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.
I'm Just Dead, I'm Not Gone
A passionate insider’s account from a major mover and shaker in the American music scene
Hazel Brannon Smith
The Female Crusading Scalawag
How one woman and her newspaper defied the white status quo and won a Pulitzer Prize
Beyond Control
The Mississippi River’s New Channel to the Gulf of Mexico
A detailed chronicle of how the wild Mississippi will eventually deliver a cataclysm
A Year in Mississippi
Glorious moments from all of Mississippi’s seasons in the Capital, the Delta, the Hill Country, the Piney Woods, and on the Coast
Vampires and Zombies
Transcultural Migrations and Transnational Interpretations
Essays that hunt down what happens when the undead go global
On the Graphic Novel
An essential history of the narrative art form’s global rise
Flight Risk
Memoirs of a New Orleans Bad Boy
A rebellious native son attempts to escape the magnetic pull of New Orleans
Three Lives for Mississippi
The only complete, on-the-scene account of the heinous Freedom Summer murders in Mississippi
Asian Comics
The wide-ranging, authoritative story of thriving comics production and creativity in Asia
Freedom Rider Diary
Smuggled Notes from Parchman Prison
One woman’s harrowing, unforgettable account from the nadir of Jim Crow Mississippi
The Artist's Sketch
A Biography of Painter Kate Freeman Clark
The unexpected story of a painter who flourished then withdrew and a small town’s discovery of a treasure
Negotiating Difference in French Louisiana Music
Categories, Stereotypes, and Identifications
How Louisiana musicians and audiences negotiate with difference and shape a common musical heritage
Right to Revolt
The Crusade for Racial Justice in Mississippi's Central Piney Woods
A revelation of the valorous nonviolent efforts wielded to motivate change in a “moderate” part of the segregated South
Rough South, Rural South
Region and Class in Recent Southern Literature
A critical companion to the striking variety of contemporary southern literature
Martin Scorsese
Interviews, Revised and Updated
This collection traces Scorsese’s evolution from the earliest days of the New American Cinema, his work with Roger Corman, and his days at New York University’s film program to his efforts to preserve the legacy of cinema, his documentary work, and his recent string of successes.
Ain't There No More
Louisiana's Disappearing Coastal Plain
A harrowing account of coastal erosion, long neglect, and a man-made disaster in the Bayou State
The Good Doctors
The Medical Committee for Human Rights and the Struggle for Social Justice in Health Care
The extraordinary tale of health care professionals who fought the crippling effects of segregation and challenged the medical establishment
Peter Bogdanovich
Interviews
Interviews with the director of The Last Picture Show, What’s Up Doc?, and Daisy Miller
Brian De Palma's Split-Screen
A Life in Film
A biographical approach to the films of a controversial and provocative director
Alexander Payne
Interviews
Interviews with the director of Citizen Ruth, Nebraska, and The Descendants