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.
Monstrous Women in Comics
A critical volume on the ways women are made monstrous in popular culture
Maroons and the Marooned
Runaways and Castaways in the Americas
A provocative juxtaposition of escaped slaves and the shipwrecked across the Americas
Conversations with John Banville
Collected interviews with the author of Long Lankin, Mrs. Osmond, and The Sea, the last of which won the Man Booker Prize
William Friedkin
Interviews
Collected interviews with the Academy Award–winning director of the critically and commercially successful films The French Connection and The Exorcist
Till Death Do Us Part
American Ethnic Cemeteries as Borders Uncrossed
A comprehensive study of how burial customs highlight social status and class
The War on Poverty in Mississippi
From Massive Resistance to New Conservatism
How the war on poverty galvanized and transformed white defiance
The Life of Dick Haymes
No More Little White Lies
A biography of the superstar crooner, his rise, fall, and struggle for a second act
Nerds, Goths, Geeks, and Freaks
Outsiders in Chicanx and Latinx Young Adult Literature
Amuch-needed intervention into the critical study of Chicanx and Latinx young adult literature
Beyond the Blockbusters
Themes and Trends in Contemporary Young Adult Fiction
A necessary expansion of the lens and landscape of young adult literature
With Great Power Comes Great Pedagogy
Teaching, Learning, and Comics
An unparalleled gathering of top educators, comics artists, and writers advocating the vital utility of comics in the classroom