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.
From Rabbit Ears to the Rabbit Hole
A Life with Television
A personal narrative about growing up with the golden age of television
Dear Bob
Bob Hope's Wartime Correspondence with the G.I.s of World War II
An extraordinary collection of posts to and from the “G.I.s’ best friend” and incomparable entertainer
Colonial Mississippi
A Borrowed Land
The first complete synthesis of the diverse encounters, conflicts, and exchanges of Mississippi’s colonial period
Peculiar Whiteness
Racial Anxiety and Poor Whites in Southern Literature, 1900-1965
A deep, compassionate probing of how white writers misconstrued, manipulated, and distrusted poor southern whites
Ode to Gen X
Institutional Cynicism in Stranger Things and 1980s Film
A comprehensive study of cynicism in popular 1980s movies reflected in the television series Stranger Things
Intergenerational Solidarity in Children’s Literature and Film
An examination of the diverse ways in which children’s literature and film contribute to intergenerational bonding and solidarity
David Cronenberg
Interviews
A collection of fifteen interviews with a director whose work is thematically consistent and marked by a rigorous intelligence, a keen sense of humor, and a fearless engagement with the nature of human existence
Crossing Bar Lines
The Politics and Practices of Black Musical Space
A sounding of positions and space in the brilliant work of African American improvisers
Conversations with John Berryman
All of Berryman’s major interviews, personality pieces, profiles, and local interest items
I AM A MAN
Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1960-1970
Unforgettable photographs from flash points of the civil rights struggle
Bohemian New Orleans
The Story of the Outsider and Loujon Press
The history of a small but mighty publisher in the vanguard of the small press revolution
The Complete Folktales of A. N. Afanas'ev, Volume III
The long-awaited final volume of the series dedicated to collecting tales from the Russian Grimm
Mysterious Travelers
Steve Ditko and the Search for a New Liberal Identity
How a creator transformed the hero and forever forged a brooding bond between philosophy and comics
Improvising Sabor
Cuban Dance Music in New York
The first thorough exploration of the innovative, flute-driven Cuban dance music of New York, charanga