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.
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
Angola to Zydeco
Louisiana Lives
Perspectives from a longtime observer of the magic, artistry, and verve of Acadiana
Transformed
A White Mississippi Pastor’s Journey into Civil Rights and Beyond
How a clergyman joined his mayor and fellow ministers to defy massive resistance
Hollywood Madonna
Loretta Young
The first comprehensive biography of the talented devout Catholic who deceived the world by falsely adopting her love child
George A. Romero
Interviews
Interviews with the director of Night of the Living Dead and many other zombie movies
Vietnam Remembered
The Folk Art of Marine Combat Veteran Michael D. Cousino, Sr.
A study of a Marine veteran’s dioramas that translate the Vietnam War into art that is both a personal and a communal restorative
The Trickster Comes West
Pan-African Influence in Early Black Diasporan Narratives
How African influences enriched narratives from enslaved and free blacks writing in Britain and the New World
Sitting in Darkness
New South Fiction, Education, and the Rise of Jim Crow Colonialism, 1865-1920
A study of postbellum fiction and its engagement in debates over African American education and America's new colonial territories
Shakespeare and Southern Writers
A Study in Influence
A collection of essays that documents the indebtedness and thematic similarities uniting Shakespeare and eight southern authors
Is There a Southern Political Tradition?
A company of scholars survey the spectrum of southern politics and politicians and attempt to answer the question "Is there a southern political tradition?"
Calling Out Liberty
The Stono Slave Rebellion and the Universal Struggle for Human Rights
A study of one of the earliest organized slave rebellions in colonial America and its far-reaching effects
Against Great Odds
The History of Alcorn State University
The history of the first land-grant academic institution for African Americans.
Visual Vitriol
The Street Art and Subcultures of the Punk and Hardcore Generation
How the punk scene’s do-it-yourself flyers and posters create a lens into the pounding heart of the music and movement
African American Preachers and Politics
The Careys of Chicago
The story of two African American ministers and their struggle to balance both sacred and secular worlds
Conversations with Michael Crichton
The first collection of conversations and interviews with the author who is known as the "father of the techno-thriller"
Kewpies and Beyond
The World of Rose O'Neill
The life and times of the Kewpie doll and its fascinating socially conscious creator
The Last Resort
Taking the Mississippi Cure
The story of a childhood at Allison’s Wells and one woman’s combat with the hypocrisies of segregated society
The Other World of Richard Wright
Perspectives on His Haiku
The first scholarly consideration of the over eight hundred haiku written late in Wright’s life
Panther Tract
Wild Boar Hunting in the Mississippi Delta
Photographs and tales that revel in the tradition-rich lore of dogs, horses, and hunters pursuing wild boar
Sex, Race, and the Role of Women in the South
Six essays examining the role and relationship of southern women in a world complicated by racial and class antagonisms
Last Barriers
Photographs of Wilderness in the Gulf Islands National Seashore
A stunning record of the once-pristine beauty of the islands shielding Mississippi's Gulf Coast
Stories from Home
Yarns from the Mississippi-born comedian declared the funniest American storyteller since Will Rogers
Lincoln Apostate
The Matson Slave Case
How the "Great Emancipator" found himself in court defending a slave owner's claim to human chattels
Manners and Southern History
Essays questioning the role of etiquette in the South from Civil War times through the civil rights era
Joss Whedon
Conversations
Conversations and interviews with the critically acclaimed creator of the television hit Buffy the Vampire Slayer and many other sci-fi/fantasy favorites
Striking Performances/Performing Strikes
A look at how two groups of protesters promoted their agendas by mock performances.
What Made the South Different?
A scholarly collection of essays that show the American South in comparative perspective
Revising the Blueprint
Ann Petry and the Literary Left
A reassessment of the African American novelist and her position in the canon in the years following World War II
Organ Theft Legends
An unflinching exploration of the sources of gruesome tales of bodily harm
Conversations with Mary McCarthy
Collected interviews with the well-known and forthright author of twenty-four books and countless reviews and essays
Conversations with Anaïs Nin
A collection of conversations with one of the most confessional and erotic of modern writers.
Spirit of the Delta
The Art of Carolyn Norris
A retrospective of an inspirational self-taught artist from the Mississippi Delta
I Always Wanted to Fly
America’s Cold War Airmen
Pilots and crewmen remembering the Berlin Airlift, Korea, Vietnam, and secret flights over the Soviet Union
Frank Capra
The Catastrophe of Success
The story of a life tragically at odds with the idealism of Capra’s Americana