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.
Wait Five Minutes
Weatherlore in the Twenty-First Century
A folkloristic engagement with the weather and its pervasiveness in our lives
The Velveteen Rabbit at 100
A new series of engaging and fascinating essays on the beloved children’s classic
Season to Taste
Rewriting Kitchen Space in Contemporary Women’s Food Memoirs
An exciting and detailed study of the explosion of women’s food writing in the early 2000s
Hidden Harmonies
Women and Music in Popular Entertainment
An exploration of the untold stories of lesser-known female musicians
Caribbean Children's Literature, Volume 2
Critical Approaches
The second installment of an essential anthology on children’s literature of the Caribbean and its diaspora
Caribbean Children's Literature, Volume 1
History, Pedagogy, and Publishing
The first installment of an essential anthology on children’s literature of the Caribbean and its diaspora
A Thousand Places Left Behind
One Soldier’s Account of Jungle Warfare in WWII Burma
A veteran’s harrowing remembrance of jungle warfare and intelligence operations
To Dance, to Live
A Biography of Thalia Mara
A moving biography of a dancer, teacher, and arts patron recognized internationally for her efforts in dance education and for bringing world-class ballet to Mississippi
The Rhetorical Road to Brown v. Board of Education
Elizabeth and Waties Waring's Campaign
An illuminating look at the little-known rhetorical campaign that helped advance the cause of school desegregation
Race and the Animated Bodyscape
Constructing and Ascribing a Racialized Asian Identity in Avatar and Korra
How race is constructed and ascribed in the fantasy world of one popular US franchise