Author, Carol Magee, writes about the impact of the Sports Illustrated (SI) swimsuit issue. Read her thoughts below: With the much-anticipated release of the 2019 Sports Illustrated&nbs...
http://upmississippi.blogspot.com/2019/07/updated-imaginations.html
By Steve Yates The recent death of friend, colleague, and fellow novelist Mark Saunders has knocked me flat. We are about the same age—I will turn 51 next week; Mark was 52 when he died suddenl...
http://upmississippi.blogspot.com/2019/06/mark-saunders-would-remind-us-its-all.html
In light of the current floods submerging the Midwest and along the Mississippi River and scientists’ predictions that this is just the beginning, James F. Barnett Jr., author of Beyond Control...
http://upmississippi.blogspot.com/2019/03/record-setting-high-water-on.html
Comics fans around the world mourned Stan Lee's death on November 12, 2018. Lee's extensive contributions to the world of comics have long solidified him as a pop culture legend. In honor of what...
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The second season of Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel landed this week, and we couldn’t be more excited. In case you haven’t yet seen the show, it features Miriam “Midge” Maisel who, ...
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As 2018 comes to a close, we are reflecting on the past year and the great books we have published on Mississippi. We are thankful for our excellent authors and proud to have published books that...
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#TurnItUP: The Neighborhood—An Interview with Catherine Egley Waggoner and Laura Egley Taylor, authors of Realizing Our Place: Real Southern Women in a Mythologized Land Each year, the Associat...
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Save the date! Sunday, November 18 is the annual BOOKFRIENDS of the University Press of Mississippi Membership Party! Thinking about becoming a BOOKFRIEND? Membership gets you into...
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Tomorrow’s the big day! In preparation for the 2018 Mississippi Book Festival, we asked our authors to answer some questions about our state’s literary and cultural legacy. This is the third ...
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The 2018 Mississippi Book Festival is just over a week away! In preparation for the Festival, we asked our authors to answer a few questions about our state’s literary and cultural legacy. This...
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It’s AUGUST, which means we are officially in count down mode as we prepare for the 2018 Mississippi Book Festival. Like last year, we asked our authors to answer a few questions about our stat...
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Back by popular demand, BOOKFRIENDS of the University Press of Mississippi is sponsoring a book raffle at the 2018 Mississippi Book Festival. This year, five (5!) winners will be selected to...
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Babies in Boats, Babies in Cages Susan Honeyman Through analysis of twentieth-century comic strips, adventure stories, youth- authored memoir, and children’s fiction, Susan Honeyman’s f...
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A new release this summer, Sterling Hayden's Wars by Lee Mandel is a biography of the master sailor, war hero, and one of the most unusual and troubled stars of the Golden Era...
http://upmississippi.blogspot.com/2018/07/sterling-haydens-wars_9.html
We are currently accepting applications for our fall Editorial and McRae Publishing internships. Read below to learn more information about the internships and to hear what current interns have t...
http://upmississippi.blogspot.com/2018/07/intern-at-university-press-of.html
The 2018 Children's Literature Association Conference is just around the corner, and UPM is ready! Acquisitions editor Katie Keene will be manning the UPM booth with a wide selection of books on ...
http://upmississippi.blogspot.com/2018/06/childrens-literature-association.html
Spring has finally arrived, and with it, plenty of new releases that are perfect for Moms, Dads, and Grads. Check out some of our new books below, and browse our complete Spring/Summer 2018 catal...
http://upmississippi.blogspot.com/2018/05/spring-reads-for-moms-dads-grads.html
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. A year before his death, during his "Where Do We Go from Here?" speech, he said that "in spite of a decade...
http://upmississippi.blogspot.com/2018/04/mlk-50-part-three.html
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. A year before his death, during his "Where Do We Go from Here?" speech, he said that "in spite of a decade...
http://upmississippi.blogspot.com/2018/04/mlk-50-part-two.html
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. A year before his death, during his "Where Do We Go from Here?" speech, he said that "in spite of a decade of s...
http://upmississippi.blogspot.com/2018/04/mlk-50-part-one.html
This weekend, Mississippi celebrated its bicentennial with the grand opening of the Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. At the invitation of Governor Phil Bryan...
http://upmississippi.blogspot.com/2017/12/guest-blog-john-and-zachary-hilpert.html
3 (Non-Book) Gifts to Get the Book Lover in Your Life We may be biased, but we think books make great gifts. You can follow along on our social media platforms for ideas about UPM books to give t...
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In celebration of Small Business Saturday, we asked author Jessica Schexnayder to write a blog entry about her local bookstore, Cavalier House Books. Jessica and coauthor Mary Manhein will s...
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Happy November! As the holidays draw near, we hope books are on your list to give! That’s why, in honor of #GivingTuesday, we’ll be donating one book to Big House Books for every book purchas...
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Save the date! Sunday, November 19 is the annual BOOKFRIENDS of the University Press of Mississippi Membership Party! Thinking about becoming a BOOKFRIEND? Membership gets you into the ...
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