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.
The Films of Fred Schepisi
A thorough treatment of the Australian director’s methods, output, and brilliant global arc
Taking a Stand
Contemporary US Stand-Up Comedians as Public Intellectuals
A comprehensive study of comedy as social discourse and how comedians influence public opinion
Playing Jazz in Socialist Vietnam
Quyền Văn Minh and Jazz in Hà Nội
The inspiring story of the godfather of Vietnamese jazz
Otto Preminger
Interviews
A collection of interviews with the prolific Austro-Hungarian-born director known for challenging the status quo in Hollywood throughout his trailblazing career directing films like The Moon is Blue, The Man with the Golden Arm, and Anatomy of a Murder
Otto Preminger
Interviews
A collection of interviews with the prolific Austro-Hungarian-born director known for challenging the status quo in Hollywood throughout his trailblazing career directing films like The Moon is Blue, The Man with the Golden Arm, and Anatomy of a Murder
Erna Brodber and Velma Pollard
Folklore and Culture in Jamaica
An exploration of two sisters’ writings that emphasizes Jamaica from a local perspective
Curious about George
Curious George, Cultural Icons, Colonialism, and US Exceptionalism
The first book-length study of one of literature’s most valuable, ubiquitous children’s characters
Worlds beyond My Window
The Life and Work of Gertrude McCarty Smith
A kaleidoscope of creativity explodes on the page from one of the South’s most underappreciated artists
The Jazz Masters
Setting the Record Straight
An unprecedented jam session on memories and music from the best in jazz
The Jazz Masters
Setting the Record Straight
An unprecedented jam session on memories and music from the best in jazz
Reconstructing Southern Rhetoric
A collection of new essays that redefine and restructure how communication scholars study the South
Poetic Song Verse
Blues-Based Popular Music and Poetry
A thorough explication and revelation of the literary power in blues-fueled songwriting
Maria W. Stewart and the Roots of Black Political Thought
A biography of a trailblazer for abolition, gender equality, and social justice
Gorey Secrets
Artistic and Literary Inspirations behind Divers Books by Edward Gorey
A brilliant tour of the bookshelf and galleries that inspired one of the most literate, sophisticated, and wildly funny graphic masters of our time
Critical Essays on the Writings of Lillian Smith
The first collection of critical essays to explore the Georgia writer’s vast work and activism
Black Panther
Interrogating a Cultural Phenomenon
The first in-depth study of one of Marvel’s most successful and culturally impactful films
A Sportsman's Journey
Expressive reminders of the power and spiritual pull of the natural world
Where Misfits Fit
Counterculture and Influence in the Ozarks
How the hardscrabble borderland frontier of the Ozarks nurtured zones of creativity, community, and cults
Transforming Girls
The Work of Nineteenth-Century Adolescence
A study of nineteenth-century young adult literature that refocuses the history of girls’ books and female adolescence in the United States and Germany
The Artistic Activism of Elombe Brath
Collected for the first time, an exploration of the artwork and commentary of a forgotten activist during the civil rights movement