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.
Hydrocarbon Hucksters
Lessons from Louisiana on Oil, Politics, and Environmental Justice
A piercing study of the political, economic, and environmental havoc unleashed by the oil industry
Garden of Dreams
The Life of Simone Signoret
A biography of the stunning French movie star and her complex marriage to singer Yves Montand
Power, Greed, and Hubris
Judicial Bribery in Mississippi
An infuriating tale of malfeasance among what should have been the state’s most trusted servants
Losing Ground
Identity and Land Loss in Coastal Louisiana
How residents of a changing coastline reconcile sense of place with the Gulf’s encroachment
George Ohr
Sophisticate and Rube
A contextual investigation of the "Mad Potter of Biloxi," showing him to be far more thoughtful and artful than he was eccentric
The Crime Films of Anthony Mann
A survey and rediscovery of the many noir films directed by a master of the Western
The Painted Screens of Baltimore
An Urban Folk Art Revealed
An exploration of a homegrown tradition of unexpected beauty and privacy
Louisiana Creole Literature
A Historical Study
A broad overview of the tremendous achievement of Louisiana writers in the Creole tradition
Quentin Tarantino
Interviews, Revised and Updated
A fascinating collection of interviews with the colorful and provocative director of Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction, Django Unchained, and many other films
Crusades for Freedom
Memphis and the Political Transformation of the American South
How Republicans and African Americans took the stage after the fall of a great southern political machine
The Nominee
A Political and Spiritual Journey
A firsthand account of the murky, faith-straightening processes by which federal judges are confirmed
Mama Rose's Turn
The True Story of America's Most Notorious Stage Mother
The full story behind the "Stage Mother from Hell" and every scandal too shocking for Gypsy: A Musical Fable
Conversations with Natasha Trethewey
Collected interviews with the United States Poet Laureate, Pulitzer Prize winner, and author of Domestic Work, Beyond Katrina, and Thrall
Africa in the American Imagination
Popular Culture, Racialized Identities, and African Visual Culture
A study of pop culture’s representation of a continent’s visual traditions
Knowing Jazz
Community, Pedagogy, and Canon in the Information Age
How the claim to jazz knowledge forges community and forms an understanding of canon
Creolization as Cultural Creativity
What happens when cultures meet and new creative expressions emerge
New Orleans con Sabor Latino
The History and Passion of Latino Cooking
A feature dish of the cuisine that has been too long overlooked in New Orleans cooking
Comics and the U.S. South
A wide-ranging survey of how comics have portrayed southern ways of life
Zachary Scott
Hollywood's Sophisticated Cad
A biography of the stage and screen star who could never escape the role of dashing villain
New Orleans Memories
One Writer's City
A passionate native’s salute to the past and present glories of the Crescent City
Dangerous Curves
Action Heroines, Gender, Fetishism, and Popular Culture
A consideration of the many manifestations of the action heroine in film, television, contemporary popular literature, comic books, cartoons, and video games
Plotting Apocalypse
Reading, Agency, and Identity in the Left Behind Series
An examination of the entire Left Behind sequence with a combined sensitivity to Evangelical belief and close textual reading
Faulkner and Whiteness
An exploration of the Nobel Lauerate’s work and its interrogations of whiteness
Curt Flood in the Media
Baseball, Race, and the Demise of the Activist-Athlete
How the interplay of media, race, and one player’s defiance created free agency and changed baseball forever
Black Rock
A Zuni Cultural Landscape and the Meaning of Place
A thoughtful examination of how a shared sense of place evolves over time
William F. Winter and the New Mississippi
A Biography
The life story of the Mississippi governor known for his fight for education and racial reconciliation
Patrick Chamoiseau
A Critical Introduction
An opening into the life, novels, fictions, and manifestos of a noted Caribbean author
Art for the Middle Classes
America's Illustrated Magazines of the 1840s
A history of the periodicals that brought art and sophistication to a rising bourgeoisie in the heartland
Contemporary Southern Identity
Community through Controversy
A study of four public debates about the meaning of being southern