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.
On the Ground
The Black Panther Party in Communities across America
Essays revising the Panther’s image, emphasizing tireless community organizing and assistance to the underprivileged
Ghosts along the Mississippi River
A collection of the most frightening and lasting haunts along America’s mighty river
Eudora Welty
A Form of Thanks
Defender of the Faith
The High Court of Mississippi, 1817-1875
Caribbean Visionary
A. R. F. Webber and the Making of the Guyanese Nation
A critical biography of a major intellectual who struggled for justice against colonialism
Angola to Zydeco
Louisiana Lives
Perspectives from a longtime observer of the magic, artistry, and verve of Acadiana
Transformed
A White Mississippi Pastor’s Journey into Civil Rights and Beyond
How a clergyman joined his mayor and fellow ministers to defy massive resistance
Hollywood Madonna
Loretta Young
The first comprehensive biography of the talented devout Catholic who deceived the world by falsely adopting her love child
George A. Romero
Interviews
Interviews with the director of Night of the Living Dead and many other zombie movies
Vietnam Remembered
The Folk Art of Marine Combat Veteran Michael D. Cousino, Sr.
A study of a Marine veteran’s dioramas that translate the Vietnam War into art that is both a personal and a communal restorative
The Trickster Comes West
Pan-African Influence in Early Black Diasporan Narratives
How African influences enriched narratives from enslaved and free blacks writing in Britain and the New World
Sitting in Darkness
New South Fiction, Education, and the Rise of Jim Crow Colonialism, 1865-1920
A study of postbellum fiction and its engagement in debates over African American education and America's new colonial territories
Shakespeare and Southern Writers
A Study in Influence
A collection of essays that documents the indebtedness and thematic similarities uniting Shakespeare and eight southern authors
Is There a Southern Political Tradition?
A company of scholars survey the spectrum of southern politics and politicians and attempt to answer the question "Is there a southern political tradition?"
Calling Out Liberty
The Stono Slave Rebellion and the Universal Struggle for Human Rights
A study of one of the earliest organized slave rebellions in colonial America and its far-reaching effects
Against Great Odds
The History of Alcorn State University
The history of the first land-grant academic institution for African Americans.
Visual Vitriol
The Street Art and Subcultures of the Punk and Hardcore Generation
How the punk scene’s do-it-yourself flyers and posters create a lens into the pounding heart of the music and movement
African American Preachers and Politics
The Careys of Chicago
The story of two African American ministers and their struggle to balance both sacred and secular worlds
Conversations with Michael Crichton
The first collection of conversations and interviews with the author who is known as the "father of the techno-thriller"
Kewpies and Beyond
The World of Rose O'Neill
The life and times of the Kewpie doll and its fascinating socially conscious creator