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.
M. Night Shyamalan
Interviews
Two decades of interviews with the visionary filmmaker of such successful films as The Sixth Sense, Signs, and Unbreakable
Finding Myself Lost in Louisiana
One writer’s odyssey through Louisiana folklore and history as he searches for the true meaning of home
A Seat at the Table
Black Women Public Intellectuals in US History and Culture
A sounding of a profound, lasting imprint on intellectual history
Love Letter from Pig
My Brother's Story of Freedom Summer
An inspiring, deeply personal story about a tumultuous period in civil rights history
This Light of Ours
Activist Photographers of the Civil Rights Movement
An astonishing visual record taken by photographers directly engaged in the struggle
The Poacher's Nightmare
Stories of an Undercover Game Warden
The thrilling memoir of a covert wildlife agent
The Ballad of Karla Faye Tucker
A riveting true story of a Texas murder that captivated a nation and the evangelical voices who fought for Karla Faye Tucker’s clemency
Terror and Truth
Civil Rights Tourism and the Mississippi Movement
The first critical examination of Mississippi’s civil rights tourism industry
Exploring the Land of Ooo
An Unofficial Overview and Production History of Cartoon Network's Adventure Time
An extremely addictive, high-intensity, MATHEMATICAL! look at the world of a beloved animated television series
Djeha, the North African Trickster
The first annotated English translation of sixty ancient folktales featuring an icon of the Maghreb
Cloverfield
Creatures and Catastrophes in Post-9/11 Cinema
The first comprehensive study of a franchise that revived giant creature attacks and plumbed the traumatized human psyche
Activism in the Name of God
Religion and Black Feminist Public Intellectuals from the Nineteenth Century to the Present
An extensive collection that highlights the contributions of often-forgotten Black women in the public sphere
Sylvia Plath Day by Day, Volume 1
1932-1955
A fascinating investigation into the life and art of one of America’s greatest poets
Path to Grace
Reimagining the Civil Rights Movement
Remarkable narratives from the heretofore unsung champions of the civil rights movement
Starmaker
David O. Selznick and the Production of Stars in the Hollywood Studio System
A thorough study of the legendary producer and his creative business savvy
Pieces of Freedom
The Emancipation Sculptures of Edmonia Lewis and Meta Warrick Fuller
A visual narrative of the Black emancipation experience, voiced through the sculptures of two nineteenth-century African American female artists
Conversations with Jimmy Carter
Interviews that capture the complexities and contradictions that have defined Carter’s life as a national public figure for the last fifty years—and that have helped to both reflect and shape the highest aspirations of the American experiment
Matria Redux
Caribbean Women Novelize the Past
A feminist exploration of postcolonial Caribbean literature, analyzed within the framework of an imagined maternal space and time
Making Music
The Banjo in a Southern Appalachian County
An intimate look at the role of the banjo in a long-standing, joyful musical tradition vital to the Appalachian region