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.

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Glorious Days and Nights

A Jazz Memoir

By Herb Snitzer; Afterword by Dan Morgenstern
University Press of Mississippi

Photographs of jazz greats and fifty years of memories from a jazz photographer

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Civil War Leadership and Mexican War Experience

University Press of Mississippi

A study of how combat in the Mexican War affected the leaders of the American Civil War

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Cajun and Zydeco Dance Music in Northern California

Modern Pleasures in a Postmodern World

University Press of Mississippi

How Louisiana transplants and new players have generated a thriving music and dance scene far from the South

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The Old South in the Crucible of War

University Press of Mississippi

Myths and realities of the Old South undergo careful examination in this book

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78 Blues

Folksongs and Phonographs in the American South

University Press of Mississippi

A study of the first "hillbilly" and "race" records and their impact on artists and audiences

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Women and the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965

University Press of Mississippi

An anthology of speeches providing eloquent evidence of the powerful contribution women made to the struggle

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The Hungry Cowboy

Service and Community in a Neighborhood Restaurant

University Press of Mississippi

A behind-the-scenes look at the dyanamics of class, race, and economics in a suburban eatery

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Sports and the Racial Divide

African American and Latino Experience in an Era of Change

University Press of Mississippi

Essays exploring the complex and evolving status of athletes of color

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Reconstructing Fame

Sport, Race, and Evolving Reputations

Edited by David C. Ogden and Joel Nathan Rosen; Afterword by Jack Lule
University Press of Mississippi

How yesterday’s villains are redeemed and what that redemption means to today’s athletes

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Let the World Listen Right

The Mississippi Delta Hip-Hop Story

University Press of Mississippi

A study of contemporary, grass roots musical creation happening in the Mississippi Delta

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History and Politics in French-Language Comics and Graphic Novels

Edited by Mark McKinney
University Press of Mississippi

Perspectives on French-language comics and their lively inquiries

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Seventh-day Adventists and the Civil Rights Movement

University Press of Mississippi

An exploration of the ways in which a conservative, Millenialist denomination reacted to a national, secular crisis

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Conversations with Tom Robbins

University Press of Mississippi

More than twenty interviews with the acclaimed author of Another Roadside Attraction, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Still Life With Woodpecker, B Is for Beer, and many other novels

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And One Was a Priest

The Life and Times of Duncan M. Gray Jr.

University Press of Mississippi

The story of a civil rights crusader and Episcopal priest

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Danny Boyle

Interviews

Edited by Brent Dunham
University Press of Mississippi

Collected interviews with the British director of such films as Slumdog Millionaire, Trainspotting, and 28 Days Later

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Naming the Rose

Essays on Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'

Edited by M. Thomas Inge; Foreword by Umberto Eco
University Press of Mississippi

Essays by Hans Kellner, Lois Parkinson Zambora, Mark Parker, Michael Cohen, Joan DelFattore, Pierre L. Horn, H. Aram Veeser, Helen T. Bennett, Jocelyn Mann, Deborah Parker, Roger Rollin, and Jackson R. Bryer and Ruth M. Alvarez

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Chicano Graffiti and Murals

The Neighborhood Art of Peter Quezada

University Press of Mississippi

A study of an artist and his art that proliferates over north Los Angeles

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The Rise of the American Comics Artist

Creators and Contexts

University Press of Mississippi

An exploration of an art form’s transformation from adolescent charms to adult aesthetics

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Alice Faye

A Life Beyond the Silver Screen

University Press of Mississippi

The biography of 20th Century Fox’s beloved, velvet-voiced beauty

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Haitian Vodou Flags

University Press of Mississippi

A celebration of a genre of Haitian art inspired by myths, legends, and unique personal visions

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Michael Winterbottom

Interviews

Edited by Damon Smith
University Press of Mississippi

Collected interviews with the British director of such films as Welcome to Sarajevo, Butterfly Kiss, and The Killer Inside Me

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Christmas Memories from Mississippi

Edited by Charline R. McCord and Judy H. Tucker; Illustrated by Wyatt Waters
University Press of Mississippi

Warm recollections of the unique Yuletide experience in Mississippi

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Conversations with Russell Banks

Edited by David Roche
University Press of Mississippi

Over thirty years of interviews with the author of The Sweet Hereafter, Affliction, and the Pulitzer Prize finalist Cloudsplitter

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Lost Mansions of Mississippi, Volume II

University Press of Mississippi

Histories and photos of spectacular homes lost to war, disaster, and neglect

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The Confederate and Neo-Confederate Reader

The Great Truth about the Lost Cause

University Press of Mississippi

Resounding documentary proof that the original reasoning behind secession and subsequently myth-making was in defense of slavery and white supremacy

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Brother-Souls

John Clellon Holmes, Jack Kerouac, and the Beat Generation

University Press of Mississippi

A biography of the two comrades whose friendship defined what it meant to be one of The Beats

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The Egg Bowl

Mississippi State vs. Ole Miss, Second Edition

University Press of Mississippi

The updated saga of the state’s monster football rivalry

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Daniel Clowes

Conversations

Edited by Ken Parille and Isaac Cates
University Press of Mississippi

Collected interviews with the alternative artist who created Lloyd Llewellyn and Eightball comics, as well as screenplays for Ghost World and Art School Confidential

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Oraien Catledge

Photographs

University Press of Mississippi

The celebration of a life's work in fine art photography

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Sacred Light

Holy Places in Louisiana

University Press of Mississippi

A decade’s worth of fine art photography taken in the most divine spaces of an elegantly devout state

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