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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The Films of Delmer Daves

Visions of Progress in Mid-Twentieth-Century America

University Press of Mississippi

A scholarly exploration of a forgotten director’s body of work

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The Edward Tales

By Elizabeth Spencer; Compiled by Sally Greene; Introduction by Sally Greene
University Press of Mississippi

A focused character study of a recurring figure in the fiction of one of Mississippi’s greatest writers

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The Edward Tales

By Elizabeth Spencer; Compiled by Sally Greene; Introduction by Sally Greene
University Press of Mississippi

A focused character study of a recurring figure in the fiction of one of Mississippi’s greatest writers

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Fear, Hate, and Victimhood

How George Wallace Wrote the Donald Trump Playbook

University Press of Mississippi

A blistering critique of the rhetoric of two candidates and how President Trump succeeded

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Exposing Mississippi

Eudora Welty's Photographic Reflections

University Press of Mississippi

The first book-length work to look critically at Eudora Welty’s work as a photographer

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Motherland, Fatherland, Whateverland

Searching for Home

University Press of Mississippi

From the former Dutch East Indies to the Mississippi Delta, the touching, true story of a man’s search for home

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Su Friedrich

Interviews

Edited by Sonia Misra and Rox Samer
University Press of Mississippi

A collection of interviews with the acclaimed avant-garde filmmaker whose innovations of narrative, documentary, and experimental style explore the roles of gender, family, and sexuality in contemporary America

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Little Women at 150

Edited by Daniel Shealy
University Press of Mississippi

A new exploration of the lasting affection and appreciation of the beloved children’s novel

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Ghost Channels

Paranormal Reality Television and the Haunting of Twenty-First-Century America

University Press of Mississippi

The first scholarly study of the frighteningly popular paranormal reality television genre

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Bandits, Misfits, and Superheroes

Whiteness and Its Borderlands in American Comics and Graphic Novels

University Press of Mississippi

A wrestling with whiteness and white supremacy throughout the history of comics creation

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A Concise Dictionary of Comics

By Nancy Pedri; Illustrated by Chuck Howitt
University Press of Mississippi

A superb compendium of definitions for over one thousand terms related to comics studies, collecting, and publishing

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Southern Gardening All Year Long

University Press of Mississippi

A common-sense guide to the dynamic landscapes of Mississippi and southeastern gardening

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The School Story

Young Adult Narratives in the Age of Neoliberalism

University Press of Mississippi

Through the lens of literature and film for and about students, a critique of what neoliberalism unleashed in schools

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The Real Ambassadors

Dave and Iola Brubeck and Louis Armstrong Challenge Segregation

University Press of Mississippi

The full story of an incredible collaboration among the Brubecks and Armstrong to create jazz’s most amazing musical

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The Goddess Myth in Contemporary Literature and Popular Culture

A Feminist Critique

University Press of Mississippi

An exploration of the troublingly unfeminist roots of goddess characters in popular culture

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Stuart Gordon

Interviews

Edited by Michael Doyle
University Press of Mississippi

The first collection of interviews with the horror film icon known for directing Re-Animator, From Beyond, and Dolls

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From Wallflowers to Bulletproof Families

The Power of Disability in Young Adult Narratives

University Press of Mississippi

How young adult stories interrogate and enrich our understandings of what disability means

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For No Reason at All

The Changing Narrative of the First World War in American Film

University Press of Mississippi

How Hollywood adopted an antiwar attitude in response to the horrors of World War I

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Fantastic Cities

American Urban Spaces in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror

University Press of Mississippi

A critical exploration of fictional American cities in popular culture

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Conversations with LeAnne Howe

University Press of Mississippi

The first collection of interviews with the innovative and critically acclaimed Choctaw writer who is known for her striking books, plays, and poetry depicting the Native American experience

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The Drum Is a Wild Woman

Jazz and Gender in African Diaspora Literature

University Press of Mississippi

A repositioning, reinvention, and reclamation of jazz writing by powerful women writers

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The Circus Is in Town

Sport, Celebrity, and Spectacle

Edited by Lisa Doris Alexander and Joel Nathan Rosen; Foreword by David C. Ogden; Afterword by Jack Lule
University Press of Mississippi

A tracking of the most explosive collisions between athletic reputation and public scandal

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Performing Racial Uplift

E. Azalia Hackley and African American Activism in the Postbellum to Pre-Harlem Era

University Press of Mississippi

A groundbreaking rediscovery of a classically trained innovator and powerful teacher who set milestones for African American singers and musicians

