University Press of Mississippi
The University Press of Mississippi, founded in 1970, is a university press that is sponsored by the eight state universities in Mississippi, making it one of the few university presses in the United States to have more than one affiliate university.
A member of the Association of University Presses since 1976, the University Press of Mississippi issues around 85 new books each year, and as of 2022, it has published over 2000 titles. The press is best known for its works pertaining to African American history, children's literature, pop culture media, and regional studies.
Publications
Major book series published by the University Press of Mississippi include:American Made MusicAmerica’s Third CoastAtlantic Migrations and the African DiasporaBanner BooksCaribbean StudiesChancellor Porter L. Fortune Symposium in Southern HistoryChildren’s Literature AssociationCivil Rights in MississippiConversations monograph seriesCritical Approaches to Comics ArtistsCritical Perspectives on Eudora WeltyCultures of ChildhoodFaulkner and YoknapatawphaFolklore Studies in a Multicultural WorldGreat Comic ArtistsHeritage of MississippiHollywood LegendsHorror and Monstrosity Studies SeriesMargaret Walker Alexander Series in African American StudiesRace, Rhetoric, and MediaReframing HollywoodUniversity of Mississippi Museum and Historic Houses- ''Willie Morris Books in Memoir and Biography''