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.

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Conversations with Gwendolyn Brooks

University Press of Mississippi
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Assembling Art

The Machine and the American Avant-Garde

University Press of Mississippi

An examination of early modernism’s revolutionary alliance with the machine

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Florida's Miracle Strip

From Redneck Riviera to Emerald Coast

University Press of Mississippi

A nostalgic romp through the tourist attractions and vintage hotels of the Sunshine State’s Gulf Coast

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Mass Media and the Shaping of American Feminism, 1963-1975

University Press of Mississippi

An alarming look at how the media curtailed feminism

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Pedro Almodóvar

Interviews

University Press of Mississippi

A collection of interviews that documents the twenty-two-year cinematic career of the most internationally celebrated Spanish art-film director since Luís Buñuel

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Robert Aldrich

Interviews

University Press of Mississippi

In this collection of interviews, the filmmaker tells fascinating stories of making motion pictures with such film legends as Burt Lancaster, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Burt Reynolds, and many others

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After Removal

The Choctaw in Mississippi

University Press of Mississippi

A collection of essays focused upon the vestige of the Choctaw tribe that remained in Mississippi after the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek had exiled most of this tribe to the Oklahoma Territory

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The Choctaw before Removal

University Press of Mississippi

A book of eight essays focused on Choctaw history prior to 1830, when the tribe forfeited territorial claims and was removed from lands in Mississippi

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Terry Gilliam

Interviews

University Press of Mississippi

A collection of interviews with the renowned filmmaker, animator, artist, and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe

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Trumpet Records

Diamonds on Farish Street

University Press of Mississippi

In a new edition, the history of a regional record company and the blues, gospel, and R&B greats it launched nationally

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Frank Capra

Interviews

Edited by Leland Poague
University Press of Mississippi

This collection of interviews portrays the Capra legend vividly and demonstrates why the warm relations between Capra and his audiences continue to inspire acclaim and admiration

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Soldier's Son

University Press of Mississippi
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Voodoo Queen

The Spirited Lives of Marie Laveau

University Press of Mississippi

The lives and times of the two most powerful spiritual women in Creole New Orleans

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Shebang

University Press of Mississippi

The rollicking story of an aunt and her nephew thrown together to fashion a family

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Lauren's Line

University Press of Mississippi

A satirical novel unveiling faculty shenanigans on an urban campus

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Pilgrimage from Darkness

Nuremberg to Jerusalem

University Press of Mississippi

The story of a former Hitler Youth’s journey to Judaism

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American Raiders

The Race to Capture the Luftwaffe’s Secrets

University Press of Mississippi

A riveting account of the American servicemen who scrambled to keep Hitler’s technology out of Soviet hands

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Breaking the Rule of Cool

Interviewing and Reading Women Beat Writers

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Conversations with Gloria Naylor

University Press of Mississippi

Collected interviews with the author of The Women of Brewster Place, The Men of Brewster Place, and Linden Hills

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The Sinking of the USS Cairo

University Press of Mississippi

Previously untold, the true story of the Union ironclad, the first man-of-war sunk in combat by a naval torpedo

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Conversations with Audre Lorde

Edited by Joan Wylie Hall
University Press of Mississippi
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Interviews with Edward W. Said

University Press of Mississippi

These engaging conversations show how this influential figure’s insights have made a considerable impact on the practices of many disciplines

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R. Crumb

Conversations

Edited by D. K. Holm
University Press of Mississippi

In this collection of interviews that spans from the late 1960s to the beginning of the twenty-first century, the comic artist proves to be iconoclastic, opinionated, and impervious to the commercial moods of the public

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Elvis and Gladys

University Press of Mississippi

A intimate story of the King of Rock ’n’ Roll and his adoring mother

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George Stevens

Interviews

Edited by Paul Cronin
University Press of Mississippi

Interviews that showcase the deep moral vision of a director who is as meticulous, discerning, and contemplative in his conversations as he is in his filmmaking

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Conversations with Ray Bradbury

University Press of Mississippi
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Pacific Skies

American Flyers in World War II

University Press of Mississippi

Airmen remembering the perils of combat in the skies over the Pacific

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