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.
Gardening Southern Style
A common-sense guide to gardening in the Magnolia Zone written by Mississippi’s favorite philosopher on good gardening
Conversations with Peter Taylor
Gathers interviews with the Tennessee short story writer in which he discusses his career, writing, character development themes, settings, and growing older
The Magic Carpet and Other Tales
For all readers a spectacular book combining the arts of illustration and narrative
Conversations with Arthur Miller
Conversations with Erskine Caldwell
Conversations with Norman Mailer
Conversations with the genre-bending creator of The Naked and the Dead, Executioner's Song, and Armies of the Night
The Yazoo River
An immensely pleasurable book that unlocks the door to one of the most unusual and diverse regions in the U.S., the culturally rich Delta flatland embraced by two rivers, the Mississippi and the Yazoo
Come Retribution
The Confederate Secret Service and the Assassination of Lincoln
An astonishing book that reveals the Confederacy’s role in the death of Lincoln