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.
The British Superhero
Tracking the surprising rise of the British superhero
Heroes, Rascals, and the Law
Constitutional Encounters in Mississippi History
Tales of a people’s great, disgraceful, and mundane constitutional encounters
Conversations with Maurice Sendak
Over forty years of interviews with one of the most respected, influential authors of the twentieth century, an American original who redefined the picture book and changed children’s literature—and its readers—forever
The Comics of Julie Doucet and Gabrielle Bell
A Place inside Yourself
The first edited volume to juxtapose these female alternative comics artists
Southern Religion, Southern Culture
Essays Honoring Charles Reagan Wilson
From the steeple to the stable to the goal posts and dinner table, a homily on southern religiosity
Lalo Alcaraz
Political Cartooning in the Latino Community
A perceptive study of a bold, prescient voice in Latino comics
Between Distant Modernities
Performing Exceptionality in Francoist Spain and the Jim Crow South
A literary exploration of the surprising similarities between the US South and Franco’s Spain
Leaving the South
Border Crossing Narratives and the Remaking of Southern Identity
How narratives about mass migration from the South reconstructed southern identity
Conversations with Madeleine L'Engle
Collected interviews with the beloved author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction, but who is best known for her Newbery Award–winning novel, A Wrinkle in Time
Funny Girls
Guffaws, Guts, and Gender in Classic American Comics
The first comprehensive examination of young female protagonists in early American comics
The Story of French New Orleans
History of a Creole City
Why New Orleans is considered America’s distinctly French city
Panel to the Screen
Style, American Film, and Comic Books during the Blockbuster Era
A unique exploration of adaptation theory and how one dramatic visual style affects another
Conversations with Edna O'Brien
Collected interviews covering over fifty years of this acclaimed and controversial Irish author’s career
He Slew the Dreamer
My Search for the Truth about James Earl Ray and the Murder of Martin Luther King
A legendary investigative journalist’s powerful reckoning of fact, fiction, and wild conspiracies about the great crusader’s murder
Greek Music in America
A long-overdue study that samples all the genres, sounds, and contributions of the Greek music diaspora