkster King and the King of Kongo
The Forgotten History of America's Dutch-Owned Slaves
A recovery of the transformative significance of Pentecost celebrations and fraternal orders on African American identity
The Music of the Netherlands Antilles
Why Eleven Antilleans Knelt before Chopin's Heart
An exploration of an overlooked Caribbean musical tradition and the European, African, and New World influences that created it
Desegregating Dixie
The Catholic Church in the South and Desegregation, 1945-1992
How a universal church adapted to and resisted powerful calls for transformation
Wong Kar-wai
Interviews
Collected interviews with the Hong Kong auteur covering every feature film he’s directed, from his debut, As Tears Go By, to his 2013 The Grandmaster
Gender and the Superhero Narrative
A timely, exciting look at the controversies and changes in the role of gender in comics
Carter G. Woodson
History, the Black Press, and Public Relations
A new recognition of how the Father of Black History harnessed publicity power
Occasions
Selected Writings
A treasury of hard-to-find stories, essays, tributes, and humor from a literary master
From Madea to Media Mogul
Theorizing Tyler Perry
Essays on the seemingly unstoppable writer, producer, director, actor, and entrepreneur Tyler Perry
Consuming Identity
The Role of Food in Redefining the South
How food serves as a rhetorical catalyst for discussion in a culture that loves to eat, share, and talk
Aaron Henry
The Fire Ever Burning
The memoir of a fearless black leader in the civil rights struggle in Mississippi
The Films of Mira Nair
Diaspora Verite
The first full-length study of the Indian American filmmaker’s extraordinary cinema
Conversations with Neil Gaiman
Collected interviews with the multi-talented and critically acclaimed writer behind the award-winning series, The Sandman andthe novels Neverwhere, Coraline, and American Gods
Books of the Dead
Reading the Zombie in Contemporary Literature
From The Walking Dead to World War Z, a serious study of the zombie in literature
The Mississippi Gulf Coast
A captivating photographic exploration of Mississippi’s Gulf Coast