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.
The Green Mister Rogers
Environmentalism in Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
An in-depth exploration of the environmentalism in the beloved children’s television program
The Geographies of African American Short Fiction
A long-overdue history of short stories, place, and the significance of setting on racial representation
The Films of Delmer Daves
Visions of Progress in Mid-Twentieth-Century America
A scholarly exploration of a forgotten director’s body of work
The Edward Tales
A focused character study of a recurring figure in the fiction of one of Mississippi’s greatest writers
The Edward Tales
A focused character study of a recurring figure in the fiction of one of Mississippi’s greatest writers
Fear, Hate, and Victimhood
How George Wallace Wrote the Donald Trump Playbook
A blistering critique of the rhetoric of two candidates and how President Trump succeeded
Exposing Mississippi
Eudora Welty's Photographic Reflections
The first book-length work to look critically at Eudora Welty’s work as a photographer
Motherland, Fatherland, Whateverland
Searching for Home
From the former Dutch East Indies to the Mississippi Delta, the touching, true story of a man’s search for home
Su Friedrich
Interviews
A collection of interviews with the acclaimed avant-garde filmmaker whose innovations of narrative, documentary, and experimental style explore the roles of gender, family, and sexuality in contemporary America
Little Women at 150
A new exploration of the lasting affection and appreciation of the beloved children’s novel
Ghost Channels
Paranormal Reality Television and the Haunting of Twenty-First-Century America
The first scholarly study of the frighteningly popular paranormal reality television genre
Concise Dictionary of Comics
A superb compendium of definitions for over one thousand terms related to comics studies, collecting, and publishing
Bandits, Misfits, and Superheroes
Whiteness and Its Borderlands in American Comics and Graphic Novels
A wrestling with whiteness and white supremacy throughout the history of comics creation
Southern Gardening All Year Long
A common-sense guide to the dynamic landscapes of Mississippi and southeastern gardening
The School Story
Young Adult Narratives in the Age of Neoliberalism
Through the lens of literature and film for and about students, a critique of what neoliberalism unleashed in schools
The Real Ambassadors
Dave and Iola Brubeck and Louis Armstrong Challenge Segregation
The full story of an incredible collaboration among the Brubecks and Armstrong to create jazz’s most amazing musical
The Goddess Myth in Contemporary Literature and Popular Culture
A Feminist Critique
An exploration of the troublingly unfeminist roots of goddess characters in popular culture
Stuart Gordon
Interviews
The first collection of interviews with the horror film icon known for directing Re-Animator, From Beyond, and Dolls
From Wallflowers to Bulletproof Families
The Power of Disability in Young Adult Narratives
How young adult stories interrogate and enrich our understandings of what disability means
For No Reason at All
The Changing Narrative of the First World War in American Film
How Hollywood adopted an antiwar attitude in response to the horrors of World War I
Fantastic Cities
American Urban Spaces in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror
A critical exploration of fictional American cities in popular culture
Conversations with LeAnne Howe
The first collection of interviews with the innovative and critically acclaimed Choctaw writer who is known for her striking books, plays, and poetry depicting the Native American experience
The Drum Is a Wild Woman
Jazz and Gender in African Diaspora Literature
A repositioning, reinvention, and reclamation of jazz writing by powerful women writers
The Circus Is in Town
Sport, Celebrity, and Spectacle
A tracking of the most explosive collisions between athletic reputation and public scandal
Performing Racial Uplift
E. Azalia Hackley and African American Activism in the Postbellum to Pre-Harlem Era
A groundbreaking rediscovery of a classically trained innovator and powerful teacher who set milestones for African American singers and musicians
Drawing the Past, Volume 2
Comics and the Historical Imagination in the World
The conclusion of a worldwide study that investigates the role comics play in historical memory
Drawing the Past, Volume 1
Comics and the Historical Imagination in the United States
The first installment of a tremendous exploration between comics and history
Conversations with Dave Eggers
A collection of thirty-four interviews with a publisher, editor, and bestselling writer who is known for his range of works and breadth of philanthropic pursuits
Black Man in the Netherlands
An Afro-Antillean Anthropology
A memoir and anthropological annunciation of how anti-racism is transforming the Caribbean and the Old World
The Savvy Sphinx
How Garbo Conquered Hollywood
The in-depth and revealing story of how one of the world’s most famous actors rose to stardom and then walked away from Hollywood