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.
Old Southwest to Old South
Mississippi, 1798-1840
The first chronicle of Mississippi’s tumultuous coming-of-age
Becoming Ezra Jack Keats
The first in-depth biography of one of the most influential authors of children’s literature
The Welcome
A new edition of the important, long out-of-print novel
Sofia Coppola
Interviews
A collection of interviews with the American filmmaker and actress known for The Virgin Suicides,Lost in Translation, and On the Rocks
Into the Jungle!
A Boy's Comic Strip History of World War II
An exploration of the experiences of war through the comics of an American youth
Conversations with Terrence McNally
Interviews with the Tony Award-winning librettist of Kiss of the Spider Woman and Ragtime and collaborator on the opera Dead Man Walking
Carnival in Alabama
Marked Bodies and Invented Traditions in Mobile
A lively and exciting analysis of one of the United States’ oldest Mardi Gras celebrations
Boy and Girl Tramps of America
A thorough and honest picture of Depression-era young people forced to ride the rails
Asian Political Cartoons
A comprehensive and heavily illustrated exploration of Asian political cartooning
Tide Lines
A Photographic Record of Louisiana’s Disappearing Coast
Stunning aerial photos that reveal Louisiana’s vanishing landscape