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.
Confessions of a Southern Beauty Queen
A coming-of-age story of a young woman navigating a turbulent and changing South
Voices of Black Folk
The Sermons of Reverend A. W. Nix
An in-depth study of the influence and conflicting interpretations of Black vocal heritage in the 1920s
The Unexceptional Case of Haiti
Race and Class Privilege in Postcolonial Bourgeois Society
A deeply researched upending of the trope of Haiti as the Black Republic
Laugh Lines
Humor, Genre, and Political Critique in Late Twentieth-Century American Poetry
An innovative redress of the long critical inattention to the power of humor in recent verse
Hearing Brazil
Music and Histories in Minas Gerais
A critical exploration of key musical legacies in the Brazilian state
Equipping Space Cadets
Primary Science Fiction for Young Children
A scholarly exploration of how children’s books embrace and wrestle with the science fiction genre
The Golden Age Musicals of Darryl F. Zanuck
The Gentleman Preferred Blondes
The first book to explore the impact the innovative studio executive had on American movie musicals
Asian-Cajun Fusion
Shrimp from the Bay to the Bayou
A lushly illustrated and complete history of Louisiana's shrimping industry
The Green Mister Rogers
Environmentalism in Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
An in-depth exploration of the environmentalism in the beloved children’s television program
The Geographies of African American Short Fiction
A long-overdue history of short stories, place, and the significance of setting on racial representation
The Films of Delmer Daves
Visions of Progress in Mid-Twentieth-Century America
A scholarly exploration of a forgotten director’s body of work
The Edward Tales
A focused character study of a recurring figure in the fiction of one of Mississippi’s greatest writers
The Edward Tales
A focused character study of a recurring figure in the fiction of one of Mississippi’s greatest writers
Fear, Hate, and Victimhood
How George Wallace Wrote the Donald Trump Playbook
A blistering critique of the rhetoric of two candidates and how President Trump succeeded
Exposing Mississippi
Eudora Welty's Photographic Reflections
The first book-length work to look critically at Eudora Welty’s work as a photographer
Motherland, Fatherland, Whateverland
Searching for Home
From the former Dutch East Indies to the Mississippi Delta, the touching, true story of a man’s search for home
Su Friedrich
Interviews
A collection of interviews with the acclaimed avant-garde filmmaker whose innovations of narrative, documentary, and experimental style explore the roles of gender, family, and sexuality in contemporary America
Little Women at 150
A new exploration of the lasting affection and appreciation of the beloved children’s novel
Ghost Channels
Paranormal Reality Television and the Haunting of Twenty-First-Century America
The first scholarly study of the frighteningly popular paranormal reality television genre