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.
Joss Whedon
Conversations
Conversations and interviews with the critically acclaimed creator of the television hit Buffy the Vampire Slayer and many other sci-fi/fantasy favorites
Striking Performances/Performing Strikes
A look at how two groups of protesters promoted their agendas by mock performances.
What Made the South Different?
A scholarly collection of essays that show the American South in comparative perspective
Revising the Blueprint
Ann Petry and the Literary Left
A reassessment of the African American novelist and her position in the canon in the years following World War II
Organ Theft Legends
An unflinching exploration of the sources of gruesome tales of bodily harm
Conversations with Mary McCarthy
Collected interviews with the well-known and forthright author of twenty-four books and countless reviews and essays
Conversations with Anaïs Nin
A collection of conversations with one of the most confessional and erotic of modern writers.
Spirit of the Delta
The Art of Carolyn Norris
A retrospective of an inspirational self-taught artist from the Mississippi Delta
I Always Wanted to Fly
America’s Cold War Airmen
Pilots and crewmen remembering the Berlin Airlift, Korea, Vietnam, and secret flights over the Soviet Union
Frank Capra
The Catastrophe of Success
The story of a life tragically at odds with the idealism of Capra’s Americana
Buryin' Daddy
Putting My Lebanese, Catholic, Southern Baptist Childhood to Rest
How one woman embraced her roots and reconciled with her family and Dixie
Black Greek-Letter Organizations 2.0
New Directions in the Study of African American Fraternities and Sororities
How black fraternities and sororities remain vital in a transformed world
Conversations with Walter Mosley
Interviews with the creator of the Easy Rawlins detective series and the Socrates Fortlow series of crime novels
Searching for John Ford
The definitive biography of one of Hollywood’s master directors
Soul of the Man
Bobby "Blue" Bland
The first biography of a blues creator whose stylings influenced almost every form of twentieth-century popular music
Louisiana Rambles
Exploring America's Cajun and Creole Heartland
An experiential travel guide to the nation’s most distinct and joyous locale—South Louisiana
Reading Faulkner
The Unvanquished
A glossary that will lead readers through the complexities of this book of interrelated stories by William Faulkner
Cajun Mardi Gras Masks
A study of Cajun Mardi Gras and its traditional maskmaking
Forever Mame
The Life of Rosalind Russell
A biography of the full and rewarding life of a Golden Age star
The Grandissimes
Centennial Essays
Essays focusing on the importance of the first modern novel to deal honestly with racial complexities in the South and with the transitional Creole society in which the attendant racial questions arose
Working with Disney
Interviews with Animators, Producers, and Artists
Talks with the talents who made Disney magic happen
Finding a Way Home
A Critical Assessment of Walter Mosley's Fiction
Considerations of the achievements of the acclaimed and popular African American writer
Covering for the Bosses
Labor and the Southern Press
How journalists have shortchanged the southern labor movement
Courtship and Love among the Enslaved in North Carolina
A study of the complexities of intimate relationships among slaves on plantations, in towns, and on small farms
Santería Garments and Altars
Speaking Without a Voice
A classic study of the articles of worship and aesthetic folk practice in one of the world’s fastest growing religions
Black Velvet Art
An appreciation and discovery of meaning and beauty in a popular but undervalued art form
Reading Faulkner
Sanctuary
A handbook for interpreting William Faulkner’s most violent and shocking novel
Steven Spielberg
A Biography, Second Edition
An extensive updating of the major critical biography of an acclaimed director
Rednecks, Redeemers, and Race
Mississippi after Reconstruction, 1877-1917
A history of the paradoxical time when the state’s technology advanced and race relations deteriorated