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.
Susan Sontag
The Making of an Icon, Revised and Updated
An intimate portrait of the famed writer, director, and activist
Pelican Road
A Novel
The riveting story of a lost way of life along a great southern railroad
Outsider Art
Visionary Worlds and Trauma
An unparalleled exploration of the power of art and the impulse of creation
Mississippians in the Great War
Selected Letters
A fascinating collection of correspondence from soldiers, nurses, and relief workers during World War I
Medievalist Comics and the American Century
Why so many American comics fans avidly follow medieval heroes
Inventing George Whitefield
Race, Revivalism, and the Making of a Religious Icon
A thorough reckoning of the evolving ideas and legacy of a founding force in American evangelism
Assassins, Eccentrics, Politicians, and Other Persons of Interest
Fifty Pieces from the Road
A compilation from the incomparable career of one of the original “Boys on the Bus”
A Thousand Cuts
The Bizarre Underground World of Collectors and Dealers Who Saved the Movies
The colorful, compulsive, secretive history of famous and infamous film fiends
The Land of Rowan Oak
An Exploration of Faulkner's Natural World
An extraordinary photographic documentary of the wild and cultivated plants and landscape of Faulkner’s inspirational writing sanctuary
Win the Race or Die Trying
Uncle Earl's Last Hurrah
How one of the last Louisiana Longs escaped a mental institution and died after winning election to Congress
Big Jim Eastland
The Godfather of Mississippi
The biography of a powerful Mississippi senator rife with contradictions
Chocolate Surrealism
Music, Movement, Memory, and History in the Circum-Caribbean
A vibrant take on the global connections empowering Caribbean music and its global transferences
Delta Rainbow
The Irrepressible Betty Bobo Pearson
The story of a plantation heiress who threw aside convention, joined the Marines, and fought for civil rights
The Dixie Limited
Writers on William Faulkner and His Influence
A dazzling collection of writers worldwide on the massive authority of the Nobel laureate
Faulkner and Film
A collection exploring the extensive connections between the Nobel laureate’s work and cinema