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.
Jazz à la Creole
French Creole Music and the Birth of Jazz
The first scholarly volume dedicated to French Creole music and its contribution to the development of jazz in New Orleans
Conversations with Joe R. Lansdale
Hard-to-find interviews with the ten-time Bram Stoker Award-winning writer of the Hap and Leonard short stories, Bubba Ho-Tep, and episodes of Batman: The Animated Series and Superman: The Animated Series
Containing Childhood
Space and Identity in Children’s Literature
A critical exploration of space in children’s literature and how those spaces affect child characters and readers
Authenticating Whiteness
Karens, Selfies, and Pop Stars
A critical examination of authenticity as a strategy of whiteness in popular media
Creole Soul
Zydeco Lives
A vividly photographed journey through the world of zydeco music
Going Up the Country
Adventures in Blues Fieldwork in the 1960s
A fascinating collaboration from two scholars working in the South during a crucial point in blues history
Heritage and Hoop Skirts
How Natchez Created the Old South
How Depression-era women rallied for preservation and manufactured a lasting tourism mythos
To the Ramparts of Infinity
Colonel W. C. Falkner and the Ripley Railroad
An in-depth exploration of the life and works of the man who would one day serve as a model and influence to his great-grandson, William Faulkner
Smoker beyond the Sea
The Story of Puerto Rican Tobacco
The first narrative to weave together the many threads of tobacco history in Puerto Rico
Rugs, Guitars, and Fiddling
Intensification and the Rich Modern Lives of Traditional Arts
A groundbreaking analysis that focuses on how current, widely enjoyed expressive culture retains its traditionality while recruiting new fans
After Midnight
Watchmen after Watchmen
The first scholarly exploration of three important Watchmen adaptations
A Centennial Celebration of The Brownies’ Book
A celebration of the beloved and consequential children’s magazine
William Faulkner Day by Day
A fascinating and in-depth exploration into the life of one of America’s greatest authors
Political Animal
The Life and Times of Stewart Butler
A fascinating portrait of the forgotten life of a pioneer in Louisiana’s LGBTQ+ culture and political history
Women Who Invented the Sixties
Ella Baker, Jane Jacobs, Rachel Carson, and Betty Friedan
A riveting new biography exploring four women’s fundamental roles in creating the 1960s as we know them today and their lasting legacies
Webspinner
Songs, Stories, and Reflections of Duncan Williamson, Scottish Traveller
An exploration into the life, family, and art of one of the world’s premier storytellers
The LGBTQ+ Comics Studies Reader
Critical Openings, Future Directions
An essential volume that acknowledges and celebrates the power of LGBTQ+ comics
The Cinema of Stephanie Rothman
Radical Acts in Filmmaking
An examination of the directorial labor of one of the only women filmmakers working in second-wave exploitation
Encountering Pennywise
Critical Perspectives on Stephen King’s IT
A scholarly study focused on one of Stephen King’s most beloved and frightening novels
Blues and Trouble
Twelve Stories
Now back in print, the debut story collection from a celebrated American writer
Wasn’t That a Mighty Day
African American Blues and Gospel Songs on Disaster
A complex portrait of music, memory, and commemoration through a unique lens
Rewatching on the Point of the Cinematic Index
A groundbreaking exploration of the ways trauma, memory, and visual representation intertwine with adaptation studies
Reading Confederate Monuments
A timely engagement with Confederate monuments and meaning-making in a literary context
Last Stand of the Louisiana Shrimpers
A snapshot of blue-collar Louisiana shrimpers as they navigate ever-changing cultural, environmental, and economic change
Critical Essays on William Faulkner
A career-encompassing selection of literary essays from one of the most influential Faulkner scholars
Behind the Rifle
Women Soldiers in Civil War Mississippi
The first study with a regional focus of the role women soldiers played in the Civil War
The Preventorium
A Memoir
A fascinating and personal history of children’s public health in the US
Start a Riot!
Civil Unrest in Black Arts Movement Drama, Fiction, and Poetry
A scholarly exploration of the union of art, writing, and protest during the 1960s
Sexy Like Us
Disability, Humor, and Sexuality
A powerful, truthful, and personal assessment of the many ways humor can bring about love and understanding
Mississippi Zion
The Struggle for Liberation in Attala County, 1865–1915
A paradigm-shifting perspective that insists on the agency and power of Black people to shape their futures
Conversations with Billy Collins
A collection of interviews with one of America’s most popular poets who is widely praised for creating a rare blend of accessible and intelligent verse
Contagious Imagination
The Work and Art of Lynda Barry
The long-awaited book-length analysis of the approaches and applications to teaching found in the great comic artist’s work
Arranging Stories
Framing Social Commentary in Short Story Collections by Southern Women Writers
A riveting history of how southern women writers negotiated authorial control in the late nineteenth- through early twentieth-century periodical market
The Nail in the Skull and Other Victorian Urban Legends
A scarily skilled critical examination of Victorian-era urban legends
Social TV
Multi-Screen Content and Ephemeral Culture
An engaging study that tracks the rise and fall of television’s attempts to capture viewer attention on multiple screens
Narrating History, Home, and Dyaspora
Critical Essays on Edwidge Danticat
The first scholarly volume to treat the entire range of Edwidge Danticat’s powerful works
Improvising the Score
Rethinking Modern Film Music through Jazz
A vivid, behind-the-scenes investigation into the integrative collaborations between contemporary jazz musicians and filmmakers
Harry Potter and the Other
Race, Justice, and Difference in the Wizarding World
A fascinating reconsideration of the depictions and implications of race and diversity in the Harry Potter franchise
Frankenstein Was a Vegetarian
Essays on Food Choice, Identity, and Symbolism
A renowned scholar’s daring work on how foodways transform and reshape our place in the world
Conversations with George Saunders
Collected interviews with the National Book Award finalist and Booker Prize-winning author of Tenth of December and Lincoln in the Bardo