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.
Panther Tract
Wild Boar Hunting in the Mississippi Delta
Photographs and tales that revel in the tradition-rich lore of dogs, horses, and hunters pursuing wild boar
Sex, Race, and the Role of Women in the South
Six essays examining the role and relationship of southern women in a world complicated by racial and class antagonisms
Last Barriers
Photographs of Wilderness in the Gulf Islands National Seashore
A stunning record of the once-pristine beauty of the islands shielding Mississippi's Gulf Coast
Stories from Home
Yarns from the Mississippi-born comedian declared the funniest American storyteller since Will Rogers
Lincoln Apostate
The Matson Slave Case
How the "Great Emancipator" found himself in court defending a slave owner's claim to human chattels
Manners and Southern History
Essays questioning the role of etiquette in the South from Civil War times through the civil rights era
Joss Whedon
Conversations
Conversations and interviews with the critically acclaimed creator of the television hit Buffy the Vampire Slayer and many other sci-fi/fantasy favorites
Striking Performances/Performing Strikes
A look at how two groups of protesters promoted their agendas by mock performances.
What Made the South Different?
A scholarly collection of essays that show the American South in comparative perspective
Revising the Blueprint
Ann Petry and the Literary Left
A reassessment of the African American novelist and her position in the canon in the years following World War II
Organ Theft Legends
An unflinching exploration of the sources of gruesome tales of bodily harm
Conversations with Mary McCarthy
Collected interviews with the well-known and forthright author of twenty-four books and countless reviews and essays
Conversations with Anaïs Nin
A collection of conversations with one of the most confessional and erotic of modern writers.
Spirit of the Delta
The Art of Carolyn Norris
A retrospective of an inspirational self-taught artist from the Mississippi Delta
I Always Wanted to Fly
America’s Cold War Airmen
Pilots and crewmen remembering the Berlin Airlift, Korea, Vietnam, and secret flights over the Soviet Union
Frank Capra
The Catastrophe of Success
The story of a life tragically at odds with the idealism of Capra’s Americana
Buryin' Daddy
Putting My Lebanese, Catholic, Southern Baptist Childhood to Rest
How one woman embraced her roots and reconciled with her family and Dixie
Black Greek-Letter Organizations 2.0
New Directions in the Study of African American Fraternities and Sororities
How black fraternities and sororities remain vital in a transformed world
Conversations with Walter Mosley
Interviews with the creator of the Easy Rawlins detective series and the Socrates Fortlow series of crime novels
Searching for John Ford
The definitive biography of one of Hollywood’s master directors