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.
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