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.
Mort Walker
Conversations
A collection of interviews and articles from 1938-2004 that shows how the cartoonist managed to keep his art and stories fresh for over seventy years of production
Just Making Movies
Company Directors on the Studio System
Reflections from the filmmakers who kept screens flickering in the big studio era
Fred Zinnemann
Interviews
Over thirty years of interviews that provide a revealing glimpse into the director’s vision as he discusses his varied experiences as a filmmaker
The Magic Behind the Voices
A Who's Who of Cartoon Voice Actors
Stories of the actors who gave voice to SpongeBob SquarePants, Beavis and Butthead, Bart and Homer Simpson, Bugs Bunny, Mickey Mouse, and many more animated characters
Conversations with John le Carre
Collected interviews in which the acclaimed writer talks about his craft, the nature of language, the literature that he loves, and the ways in which his own life influences the creation of, and characters within, his novels
Carville
Remembering Leprosy in America
Personal accounts of life in America’s last colony for sufferers of Hansen’s disease
Choctaw Tales
A treasury of tribal lore told by past and present Choctaw storytellers
Coming Home! Self-Taught Artists, the Bible, and the American South
A fascinating examination of the Bible’s influence on seventy-three self-taught artists and 122 works of art
Great Houses of Mississippi
Superb text and stunning photographs that capture the antebellum grandeur of thirty-five showcase homes
Francis Ford Coppola
Interviews
These interviews show how the director of The Godfather and The Godfather: Part II evolved from hotshot film maverick to elder statesman of American cinema.
Castle in the Gloom
A literary thriller in which terror and captivity salvage a disintegrating marriage
Witnessing
Essays that affirm the writer’s lifelong role as witness to humanity and history
Stories from the Haunted South
Your guide to the locations and lore of some of Dixie’s spookiest spots
Hurricane Camille
Monster Storm of the Gulf Coast
In the voices of its survivors, the history of one of America’s most devastating storms
Understanding Mental Retardation
A resource for parents, caregivers, and counselors
Pacific Skies
American Flyers in World War II
Airmen remembering the perils of combat in the skies over the Pacific
Conversations with Ray Bradbury
George Stevens
Interviews
Interviews that showcase the deep moral vision of a director who is as meticulous, discerning, and contemplative in his conversations as he is in his filmmaking
Elvis and Gladys
A intimate story of the King of Rock ’n’ Roll and his adoring mother
R. Crumb
Conversations
In this collection of interviews that spans from the late 1960s to the beginning of the twenty-first century, the comic artist proves to be iconoclastic, opinionated, and impervious to the commercial moods of the public
Interviews with Edward W. Said
These engaging conversations show how this influential figure’s insights have made a considerable impact on the practices of many disciplines
The Sinking of the USS Cairo
Previously untold, the true story of the Union ironclad, the first man-of-war sunk in combat by a naval torpedo
Conversations with Gloria Naylor
Collected interviews with the author of The Women of Brewster Place, The Men of Brewster Place, and Linden Hills
Breaking the Rule of Cool
Interviewing and Reading Women Beat Writers
American Raiders
The Race to Capture the Luftwaffe’s Secrets
A riveting account of the American servicemen who scrambled to keep Hitler’s technology out of Soviet hands
Pilgrimage from Darkness
Nuremberg to Jerusalem
The story of a former Hitler Youth’s journey to Judaism