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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What a Difference a Day Makes

Women Who Conquered 1950s Music

University Press of Mississippi

A fun-filled survey of the women who topped the charts in jazz, blues, R&B, and rock ’n’ roll

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Rowdy Boundaries

True Mississippi Tales from Natchez to Noxubee

University Press of Mississippi

Narratives of the good, the bad, and the outlandish in legal tangles along Mississippi’s borders

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Roots Punk

A Visual and Oral History

University Press of Mississippi

An entertaining and thorough introduction to the power of punk’s hybrid evolution

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Ben Katchor

University Press of Mississippi

The first book dedicated to exploring the comics of Ben Katchor

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Backseat Quarterback

University Press of Mississippi

A wife’s insider story of her marriage to a famous New York Giant during the golden days of professional football

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All I Want Is Loving You

Popular Female Singers of the 1950s

University Press of Mississippi

A delightful visit with the talented, yet often overlooked, white female vocalists of the 1950s

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Afrocentricity in AfroFuturism

Toward Afrocentric Futurism

Edited by Aaron X. Smith; Foreword by Molefi Kete Asante
University Press of Mississippi

A vanguard challenge to unite two formerly independent fields in Black studies

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American Landscapes

Meditations on Art and Literature in a Changing World

University Press of Mississippi

A lushly illustrated consideration of the significance of landscapes in art and literature during times of unprecedented change

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Ferocious Ambition

Joan Crawford’s March to Stardom

University Press of Mississippi

An astute, lavishly illustrated evaluation of one of Hollywood’s biggest stars

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Wading In

Desegregation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast

University Press of Mississippi

A powerful history of the first nonviolent civil disobedience campaign along Mississippi’s beaches

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Robert Williams

Conversations

University Press of Mississippi

Interviews with the founder of Juxtapoz Art & Culture Magazine and coproducer of ZAP Comix who is known for his underground comix cartoons and oil paintings

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M. Night Shyamalan

Interviews

Edited by Adrian Gmelch
University Press of Mississippi

Two decades of interviews with the visionary filmmaker of such successful films as The Sixth Sense, Signs, and Unbreakable

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Finding Myself Lost in Louisiana

University Press of Mississippi

One writer’s odyssey through Louisiana folklore and history as he searches for the true meaning of home

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A Seat at the Table

Black Women Public Intellectuals in US History and Culture

University Press of Mississippi

A sounding of a profound, lasting imprint on intellectual history

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Love Letter from Pig

My Brother's Story of Freedom Summer

University Press of Mississippi

An inspiring, deeply personal story about a tumultuous period in civil rights history

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This Light of Ours

Activist Photographers of the Civil Rights Movement

Edited by Leslie G. Kelen; Foreword by Julian Bond; Afterword by Clayborne Carson
University Press of Mississippi

An astonishing visual record taken by photographers directly engaged in the struggle

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The Poacher's Nightmare

Stories of an Undercover Game Warden

University Press of Mississippi

The thrilling memoir of a covert wildlife agent

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The Ballad of Karla Faye Tucker

University Press of Mississippi

A riveting true story of a Texas murder that captivated a nation and the evangelical voices who fought for Karla Faye Tucker's clemency

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Terror and Truth

Civil Rights Tourism and the Mississippi Movement

University Press of Mississippi

The first critical examination of Mississippi’s civil rights tourism industry

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Exploring the Land of Ooo

An Unofficial Overview and Production History of Cartoon Network's Adventure Time

University Press of Mississippi

An extremely addictive, high-intensity, MATHEMATICAL! look at the world of a beloved animated television series

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Djeha, the North African Trickster

University Press of Mississippi

The first annotated English translation of sixty ancient folktales featuring an icon of the Maghreb

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Cloverfield

Creatures and Catastrophes in Post-9/11 Cinema

University Press of Mississippi

The first comprehensive study of a franchise that revived giant creature attacks and plumbed the traumatized human psyche

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Activism in the Name of God

Religion and Black Feminist Public Intellectuals from the Nineteenth Century to the Present

University Press of Mississippi

An extensive collection that highlights the contributions of often-forgotten Black women in the public sphere

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Sylvia Plath Day by Day, Volume 1

1932-1955

University Press of Mississippi

A fascinating investigation into the life and art of one of America’s greatest poets

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Path to Grace

Reimagining the Civil Rights Movement

University Press of Mississippi

Remarkable narratives from the heretofore unsung champions of the civil rights movement

