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.
Conversations with Nalo Hopkinson
Interviews with the queer Jamaican-born Canadian speculative fiction writer and editor known for her novels Brown Girl in the Ring, Midnight Robber, The Salt Roads, The New Moon's Arms, The Chaos, and Sister Mine
Children, Deafness, and Deaf Cultures in Popular Media
An essential study on portrayals of D/deaf experiences in children’s literature and popular culture
Asghar Farhadi
Interviews
Collected interviews with the celebrated international filmmaker of A Hero, A Separation, and Dancing in the Dust, who became Iran’s most prominent director and one of the great dramatist filmmakers of his generation
Emma's Postcard Album
Black Lives in the Early Twentieth Century
A microhistory of the African American experience in early twentieth-century America through the correspondence of one young woman
Reproducing Domination
On the Caribbean Postcolonial State
A comprehensive collection of essays from a renowned postcolonial scholar
Rags and Bones
An Exploration of The Band
The first scholarly study of one of the most renowned groups in the history of rock ’n’ roll
Our Portion of Hell
Fayette County, Tennessee: An Oral History of the Struggle for Civil Rights
A powerful documentary account of the struggle for voting rights in a southern community
Literacy in a Long Blues Note
Black Women’s Literature and Music in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
An analysis of the literary strategies wielded by Black women during the oppressive Jim Crow years
Jazz à la Creole
French Creole Music and the Birth of Jazz
The first scholarly volume dedicated to French Creole music and its contribution to the development of jazz in New Orleans
Conversations with Joe R. Lansdale
Hard-to-find interviews with the ten-time Bram Stoker Award-winning writer of the Hap and Leonard short stories, Bubba Ho-Tep, and episodes of Batman: The Animated Series and Superman: The Animated Series
Containing Childhood
Space and Identity in Children’s Literature
A critical exploration of space in children’s literature and how those spaces affect child characters and readers
Authenticating Whiteness
Karens, Selfies, and Pop Stars
A critical examination of authenticity as a strategy of whiteness in popular media
Creole Soul
Zydeco Lives
A vividly photographed journey through the world of zydeco music
Going Up the Country
Adventures in Blues Fieldwork in the 1960s
A fascinating collaboration from two scholars working in the South during a crucial point in blues history
Heritage and Hoop Skirts
How Natchez Created the Old South
How Depression-era women rallied for preservation and manufactured a lasting tourism mythos
To the Ramparts of Infinity
Colonel W. C. Falkner and the Ripley Railroad
An in-depth exploration of the life and works of the man who would one day serve as a model and influence to his great-grandson, William Faulkner
Smoker beyond the Sea
The Story of Puerto Rican Tobacco
The first narrative to weave together the many threads of tobacco history in Puerto Rico
Rugs, Guitars, and Fiddling
Intensification and the Rich Modern Lives of Traditional Arts
A groundbreaking analysis that focuses on how current, widely enjoyed expressive culture retains its traditionality while recruiting new fans
After Midnight
Watchmen after Watchmen
The first scholarly exploration of three important Watchmen adaptations
A Centennial Celebration of The Brownies’ Book
A celebration of the beloved and consequential children’s magazine
William Faulkner Day by Day
A fascinating and in-depth exploration into the life of one of America’s greatest authors
Political Animal
The Life and Times of Stewart Butler
A fascinating portrait of the forgotten life of a pioneer in Louisiana’s LGBTQ+ culture and political history
Women Who Invented the Sixties
Ella Baker, Jane Jacobs, Rachel Carson, and Betty Friedan
A riveting new biography exploring four women’s fundamental roles in creating the 1960s as we know them today and their lasting legacies
Webspinner
Songs, Stories, and Reflections of Duncan Williamson, Scottish Traveller
An exploration into the life, family, and art of one of the world’s premier storytellers
The LGBTQ+ Comics Studies Reader
Critical Openings, Future Directions
An essential volume that acknowledges and celebrates the power of LGBTQ+ comics
The Cinema of Stephanie Rothman
Radical Acts in Filmmaking
An examination of the directorial labor of one of the only women filmmakers working in second-wave exploitation
Encountering Pennywise
Critical Perspectives on Stephen King’s IT
A scholarly study focused on one of Stephen King’s most beloved and frightening novels
Blues and Trouble
Twelve Stories
Now back in print, the debut story collection from a celebrated American writer
Wasn’t That a Mighty Day
African American Blues and Gospel Songs on Disaster
A complex portrait of music, memory, and commemoration through a unique lens