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.
Arranging Stories
Framing Social Commentary in Short Story Collections by Southern Women Writers
A riveting history of how southern women writers negotiated authorial control in the late nineteenth- through early twentieth-century periodical market
The Nail in the Skull and Other Victorian Urban Legends
A scarily skilled critical examination of Victorian-era urban legends
Social TV
Multi-Screen Content and Ephemeral Culture
An engaging study that tracks the rise and fall of television’s attempts to capture viewer attention on multiple screens
Narrating History, Home, and Dyaspora
Critical Essays on Edwidge Danticat
The first scholarly volume to treat the entire range of Edwidge Danticat’s powerful works
Improvising the Score
Rethinking Modern Film Music through Jazz
A vivid, behind-the-scenes investigation into the integrative collaborations between contemporary jazz musicians and filmmakers
Harry Potter and the Other
Race, Justice, and Difference in the Wizarding World
A fascinating reconsideration of the depictions and implications of race and diversity in the Harry Potter franchise
Frankenstein Was a Vegetarian
Essays on Food Choice, Identity, and Symbolism
A renowned scholar’s daring work on how foodways transform and reshape our place in the world
Conversations with George Saunders
Collected interviews with the National Book Award finalist and Booker Prize-winning author of Tenth of December and Lincoln in the Bardo
Black Bodies in the River
Searching for Freedom Summer
A rhetorical interrogation of the pervasive claim that unidentified Black bodies were discovered during investigations into one of Freedom Summer’s most widely known events
Making Tracks
A Record Producer’s Southern Roots Music Journey
A firsthand remembrance of the artists, engineers, crews, and settings that make roots music magical