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.
Life on the Press
The Popular Art and Illustrations of George Benjamin Luks
King Cotton in Modern America
A Cultural, Political, and Economic History since 1945
How farming of the South’s royal fiber expanded and changed under mechanization and competition
Global Neorealism
The Transnational History of a Film Style
Essays that show the rich variety of Italian neorealism’s many outside sources and influences
Conversations with William Kennedy
Interviews with the author of Ironweed and Legs
Conversations with Rudolfo Anaya
Interviews with the author of Heart of Aztlan and Bless Me, Ultima
Conversations with Lee Smith
Interviews with the author of Oral History, Fair and Tender Ladies, and The Devil’s Dream
Conversations with Jerzy Kosinski
Interviews with the author of The Painted Bird, Steps, and Being There
Conversations with Ellen Douglas
Interviews with the author of A Family's Affairs, Black Cloud, White Cloud, and Where the Dreams Cross
C. L. R. James
A Critical Introduction
A critical analysis of writings of a founder of the Pan-African revolution
American Horror Film
The Genre at the Turn of the Millennium
Essays that assault the conviction that horror film is a genre on its deathbed
Looking Backward at Us
A collection of many of the best columns written by Washington Post columnist William Raspberry during the 1980s on American dilemmas in education, poverty, drugs, racism, parenting, and more
The Postwar African American Novel
Protest and Discontent, 1945-1950
A rediscovery of forgotten talent overshadowed in the heyday of the African American novel
Reclaiming Community in Contemporary African American Fiction
An examination of how the works of five African American writers reveal the power of communal bonds
All Stories Are True
History, Myth, and Trauma in the Work of John Edgar Wideman
A mapping of the whole Wideman universe from novels to short stories to nonfiction
Long, Long Tales from the Russian North
A record of remarkable folk narratives told over successive nights on vessels or in camps in remote Karelia
The Speeches of Fannie Lou Hamer
To Tell It Like It Is
The first collection of speeches from one of the movement’s valiant firebrands
Faulkner at 100
Retrospect and Prospect
Essays in centennial celebration of William Faulkner and his achievement
Decolonization in St. Lucia
Politics and Global Neoliberalism, 1945–2010
A case study of how a Caribbean nation may achieve political but not economic independence
Confederates in the Tropics
Charles Swett's Travelogue
A penetrating account of Confederates who fled to Mexico, Central and South America after the war to establish new communities and why almost all failed
Coming Home to Mississippi
Celebrations of homecoming by prominent Mississippians who made the return journey
Borders of Equality
The NAACP and the Baltimore Civil Rights Struggle, 1914-1970
A study of the Baltimore NAACP branch and its vanguard efforts including a detailed examination of its longtime president, Lillie M. Jackson
Conversations with John Edgar Wideman
Interviews with the author of The Homewood Trilogy, Brothers and Keepers, Philadelphia Fire
Global Faulkner
A probing of the many ways Faulkner interacted with the world’s economies
Strangers on Their Native Soil
Opposition to United States' Governance in Louisiana's Orleans Territory, 1803-1809
The story of America's early political division of Louisiana and the test posed to the new republic's revolutionary principles and westward expansion
That's Got 'Em!
The Life and Music of Wilbur C. Sweatman
The story of an African American musician and band leader whose showmanship and versatility bridged the gap between ragtime and jazz
I'm Feeling the Blues Right Now
Blues Tourism and the Mississippi Delta
A critical look at the controversial strategies officials and promoters wield to “sell” the blues
Desi Divas
Political Activism in South Asian American Cultural Performances
How South Asian American women have found expression and power in festival dances and theater
Conversations with Ann Beattie
Interviews with the author of Chilly Scenes of Winter and Secrets and Surprises
A Decade of Dark Humor
How Comedy, Irony, and Satire Shaped Post-9/11 America
Essays that illustrate how humor transformed 9/11 politics and 9/11 transformed humor