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Drawing the Past, Volume 2

Comics and the Historical Imagination in the World

University Press of Mississippi

The conclusion of a worldwide study that investigates the role comics play in historical memory

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Drawing the Past, Volume 1

Comics and the Historical Imagination in the United States

University Press of Mississippi

The first installment of a tremendous exploration between comics and history

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Conversations with Dave Eggers

Edited by Scott F. Parker
University Press of Mississippi

A collection of thirty-four interviews with a publisher, editor, and bestselling writer who is known for his range of works and breadth of philanthropic pursuits

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Black Man in the Netherlands

An Afro-Antillean Anthropology

University Press of Mississippi

A memoir and anthropological annunciation of how anti-racism is transforming the Caribbean and the Old World

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The Savvy Sphinx

How Garbo Conquered Hollywood

University Press of Mississippi

The in-depth and revealing story of how one of the world's most famous actors rose to stardom and then walked away from Hollywood

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The Recovered Life of Isaac Anderson

University Press of Mississippi

The story of an enslaved man who became a Georgia state senator, helped found a church, and led his people to promise and hope

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The Films of Fred Schepisi

University Press of Mississippi

A thorough treatment of the Australian director’s methods, output, and brilliant global arc

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Taking a Stand

Contemporary US Stand-Up Comedians as Public Intellectuals

University Press of Mississippi

A comprehensive study of comedy as social discourse and how comedians influence public opinion

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Playing Jazz in Socialist Vietnam

Quyền Văn Minh and Jazz in Hà Nội

University Press of Mississippi

The inspiring story of the godfather of Vietnamese jazz

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Otto Preminger

Interviews

Edited by Gary Bettinson
University Press of Mississippi

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

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Otto Preminger

Interviews

Edited by Gary Bettinson
University Press of Mississippi

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

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Erna Brodber and Velma Pollard

Folklore and Culture in Jamaica

University Press of Mississippi

An exploration of two sisters’ writings that emphasizes Jamaica from a local perspective

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Curious about George

Curious George, Cultural Icons, Colonialism, and US Exceptionalism

University Press of Mississippi

The first book-length study of one of literature’s most valuable, ubiquitous children’s characters

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Worlds beyond My Window

The Life and Work of Gertrude McCarty Smith

Edited by Rich Burlingham; Foreword by Tommy King
University Press of Mississippi

A kaleidoscope of creativity explodes on the page from one of the South’s most underappreciated artists

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The Jazz Masters

Setting the Record Straight

University Press of Mississippi

An unprecedented jam session on memories and music from the best in jazz

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The Jazz Masters

Setting the Record Straight

University Press of Mississippi

An unprecedented jam session on memories and music from the best in jazz

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Reconstructing Southern Rhetoric

University Press of Mississippi

A collection of new essays that redefine and restructure how communication scholars study the South

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Poetic Song Verse

Blues-Based Popular Music and Poetry

University Press of Mississippi

A thorough explication and revelation of the literary power in blues-fueled songwriting

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Maria W. Stewart and the Roots of Black Political Thought

University Press of Mississippi

A biography of a trailblazer for abolition, gender equality, and social justice

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Gorey Secrets

Artistic and Literary Inspirations behind Divers Books by Edward Gorey

University Press of Mississippi

A brilliant tour of the bookshelf and galleries that inspired one of the most literate, sophisticated, and wildly funny graphic masters of our time

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Critical Essays on the Writings of Lillian Smith

University Press of Mississippi

The first collection of critical essays to explore the Georgia writer’s vast work and activism

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Black Panther

Interrogating a Cultural Phenomenon

University Press of Mississippi

The first in-depth study of one of Marvel’s most successful and culturally impactful films

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A Sportsman's Journey

University Press of Mississippi

Expressive reminders of the power and spiritual pull of the natural world

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Where Misfits Fit

Counterculture and Influence in the Ozarks

University Press of Mississippi

How the hardscrabble borderland frontier of the Ozarks nurtured zones of creativity, community, and cults

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Transforming Girls

The Work of Nineteenth-Century Adolescence

University Press of Mississippi

A study of nineteenth-century young adult literature that refocuses the history of girls’ books and female adolescence in the United States and Germany

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The Artistic Activism of Elombe Brath

Edited by Thomas Aiello
University Press of Mississippi

Collected for the first time, an exploration of the artwork and commentary of a forgotten activist during the civil rights movement

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Persistence through Peril

Episodes of College Life and Academic Endurance in the Civil War South

University Press of Mississippi

How eleven institutions remained open and maintained the mission of higher education during a national cataclysm

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