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.
Politics in the Gutters
American Politicians and Elections in Comic Book Media
A thorough exploration of the political critiques found in a multigenre, historical cross-section of comic books and their transmedia adaptations
My Melancholy Baby
The First Ballads of the Great American Songbook, 1902-1913
A thorough exploration of early pop ballads in the American Songbook and how they still resonate
Conversations with Steve Erickson
A collection of twenty-four interviews with a singular writer whose work is a dream-fueled blend of European modernism, American pulp, and paranoid late-century postmodernism
At Arm’s Length
A Rhetoric of Character in Children’s and Young Adult Literature
A theory of how authors position readers in relation to literary character through empathy, awe, and indifference
The Mississippi Gulf Coast Seafood Industry
A People's History
The first complete history of Mississippi’s seafood industry and those who harvested and processed this coastal bounty
Slave Revolt on Screen
The Haitian Revolution in Film and Video Games
A trailblazing book on the depiction of the Haitian Revolution in film and video games
Rough Tactics
Black Performance in Political Spectacles, 1877–1932
A probing of the earliest Black efforts to overcome disfranchisement popular politics in the Jim Crow South
Redefining Liberal Arts Education in the Twenty-First Century
A multidisciplined exploration of the importance and evolution of liberal arts
I Can Read It All by Myself
The Beginner Books Story
A first-of-its-kind history of Ted Geisel and the beloved children’s book series he created
Faulkner and Slavery
A long-awaited assessment of the Nobel laureate’s work in relation to America’s cosmic sin
Dougla in the Twenty-First Century
Adding to the Mix
A sounding of a vibrant multiracial identity often unknown outside the Caribbean
Tearing Down the Lost Cause
The Removal of New Orleans's Confederate Statues
How New Orleans became a Confederate city after the war, and how citizens tore those symbols down
Chapel of Love
The Story of New Orleans Girl Group the Dixie Cups
A tale of three African American teenagers who conquered the music world
They Called Us River Rats
The Last Batture Settlement of New Orleans
A celebration of those independent people who call the fringes of the mighty Mississippi home
The Comics of R. Crumb
Underground in the Art Museum
A scholarly exploration of the iconic comics artist