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.
Crooked Snake
The Life and Crimes of Albert Lepard
The true story of a kidnapper’s calamitous criminal life as told by the man he abducted
China in the Mix
Cinema, Sound, and Popular Culture in the Age of Globalization
A study of sound in the film and media industry of China, especially its music and multilingual soundtrack, that amplifies a vibrantly changing national power and global order
Can’t Stand Still
Taylor Gordon and the Harlem Renaissance
The first biography of a singer who was once one of the most significant African American male vocalists in America
You Don’t Know Jack
A Storyteller Goes to School
An examination of storytelling and story making using Jack tales as a metaphor to talk about teaching and telling
Sports Crazy
How Sports Are Sabotaging American Schools
A reasoned, radical proposal to overhaul American school sports and free education from the madness of competition and entertainment
Openness of Comics
Generating Meaning within Flexible Structures
How comics generate significance and weave images and words into a narrative art
Faulkner and the Native South
An exploration of the Nobel laureate’s engagement with Native Americans and the ways in which Native American writing illuminates Faulkner
Captain Marvel and the Art of Nostalgia
The marvelous story of innovators C. C. Beck and Otto Binder and their mighty American hero
Three Years in Mississippi
The first-person account of a daring, extraordinary blow against segregation
The Paintings and Drawings of Clarence Major
A showcase of skillful artwork from the renowned artist