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.
Love, Daddy
Letters from My Father
A poignant collection of letters from Willie Morris accompanied by photographs by his son, David Rae Morris
Confessions of a Southern Beauty Queen
A coming-of-age story of a young woman navigating a turbulent and changing South
Voices of Black Folk
The Sermons of Reverend A. W. Nix
An in-depth study of the influence and conflicting interpretations of Black vocal heritage in the 1920s
The Unexceptional Case of Haiti
Race and Class Privilege in Postcolonial Bourgeois Society
A deeply researched upending of the trope of Haiti as the Black Republic
Laugh Lines
Humor, Genre, and Political Critique in Late Twentieth-Century American Poetry
An innovative redress of the long critical inattention to the power of humor in recent verse
Jeff Lemire
Conversations
Collected interviews with the award-winning Canadian comic writer and artist whose credits include Marvel’s Extraordinary X-Men and DC’s Justice League Dark
Hearing Brazil
Music and Histories in Minas Gerais
A critical exploration of key musical legacies in the Brazilian state
Equipping Space Cadets
Primary Science Fiction for Young Children
A scholarly exploration of how children’s books embrace and wrestle with the science fiction genre
The Golden Age Musicals of Darryl F. Zanuck
The Gentleman Preferred Blondes
The first book to explore the impact the innovative studio executive had on American movie musicals
Asian-Cajun Fusion
Shrimp from the Bay to the Bayou
A lushly illustrated and complete history of Louisiana’s shrimping industry