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.
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