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.

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Mort Walker

Conversations

Edited by Jason Whiton
University Press of Mississippi

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

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Just Making Movies

Company Directors on the Studio System

University Press of Mississippi

Reflections from the filmmakers who kept screens flickering in the big studio era

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Fred Zinnemann

Interviews

Edited by Gabriel Miller
University Press of Mississippi

Over thirty years of interviews that provide a revealing glimpse into the director’s vision as he discusses his varied experiences as a filmmaker

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The Magic Behind the Voices

A Who's Who of Cartoon Voice Actors

University Press of Mississippi

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

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Conversations with John le Carre

University Press of Mississippi

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

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Carville

Remembering Leprosy in America

University Press of Mississippi

Personal accounts of life in America’s last colony for sufferers of Hansen’s disease

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Real Football

Conversations on America's Game

University Press of Mississippi
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Timber

A Photographic History of Mississippi Forestry

University Press of Mississippi

Photographs documenting the timber industry’s destruction and restoration of Mississippi’s great natural resource

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Choctaw Tales

University Press of Mississippi

A treasury of tribal lore told by past and present Choctaw storytellers

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Coming Home! Self-Taught Artists, the Bible, and the American South

Edited by Carol Crown; Foreword by Mary C. Ingersoll
University Press of Mississippi

A fascinating examination of the Bible’s influence on seventy-three self-taught artists and 122 works of art

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Great Houses of Mississippi

Text by Mary Carol Miller; Photographs by Mary Rose Carter
University Press of Mississippi

Superb text and stunning photographs that capture the antebellum grandeur of thirty-five showcase homes

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Francis Ford Coppola

Interviews

University Press of Mississippi

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.

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Castle in the Gloom

University Press of Mississippi

A literary thriller in which terror and captivity salvage a disintegrating marriage

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Witnessing

University Press of Mississippi

Essays that affirm the writer’s lifelong role as witness to humanity and history

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Stories from the Haunted South

University Press of Mississippi

Your guide to the locations and lore of some of Dixie’s spookiest spots

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Tallulah

My Autobiography

University Press of Mississippi

In her own words, the life of the inimitable actress known for her daring ways and distinctive foghorn voice

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Hurricane Camille

Monster Storm of the Gulf Coast

University Press of Mississippi

In the voices of its survivors, the history of one of America’s most devastating storms

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Understanding Mental Retardation

University Press of Mississippi

A resource for parents, caregivers, and counselors

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Pacific Skies

American Flyers in World War II

University Press of Mississippi

Airmen remembering the perils of combat in the skies over the Pacific

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Conversations with Ray Bradbury

University Press of Mississippi
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George Stevens

Interviews

Edited by Paul Cronin
University Press of Mississippi

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

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Elvis and Gladys

University Press of Mississippi

A intimate story of the King of Rock ’n’ Roll and his adoring mother

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R. Crumb

Conversations

Edited by D. K. Holm
University Press of Mississippi

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

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Interviews with Edward W. Said

University Press of Mississippi

These engaging conversations show how this influential figure’s insights have made a considerable impact on the practices of many disciplines

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Conversations with Audre Lorde

Edited by Joan Wylie Hall
University Press of Mississippi
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The Sinking of the USS Cairo

University Press of Mississippi

Previously untold, the true story of the Union ironclad, the first man-of-war sunk in combat by a naval torpedo

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Conversations with Gloria Naylor

University Press of Mississippi

Collected interviews with the author of The Women of Brewster Place, The Men of Brewster Place, and Linden Hills

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Breaking the Rule of Cool

Interviewing and Reading Women Beat Writers

University Press of Mississippi
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American Raiders

The Race to Capture the Luftwaffe’s Secrets

University Press of Mississippi

A riveting account of the American servicemen who scrambled to keep Hitler’s technology out of Soviet hands

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Pilgrimage from Darkness

Nuremberg to Jerusalem

University Press of Mississippi

The story of a former Hitler Youth’s journey to Judaism

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