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.
Mississippi John Hurt
His Life, His Times, His Blues
The first biography of the blues revival’s most influential and authentic musician
Conversations with Will D. Campbell
The first collection of interviews with the preacher, activist, and author of Brother to a Dragonfly and Forty Acres and a Goat
Forty Acres and a Goat
A call with no steeple from the preacher with no pulpit
The Comics of Charles Schulz
The Good Grief of Modern Life
An unparalleled gathering of research devoted to one of the world’s most influential comic strips
Stephen Sondheim and the Reinvention of the American Musical
How the preeminent Broadway composer bridged the gap between Rodgers and Hammerstein and postmodernism
Spiritualism in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans
The Life and Times of Henry Louis Rey
Extraordinary insight into Creoles of color and their religious culture
Graphic Novels for Children and Young Adults
A Collection of Critical Essays
An examination of the tremendous influence and power of US comics for youth in the twenty-first century
The Jazz Pilgrimage of Gerald Wilson
The journey of an innovative musical legend who fused Latin sounds and jazz
The 10 Cent War
Comic Books, Propaganda, and World War II
The story of how the comic book industry anticipated the fight against fascism and helped sustain America’s war effort
Deep South Dispatch
Memoir of a Civil Rights Journalist
A compelling memoir from the front lines of the civil rights movement
Mississippi Writers
Reflections of Childhood and Youth: Volume III: Poetry
Poetry recounting the experience of growing up in the Deep South
No Small Thing
The 1963 Mississippi Freedom Vote
A history that redefines the beginning of the fight for black suffrage
Rencontres sur le Mississipi, 1682-1763
For French-language students, a reader of authentic texts from the period of French influence in the lower Mississippi Valley
Southern Splendor
Saving Architectural Treasures of the Old South
An illustrated exploration of the legacies and restoration of historic antebellum homes in the South
A Past That Won't Rest
Images of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi
Incredible photos documenting the struggle for social change in Mississippi
Discovering Cat Island
Photographs and History
A visually stunning photographic tour of Cat Island and its many historical sites
Brother to a Dragonfly
The National Book Award-nominated memoir of a preacher, author, and civil rights activist
The Woman Fantastic in Contemporary American Media Culture
How the incredible heroine has evolved and shaped television, film, comic books, and literature
Monsters in the Machine
Science Fiction Film and the Militarization of America after World War II
How science fiction reinvigorated the horror film to express and soothe Cold War fears