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.
Oz behind the Iron Curtain
Aleksandr Volkov and His Magic Land Series
The first English-language study of Aleksandr Volkov and his Magic Land series
Larry Hama
Conversations
Collected interviews with the Asian American writer and cartoonist who helped develop G.I. Joe
Jafar Panahi
Interviews
Collected interviews and writings of the Iranian filmmaker known for his remarkable films and courageous defiance of state censorship
Direct Democracy
Collective Power, the Swarm, and the Literatures of the Americas
A provocative account of what motivates prolific mass movements teeming for revolutionary change
What She Go Do
Women in Afro-Trinidadian Music
How women have expanded the creative reach of calypso, soca, and steelband music
Labor Pains
New Deal Fictions of Race, Work, and Sex in the South
A fresh consideration of the impact of black radicalism on black characters in southern modernism
Ernest J. Gaines
Conversations
Collected interviews with the acclaimed author of The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and A Lesson Before Dying
World War I and Southern Modernism
An exploration of the impact of the Great War on southern writing
Implied Nowhere
Absence in Folklore Studies
A groundbreaking inquiry into what is missing in folklore and folklore studies
Life Between the Levees
America’s Riverboat Pilots
An incomparable oral history of riverboat pilots on the Mississippi River, its tributaries, and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterways
A Legal History of Mississippi
Race, Class, and the Struggle for Opportunity
A direct legal study of the state stretching from the origins of Mississippi charters to our modern mandates
Twenty-First-Century Feminisms in Children's and Adolescent Literature
A revelation of the powerful alternative to sexism offered by children’s literature
Eleanor Cameron
Dimensions of Amazement
A biography of the beloved novelist, pioneering critic, and champion of children’s literature
Conversations with Joan Didion
Collected interviews with the iconic American author spanning decades, continents, and genres
Louisiana Poets
A Literary Guide
An inspiring survey and assessment of forty poets from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
Dick Waterman
A Life in Blues
A biography of the renowned manager of Son House, Mississippi Fred McDowell, and Buddy Guy, who worked with a host of other iconic blues artists
Conversations with Colson Whitehead
Collected interviews with the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Intuitionist
Time of My Life
A Jazz Journey from London to New Orleans
An insider’s riff on his jazz journey across oceans to the city that invented the music
Analysis of Jazz
A Comprehensive Approach
A sweeping study of the nature of jazz