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.

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The Canadian Alternative

Cartoonists, Comics, and Graphic Novels

University Press of Mississippi

A broad survey of the inspirations of comics creation in Canada

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Ben Katchor

Conversations

Edited by Ian Gordon
University Press of Mississippi

Career-spanning interviews with the creator of the contemporary American comic strip Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer and other works

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The Artistry of Neil Gaiman

Finding Light in the Shadows

University Press of Mississippi

An extensive, career-spanning volume on the works of Neil Gaiman

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Silent Warriors, Incredible Courage

The Declassified Stories of Cold War Reconnaissance Flights and the Men Who Flew Them

University Press of Mississippi

The thrilling secret history of the American pilots who risked their lives to protect their country during the Cold War

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Dining with Madmen

Fat, Food, and the Environment in 1980s Horror

University Press of Mississippi

A modern study on America’s preoccupation with body weight, processed foods, and pollution through the lens of horror

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Crooked Snake

The Life and Crimes of Albert Lepard

University Press of Mississippi

The true story of a kidnapper’s calamitous criminal life as told by the man he abducted

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China in the Mix

Cinema, Sound, and Popular Culture in the Age of Globalization

University Press of Mississippi

A study of sound in the film and media industry of China, especially its music and multilingual soundtrack, that amplifies a vibrantly changing national power and global order

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Can’t Stand Still

Taylor Gordon and the Harlem Renaissance

University Press of Mississippi

The first biography of a singer who was once one of the most significant African American male vocalists in America

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You Don’t Know Jack

A Storyteller Goes to School

University Press of Mississippi

An examination of storytelling and story making using Jack tales as a metaphor to talk about teaching and telling

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Sports Crazy

How Sports Are Sabotaging American Schools

University Press of Mississippi

A reasoned, radical proposal to overhaul American school sports and free education from the madness of competition and entertainment

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Openness of Comics

Generating Meaning within Flexible Structures

University Press of Mississippi

How comics generate significance and weave images and words into a narrative art

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Faulkner and the Native South

University Press of Mississippi

An exploration of the Nobel laureate’s engagement with Native Americans and the ways in which Native American writing illuminates Faulkner

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Captain Marvel and the Art of Nostalgia

University Press of Mississippi

The marvelous story of innovators C. C. Beck and Otto Binder and their mighty American hero

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Three Years in Mississippi

By James Meredith; Introduction by Aram Goudsouzian
University Press of Mississippi

The first-person account of a daring, extraordinary blow against segregation

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The Paintings and Drawings of Clarence Major

University Press of Mississippi

A showcase of skillful artwork from the renowned artist

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Mississippi Witness

The Photographs of Florence Mars

University Press of Mississippi

The singular vision of a courageous Mississippi activist

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Lois Weber

Interviews

University Press of Mississippi

Collected interviews and articles with one of early Hollywood’s most successful screenwriter-directors and the first woman to direct a feature film

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Creole Trombone

Kid Ory and the Early Years of Jazz

University Press of Mississippi

The definitive biography of the great band leader and New Orleans jazz performer

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Barbara Kopple

Interviews

Edited by Gregory Brown
University Press of Mississippi

Collected interviews with the director of such films as Harlan County, U.S.A. and Gun Fight

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Another Haul

Narrative Stewardship and Cultural Sustainability at the Lewis Family Fishery

University Press of Mississippi

A record catch of place, lore, tradition, and family connection with environment

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Promises of Citizenship

Film Recruitment of African Americans in World War II

University Press of Mississippi

The first take on America’s outstanding film reel appeals to African American dignity and service

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From Daniel Boone to Captain America

Playing Indian in American Popular Culture

University Press of Mississippi

An exploration of whites posing as Native Americans from nineteenth-century literature to comic books

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The Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi

Edited by Ted Ownby
University Press of Mississippi

Essays from innovative, leading scholars covering the gamut of the civil rights movement

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Bumpy Road

The Making, Flop, and Revival of Two-Lane Blacktop

University Press of Mississippi

A captivating account of the turbulent journey from box-office disaster to classic American road film

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The Life and Times of Ward Kimball

Maverick of Disney Animation

University Press of Mississippi

The first major biography of the influential, visionary Disney animator

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The Expanding Art of Comics

Ten Modern Masterpieces

By Thierry Groensteen; Translated by Ann Miller
University Press of Mississippi

An explication of master works by one of comics studies’ most renowned scholars

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Perils of Protection

Shipwrecks, Orphans, and Children's Rights

University Press of Mississippi

An analysis of children’s rights in literature

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Mississippi’s Federal Courts

A History

University Press of Mississippi

An incomparable resource to understand the historical role of the federal judiciary in a Deep South state

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Graphic Satire in the Soviet Union

Krokodil's Political Cartoons

University Press of Mississippi

An original study on the little-known but highly influential Russianmagazine Krokodil

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Conversations with Jim Harrison, Revised and Updated

Edited by Robert DeMott
University Press of Mississippi

Collected interviews the self-titled “quadra schizoid” writer who is best known for his novella Legends of the Fall

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The British Superhero

University Press of Mississippi

Tracking the surprising rise of the British superhero

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Heroes, Rascals, and the Law

Constitutional Encounters in Mississippi History

University Press of Mississippi

Tales of a people’s great, disgraceful, and mundane constitutional encounters

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Conversations with Maurice Sendak

Edited by Peter C. Kunze
University Press of Mississippi

Over forty years of interviews with one of the most respected, influential authors of the twentieth century, an American original who redefined the picture book and changed children’s literature—and its readers—forever

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The Comics of Julie Doucet and Gabrielle Bell

A Place inside Yourself

University Press of Mississippi

The first edited volume to juxtapose these female alternative comics artists

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Southern Religion, Southern Culture

Essays Honoring Charles Reagan Wilson

University Press of Mississippi

From the steeple to the stable to the goal posts and dinner table, a homily on southern religiosity

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Lalo Alcaraz

Political Cartooning in the Latino Community

University Press of Mississippi

A perceptive study of a bold, prescient voice in Latino comics

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Between Distant Modernities

Performing Exceptionality in Francoist Spain and the Jim Crow South

University Press of Mississippi

A literary exploration of the surprising similarities between the US South and Franco’s Spain

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Leaving the South

Border Crossing Narratives and the Remaking of Southern Identity

University Press of Mississippi

How narratives about mass migration from the South reconstructed southern identity

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Conversations with Madeleine L'Engle

Edited by Jackie C. Horne
University Press of Mississippi

Collected interviews with the beloved author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction, but who is best known for her Newbery Award–winning novel, A Wrinkle in Time

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Funny Girls

Guffaws, Guts, and Gender in Classic American Comics

University Press of Mississippi

The first comprehensive examination of young female protagonists in early American comics

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