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.
Fiddling Is My Joy
The Fiddle in African American Culture
A thorough examination of the history and legacy of African American fiddling
Double Crossed
Black Female Intersectionality in Hollywood
A concerning analysis of the distortions and pervasive stereotypes of Black female images within Hollywood
Dashing to the End
The Ray Milland Story
The engaging and detailed first biography of the Oscar-winning Welsh actor
Conversations with Jesmyn Ward
Collected interviews with the recipient of numerous major literary awards and fellowships, including two National Book Awards, for Salvage the Bones and Sing, Unburied, Sing
An American Girl Anthology
Finding Ourselves in the Pleasant Company Universe
An exciting collection of essays exploring and critically analyzing the cultural impact and nostalgia of American Girl dolls
The Superhero Blockbuster
Adaptation, Style, and Meaning
A detailed exploration of the adaptive practices, meanings, and industrial significance of popular superhero blockbusters
The P-38 Lightning and the Men Who Flew It
Stories of the engineers who designed and the brave pilots who flew the fastest, deadliest fighter of World War II
The Musicals of Cole Porter
Broadway, Hollywood, Television
A pivotal examination of one of America’s greatest songwriters, his lyrics, and his lifelong attempt to define the nature of love
Sax Expat
Don Byas
The riveting biography of one of the world’s greatest yet lesser-known jazz musicians
King Noir
The Crime Fiction of Stephen King
The first critical study to trace the hardboiled detective inheritance of America’s Storyteller
Global Indigenous Horror
The first critical collection to unsettle the horror genre through a contemporary Indigenous gaze
Faulkner On and Off the Page
Essays in Biographical Criticism
Fresh perspectives on one of literature’s most willfully enigmatic figures
Chester Brown
A concise overview of the renowned comics creator of Yummy Fur, Ed the Happy Clown, I Never Liked You, Louis Riel, and Paying for It
William Faulkner in Holly Springs
An intriguing argument and exploration that expands the postage stamp of the Nobel Laureate’s fiction
Russ Meyer
Interviews
Thirty years of interviews with the provocative and often controversial creator of films including Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!; Beyond the Valley of the Dolls;and Vixen!