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.
Claude Chabrol
Interviews
Collected interviews with the French director of influential New Wave films such as Le Beau Serge, Les Cousins, and Les Bonnes Femmes
Blake Edwards
Interviews
A long-overdue collection of interviews with the multitalented and versatile writer, director, and producer of such films as Days of Wine and Roses, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Victor/Victoria, and the Pink Panther franchise
Animating the Spirited
Journeys and Transformations
How anime and animation involve and transport viewers to be spirited away
Truth and Consequences
Game Shows in Fiction and Film
A critical study on how the dynamics of game shows are impacting America’s culture
The Supervillain Reader
A fascinating exploration of the history, politics, and aesthetics of supervillains
The New Territory
Ralph Ellison and the Twenty-First Century
A critical advancement and recognition of the enduring power of a great American writer
The Comics of Alison Bechdel
From the Outside In
The first critical volume on a crucial voice in comics
The Bad Sixties
Hollywood Memories of the Counterculture, Antiwar, and Black Power Movements
An exposure of how mainstream film and television wilts flower power and diffuses the potency of protest
Martin R. Delany's Civil War and Reconstruction
A Primary Source Reader
A documentary history of a radical thinker and African American firebrand
Martin R. Delany's Civil War and Reconstruction
A Primary Source Reader
A documentary history of a radical thinker and African American firebrand
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