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.
Faulkner and Gender
A study of gender in the works of the Nobel Prize author. Thirteen original papers from the annual Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference held in 1994 at the University of Mississippi
Conversations with John Cheever
Interviews with the author of The Wapshot Scandel and Bullet Park
Conversations with Grace Paley
Interviews with the author of The Little Disturbances of Man, Later the Same Day, and Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
Conversations with William H. Gass
Interviews with the author of Omensetter’s Luck and The Tunnel
Abraham Polonsky
Interviews
Interviews with the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Body and Soul and the director of Force of Evil and Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
Visionary Women Writers of Chicago's Black Arts Movement
A study that highlights the central role African American women writers played in creating the lasting impact and image of the movement
Clint Eastwood
Interviews, Revised and Updated
Interviews with the Oscar-winning director of Unforgiven and Million Dollar Baby
Faulkner and Ideology
Thirteen original papers from the Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conferences held in 1992 at the University of Mississippi
Chainsaw Sculptor
The Art of J. Chester "Skip" Armstrong
The art and career of a western sculptor whose amazing performance with a power saw gives life to astonishing creations
The Properties of Violence
Claims to Ownership in Representations of Lynching
A study in the representative forms of lynching violence and their effects
Conversations with Tim O'Brien
Interviews with the author of Going After Cacciato and The Things They Carried
Lew Ayres
Hollywood's Conscientious Objector
A biography of the accomplished actor and staunch pacifist who changed the way America considers grounds for conscientious objection
Juke Joint
An iconic masterpiece available again in hardcover
Dennis Hopper
Interviews
Collected interviews spanning from 1957 to 2009 with the popular bad-boy actor and rebel director of Easy Rider
Revolt of the Tar Heels
The North Carolina Populist Movement, 1890-1901
The history of a brief but powerful coalition of Populists, Republicans, and African Americans
Faulkner and Material Culture
Essays exploring the Nobel Laureate’s literary uses of the worldly material around him
Conversations with Greil Marcus
Collected interviews with the renowned American author, music journalist, and cultural critic
Fire in the Morning
A great writer’s first novel of a southern family’s vendetta
Saved by Song
A History of Gospel and Christian Music
A comprehensive resource on a foundational American musical form
Ragged but Right
Black Traveling Shows, "Coon Songs," and the Dark Pathway to Blues and Jazz
The groundbreaking study of “coon songs” and ragtime in black musical comedies, circus sideshows, and tented minstrel shows
A Lifetime Burning
A novel of passion denied and a woman’s enduring search for love and truth
Campus Traditions
Folklore from the Old-Time College to the Modern Mega-University
How American campus life shapes students, and how students shape campus lore
A Unique Slant of Light
The Bicentennial History of Art in Louisiana
A lushly illustrated celebration of two centuries of creative work from Louisiana
Death in the Delta
Uncovering a Mississippi Family Secret
A search for the truth behind a fateful shoot out and decades-old cover up
Cajun Foodways
A study of the relationship between Cajun food and modern Cajun ethnic identity
Hollywood Unknowns
A History of Extras, Bit Players, and Stand-Ins
The untold tale of bit players, doubles, Central Casting, and extras in American film
Big Band Jazz in Black West Virginia, 1930–1942
A study of how jazz greats dazzled and enlivened coal towns during the Great Depression
The Rock Cried Out
A restless, young generation collides with a South in transition
Exploring American Folk Music
Ethnic, Grassroots, and Regional Traditions in the United States
The perfect introduction to the many strains of American-made music