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Starmaker

David O. Selznick and the Production of Stars in the Hollywood Studio System

University Press of Mississippi

A thorough study of the legendary producer and his creative business savvy

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Pieces of Freedom

The Emancipation Sculptures of Edmonia Lewis and Meta Warrick Fuller

By Lee Ann Timreck; Afterword by Alex Bostic
University Press of Mississippi

A visual narrative of the Black emancipation experience, voiced through the sculptures of two nineteenth-century African American female artists

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Jack Kent

The Wit, Whimsy, and Wisdom of a Comic Storyteller

University Press of Mississippi

The first full-length biography of the children’s book author and creator of King Aroo

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Conversations with Jimmy Carter

Edited by Tom Head
University Press of Mississippi

Interviews that capture the complexities and contradictions that have defined Carter's life as a national public figure for the last fifty years—and that have helped to both reflect and shape the highest aspirations of the American experiment

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Matria Redux

Caribbean Women Novelize the Past

University Press of Mississippi

A feminist exploration of postcolonial Caribbean literature, analyzed within the framework of an imagined maternal space and time

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Making Music

The Banjo in a Southern Appalachian County

University Press of Mississippi

An intimate look at the role of the banjo in a long-standing, joyful musical tradition vital to the Appalachian region

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In the Shadows of the Big House

Twenty-First-Century Antebellum Slave Cabins and Heritage Tourism in Louisiana

University Press of Mississippi

How plantation museums reveal contemporary struggles in the public history of slavery

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Imperiled Whiteness

How Hollywood and Media Make Race in "Postracial" America

University Press of Mississippi

How media have bolstered and encouraged the figment of a threatened white populace

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Forging Freedom in W. E. B. Du Bois's Twilight Years

No Deed but Memory

University Press of Mississippi

An overdue engagement with the latter three decades of an abundant career

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Feel My Big Guitar

Prince and the Sound He Helped Create

University Press of Mississippi

A collection of dynamic perspectives on a compelling musical genius and enigma

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Faulkner's Families

University Press of Mississippi

A new and fascinating volume that explores the theme of family in the works by the great Mississippi writer

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Christian Petzold

Interviews

University Press of Mississippi

A rich resource for readers interested in the renowned German filmmaker’s work or contemporary German cinema but also those looking for theoretically challenging and sophisticated commentary offered by one of global art cinema’s leading figures

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Part of the Magic

A Collection of Disney-Inspired Brushes with Greatness

University Press of Mississippi

A behind-the-scenes look at some of Disney's greatest creative legends as told by an industry insider

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Wait Five Minutes

Weatherlore in the Twenty-First Century

University Press of Mississippi

A folkloristic engagement with the weather and its pervasiveness in our lives

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The Velveteen Rabbit at 100

University Press of Mississippi

A new series of engaging and fascinating essays on the beloved children’s classic

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Season to Taste

Rewriting Kitchen Space in Contemporary Women’s Food Memoirs

University Press of Mississippi

An exciting and detailed study of the explosion of women’s food writing in the early 2000s

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Hidden Harmonies

Women and Music in Popular Entertainment

University Press of Mississippi

An exploration of the untold stories of lesser-known female musicians

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Caribbean Children's Literature, Volume 2

Critical Approaches

University Press of Mississippi

The second installment of an essential anthology on children's literature of the Caribbean and its diaspora

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Caribbean Children's Literature, Volume 1

History, Pedagogy, and Publishing

University Press of Mississippi

The first installment of an essential anthology on children's literature of the Caribbean and its diaspora

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A Thousand Places Left Behind

One Soldier’s Account of Jungle Warfare in WWII Burma

University Press of Mississippi

A veteran's harrowing remembrance of jungle warfare and intelligence operations

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To Dance, to Live

A Biography of Thalia Mara

By Carolyn J. Brown, with Carla S. Wall; Foreword by Leanne Mahoney; Afterword by Mona Nicholas
University Press of Mississippi

A moving biography of a dancer, teacher, and arts patron recognized internationally for her efforts in dance education and for bringing world-class ballet to Mississippi

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The Rhetorical Road to Brown v. Board of Education

Elizabeth and Waties Waring's Campaign

University Press of Mississippi

An illuminating look at the little-known rhetorical campaign that helped advance the cause of school desegregation

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Race and the Animated Bodyscape

Constructing and Ascribing a Racialized Asian Identity in Avatar and Korra

University Press of Mississippi

How race is constructed and ascribed in the fantasy world of one popular US franchise

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Queer Oz

L. Frank Baum's Trans Tales and Other Astounding Adventures in Sex and Gender

University Press of Mississippi

The first scholarly monograph to focus on L. Frank Baum’s portrayals of queerness and sexuality in his more than seventy works of fiction

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If You Should Go at Midnight

Legends and Legend Tripping in America

University Press of Mississippi

A fun and thorough investigation of the captivating world of legend tripping

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