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.
The Survival of Soap Opera
Transformations for a New Media Era
How the daytime drama format reaches or loses its audience in the Internet age
The Garden District of New Orleans
A remarkable architectural and historical tour of the Big Easy's cardinal suburb
The Night Travellers
A Vietnam-era novel of love, protest, and fervent beliefs
The Legs Murder Scandal
The full story of "Mississippi’s Lizzie Borden" and the sensational matricide that mystified the nation
This Crooked Way
A classic novel of one man’s will and the undercurrent of violence in the Mississippi Delta
Barbara Stanwyck
The Miracle Woman
A biography of the savvy, sexy, and inspirationally hardworking actress
Lynda Barry
Girlhood through the Looking Glass
A critical biography of one of the pioneers of alternative weekly comic strips
Conversations with James Ellroy
Conversations with the author of such acclaimed works as American Tabloid, L.A. Confidential and The Black Dahlia
My Friend Tom
The Poet-Playwright Tennessee Williams
A comrade and confidant reveals the early years of the young playwright’s life
Downhome Gospel
African American Spiritual Activism in Wiregrass Country
A study of gospel’s influence on social awareness in a region of the South that lacked a plantation economy
Hand of Fire
The Comics Art of Jack Kirby
The first critical exploration of the work of a great comics creator
The Poetics of American Song Lyrics
Poets, teachers, and musicologists fusing studies of form, scansion, and musical creation to redefine the place of the American bard
A Guide to Moist-Soil Wetland Plants of the Mississippi Alluvial Valley
An illustrated identification guide to 100+ moist-soil wetland plants that grow in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley
The Florida Folklife Reader
An overview of the traditional, changing folklife from a vibrant southern state
James Cameron
Interviews
Interviews with the acclaimed director of such films as The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, Titanic, and Avatar
Grant Morrison
Combining the Worlds of Contemporary Comics
A critical study of a postmodern comics writer who flaunts superhero conventions
Memphis Boys
The Story of American Studios
A detailed history of an unsung recording studio and its lasting impact on rhythm and blues
Roger Corman
Interviews
Collected interviews with the acclaimed Hollywood director
Will Eisner
Conversations
Conversations with the influential and revered comics artist
Unexpected Places
Relocating Nineteenth-Century African American Literature
An argument for a major remapping of the early African American literary landscape
Alan Moore
Conversations
Conversations with the brilliant and eccentric comics writer
John Waters
Interviews
Interviews with the man responsible for such films as Hairspray, Serial Mom, and Cecil B. Demented
Writing Women's History
A Tribute to Anne Firor Scott
Essays on how women’s history is written in the wake of The Southern Lady
Conversations with Jonathan Lethem
Fourteen collected interviews with the author of such works as Girl in Landscape, Motherless Brooklyn, The Fortress of Solitude, Chronic City, and many others
One Writer’s Garden
Eudora Welty’s Home Place
A rich exploration of the garden Welty tended with her mother and how that work affected her writing
The House at the End of the Road
The Story of Three Generations of an Interracial Family in the American South
A story of one family’s love and courage in the Jim Crow-era Deep South
Looking Back Mississippi
Towns and Places
Postcards and prose that recapture outstanding locales and events from bygone days
The Politics of Paul Robeson's Othello
A study of the famed actor’s barrier-breaking Shakespearean performances
The Berimbau
Soul of Brazilian Music
A tour of Brazilian creativity propelled by a singular musical instrument
Southern Fiddlers and Fiddle Contests
A journey to the main public venue for the most vigorous American folk music tradition
Smart Ball
Marketing the Myth and Managing the Reality of Major League Baseball
An assessment of baseball’s ascension as a global business brand and its myth-making power
Richard Dyer-Bennet
The Last Minstrel
A biography of the first solo folk musician to play Carnegie Hall and a staunch preserver of European styles
Recess Battles
Playing, Fighting, and Storytelling
An unforgettable exploration of the critical role of play and the gap in perception between adults and children
Placing the South
The best from twenty years of a noted intellectual historian’s work
People Get Ready
African American and Caribbean Cultural Exchange
An examination of the rich, long-lasting exchanges between African Americans and Caribbean peoples
On the Ground
The Black Panther Party in Communities across America
Essays revising the Panther’s image, emphasizing tireless community organizing and assistance to the underprivileged
Ghosts along the Mississippi River
A collection of the most frightening and lasting haunts along America’s mighty river
Eudora Welty
A Form of Thanks
Defender of the Faith
The High Court of Mississippi, 1817-1875
Caribbean Visionary
A. R. F. Webber and the Making of the Guyanese Nation
A critical biography of a major intellectual who struggled for justice against colonialism