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 Short Stories of Frank Yerby
Gathered together for the first time, a collection of the little-known but groundbreaking African American writer
Rediscovering Frank Yerby
Critical Essays
The first book-length sounding of the major contributions of the first black American novelist to sell more than a million copies
Monstrous Women in Comics
A critical volume on the ways women are made monstrous in popular culture
Maroons and the Marooned
Runaways and Castaways in the Americas
A provocative juxtaposition of escaped slaves and the shipwrecked across the Americas
Conversations with John Banville
Collected interviews with the author of Long Lankin, Mrs. Osmond, and The Sea, the last of which won the Man Booker Prize
William Friedkin
Interviews
Collected interviews with the Academy Award–winning director of the critically and commercially successful films The French Connection and The Exorcist
Till Death Do Us Part
American Ethnic Cemeteries as Borders Uncrossed
A comprehensive study of how burial customs highlight social status and class
The War on Poverty in Mississippi
From Massive Resistance to New Conservatism
How the war on poverty galvanized and transformed white defiance
The Life of Dick Haymes
No More Little White Lies
A biography of the superstar crooner, his rise, fall, and struggle for a second act
Nerds, Goths, Geeks, and Freaks
Outsiders in Chicanx and Latinx Young Adult Literature
Amuch-needed intervention into the critical study of Chicanx and Latinx young adult literature
Beyond the Blockbusters
Themes and Trends in Contemporary Young Adult Fiction
A necessary expansion of the lens and landscape of young adult literature
With Great Power Comes Great Pedagogy
Teaching, Learning, and Comics
An unparalleled gathering of top educators, comics artists, and writers advocating the vital utility of comics in the classroom
With Great Power Comes Great Pedagogy
Teaching, Learning, and Comics
An unparalleled gathering of top educators, comics artists, and writers advocating the vital utility of comics in the classroom
Sweet Bitter Blues
Washington, DC's Homemade Blues
The first-ever account of the Washington, DC, blues scene
Reading Testimony, Witnessing Trauma
Confronting Race, Gender, and Violence in American Literature
An extraordinary engagement with trauma and its witness across American literature
Ms. Marvel's America
No Normal
An in-depth exploration of the current Ms. Marvel, Kamala Khan
Delta Epiphany
Robert F. Kennedy in Mississippi
The story of Robert F. Kennedy’s consequential visit to the Mississippi Delta
American Antebellum Fiddling
The only book solely about antebellum American fiddling
Black Feelings
Race and Affect in the Long Sixties
How the black liberation movement confronted ideologies of progress and equality through emotional discourse
The Last Days of Sylvia Plath
A new, vivid account of the final months of the esteemed writer’s life
Dancing Man
A Broadway Choreographer's Journey
The ultimate insider’s scoop on the most popular shows in Broadway history
Cuba hasta siempre
An award-winning photographer’s vivid images of the island country
The Possible South
Documentary Film and the Limitations of Biraciality
How documentary film explodes common discourses of a South divided only by black and white
The Last Seat in the House
The Story of Hanley Sound
A history of the first sound engineer to jam sprawling festivals and rock whole stadiums
Subversive Spirits
The Female Ghost in British and American Popular Culture
How some women find their greatest powers narrating after death
Southern Literature, Cold War Culture, and the Making of Modern America
A thorough exploration of the South’s lasting impact on American life
Professional Wrestling
Sport and Spectacle, Second Edition
Timely updates to the first book to look at professional wrestling as a theatrical performance
How the Other Half Laughs
The Comic Sensibility in American Culture, 1895-1920
A much-needed examination of how the newspaper comic strip transformed US culture
Graphic Novels as Philosophy
How graphic novels expand philosophy and how philosophy illuminates the graphic novel
Conversations with William T. Vollmann
Collected interviews with the writer of fiction, journalism, ethnography, and history whose book, Europe Central, won the National Book Award for Fiction