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.
Language in Louisiana
Community and Culture
A comprehensive engagement with the past and present linguistic landscape of the Pelican State
In the Forests of Freedom
The Fighting Maroons of Dominica
The untold story of escaped slaves, their battle against colonial overlords, and the lasting impact in the Caribbean
Dream and Legacy
Dr. Martin Luther King in the Post-Civil Rights Era
Current injustices and public policy examined in light of Martin Luther King’s vision
Downtown Mardi Gras
New Carnival Practices in Post-Katrina New Orleans
A study of how the culture and customs of a city foster its rebirth
Pappy Kitchens and the Saga of Red Eye the Rooster
The first publication dedicated to a remarkable Mississippi folk artist
Steve Gerber
Conversations
Collected interviews with the comics creator of Howard the Duck, Man-Thing, and Omega the Unknown
Stan Brakhage
Interviews
Collected interviews with the director of such iconic films as Anticipation of the Night, Dog Star Man, Scenes from Under Childhood, Mothlight, and Text of Light
Robert Taylor
Male Beauty, Masculinity, and Stardom in Hollywood
The first in-depth study of one of Hollywood’s most popular but forgotten leading men
Peculiar Rhetoric
Slavery, Freedom, and the African Colonization Movement
A new engagement with the tangled, fraught antebellum debate surrounding black resettlement
Faulkner and Money
A thorough assay of the Nobel Laureate through the lens of lucre
Faulkner and History
A stimulating treatment of the intersection between history and literature in the Nobel Laureate’s work
Conversations with Paule Marshall
The first collection of interviews with the acclaimed African American/Afro-Caribbean author of Triangular Road; The Chosen Place, the Timeless People; and Brown Girl, Brownstones
Conversations with Gary Snyder
More than half a century of interviews with one of the most distinguished contemporary American poets
Conversations with Allen Ginsberg
Collected interviews with one of the most famous American poets of the twentieth century
Reconsidering Laura Ingalls Wilder
Little House and Beyond
A thoroughly researched and critical examination of Wilder’s entire body of work and problematic legacy
The Indian Caribbean
Migration and Identity in the Diaspora
A primary survey of the oral history and ethnography in the transformative South Asian diaspora
The Island of Lace
Drawn Threadwork on Saba in the Dutch Caribbean
A comprehensive history of a renowned lace working tradition and the women who make it
The Films of Douglas Sirk
Exquisite Ironies and Magnificent Obsessions
The first comprehensive critical overview of the films of the acclaimed director
The Beautiful Mysterious
The Extraordinary Gaze of William Eggleston
A unique look at the acclaimed photographer known for trailblazing artistic color photographs
Folklore in Baltic History
Resistance and Resurgence
A lively history of folklore practice in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania
Pulling a Rabbit Out of a Hat
The Making of Roger Rabbit
An exciting look at the film that launched the Disney Renaissance
Oz behind the Iron Curtain
Aleksandr Volkov and His Magic Land Series
The first English-language study of Aleksandr Volkov and his Magic Land series
Larry Hama
Conversations
Collected interviews with the Asian American writer and cartoonist who helped develop G.I. Joe
Jafar Panahi
Interviews
Collected interviews and writings of the Iranian filmmaker known for his remarkable films and courageous defiance of state censorship
Direct Democracy
Collective Power, the Swarm, and the Literatures of the Americas
A provocative account of what motivates prolific mass movements teeming for revolutionary change
What She Go Do
Women in Afro-Trinidadian Music
How women have expanded the creative reach of calypso, soca, and steelband music
Labor Pains
New Deal Fictions of Race, Work, and Sex in the South
A fresh consideration of the impact of black radicalism on black characters in southern modernism
Ernest J. Gaines
Conversations
Collected interviews with the acclaimed author of The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and A Lesson Before Dying
World War I and Southern Modernism
An exploration of the impact of the Great War on southern writing
Implied Nowhere
Absence in Folklore Studies
A groundbreaking inquiry into what is missing in folklore and folklore studies
Life Between the Levees
America’s Riverboat Pilots
An incomparable oral history of riverboat pilots on the Mississippi River, its tributaries, and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterways
A Legal History of Mississippi
Race, Class, and the Struggle for Opportunity
A direct legal study of the state stretching from the origins of Mississippi charters to our modern mandates
Twenty-First-Century Feminisms in Children's and Adolescent Literature
A revelation of the powerful alternative to sexism offered by children’s literature
Eleanor Cameron
Dimensions of Amazement
A biography of the beloved novelist, pioneering critic, and champion of children’s literature
Conversations with Joan Didion
Collected interviews with the iconic American author spanning decades, continents, and genres
Louisiana Poets
A Literary Guide
An inspiring survey and assessment of forty poets from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
Dick Waterman
A Life in Blues
A biography of the renowned manager of Son House, Mississippi Fred McDowell, and Buddy Guy, who worked with a host of other iconic blues artists
Conversations with Colson Whitehead
Collected interviews with the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Intuitionist
Time of My Life
A Jazz Journey from London to New Orleans
An insider’s riff on his jazz journey across oceans to the city that invented the music