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.
Conversations with Andre Dubus
Interviews with the author of Adultery and Other Choices, In the Bedroom, and The Last Worthless Evening
A Girl's Got To Breathe
The Life of Teresa Wright
A biography of the Oscar-winning American actress
Writing in the Kitchen
Essays on Southern Literature and Foodways
Readings of food in southern literature that reveal hunger and creativity and that go beyond deep-fried clichés
The Grenada Revolution
Reflections and Lessons
A detailed examination of the broad implications of Marxist revolution, politics, and the eventual invasion of the island nation
Populism in the South Revisited
New Interpretations and New Departures
A survey of the full impact of the Populist movement across the South
A Voice That Could Stir an Army
Fannie Lou Hamer and the Rhetoric of the Black Freedom Movement
The first scholarly analysis of the inspirational activist’s profound speeches
African American Haiku
Cultural Visions
The first study solely dedicated to exploring the power of African American haiku
Deeper Currents
The Sacraments of Hunting and Fishing
A spirited exploration of the blessings manifest in all wild places
Fifty Years after Faulkner
Essays that reassess Faulkner’s life and career a half century after his death
Women Artists of the Harlem Renaissance
Essays that explore how a system of patronage and sexism marginalized some remarkable visual artists
Wednesdays in Mississippi
Proper Ladies Working for Radical Change, Freedom Summer 1964
The story of brave women who met to build bridges between the races and end segregation
The Natchez Indians
A History to 1735
The most complete and detailed examination of a vanished tribe
The Joker
A Serious Study of the Clown Prince of Crime
The first study of Batman’s evil arch-nemesis in comics, on television, and in film
Stanley Kubrick
Interviews
The only comprehensive collection of interviews with the elusive director of Eyes Wide Shut, A Clockwork Orange, and Dr. Strangelove
Seth
Conversations
Interviews with the creator of comics such as It’s a Good Life, If You Don’t Weaken, Clyde Fans, and Wimbledon Green