Discover 14 must-read books for #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth! Add them to your #TBR list now. #IndigenousAuthors #BookRecommendations #ReadDiverse #OwnVoices #LiteratureLovers

Visionary filmmaker Julie Dash redefined American cinema with DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST. JULIE DASH: INTERVIEWS, edited by Kameelah L. Martin, brings together her thoughts on creativity, history, and the power of representation. 📚 buff.ly/VQOAP5N #JulieDash #UPMississippi #FilmStudies

🤩 Save the date–Cyber Monday has been booked.

📣 Hey, Mississippi, you've got several chances in November to get your copy of RECONSTRUCTION IN MISSISSIPPI, 1862–1877 signed! 📖 ✍️

Nine students. One sit-in. A moment that changed Mississippi. THE TOUGALOO NINE by M. J. O’Brien recounts the state’s first student-led civil rights protest. buff.ly/4P3crGk #TougalooNine #CivilRightsHistory #UPMississippi

There’s still time to apply! Applications close on November 10 for our spring internships. For details on how to apply, visit our website at buff.ly/vKUQjN9.

HOMETOWN MISSISSIPPI by Melody Golding captures the state’s soul — thirty towns, fifty voices, and the quiet power of home. #HometownMississippi #MelodyGolding #UPMississippi

Discover the life of Hollywood’s ultimate contradiction in STEVE COCHRAN: BAD BOY OF HOLLYWOOD by Michelangelo Capua. The first full biography of one of cinema’s most magnetic—and mysterious—stars. 🎬 Pre-order now.https://buff.ly/5Mxf2ME #UPMississippi #HollywoodLegendsSeries #SteveCochran

Hear the horn that changed jazz. 🎶 CONCERTO FOR COOTIE: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF COOTIE WILLIAMS by Steven C. Bowie celebrates the life and legacy of the legendary trumpeter and Ellington collaborator. Available Now : buff.ly/5lAuOEY #JazzHistory #CootieWilliams #UPMississippi

Celebrate Noir-vember with our Film Noir reading list: Bacall. Stanwyck. Milland. Swanson. Cochran. Duryea. Hayden. Glamour, grit, and golden-age intrigue. #Noirvember #FilmNoir #UPMississippi

We had the best time at the Louisiana Book Festival! Thanks for featuring UPM authors!

Happy National Authors Day! Today, we honor the writers and scholars who make UPM’s mission possible—thank you for your stories, insights, and imagination. ✍️ #NationalAuthorsDay #UPMississippi

“One reliable reflection of Ted Bundy’s place atop the pantheon of serial killers in US culture is the sheer number of films and miniseries about his morbid saga.” 📽️ Bryan J. McCann, author of THE BUNDY ARCHIVE: GENEALOGIES OF WHITE MASCULINITY, shares a watchlist of Bundy films. buff.ly/21NScGS

Happy Halloween from UPM! 🎃 Here’s to a day of chills, charm, and great books. #HappyHalloween #UPMississippi

We’re on Letterboxd! 🎥 Follow University Press of Mississippi for film lists inspired by our authors and books that explore the art of cinema. buff.ly/xeTPX4G #UPMississippi #Letterboxd #FilmHistory

INSURGENT BEAUTY by Peter Szok explores how Indigenous artists in Panama use urban art forms—jazz, film, hip-hop—to assert identity and beauty amid change. buff.ly/8emItRs #InsurgentBeauty #PeterSzok #IndigenousArt #UPMississippi

From NOSFERATU to GET OUT, LOST IN THE DARK is the definitive world history of horror film—because we all love a good scare. buff.ly/gDYDPdR #LostInTheDark #HorrorFilmHistory #UPMississippi

Remembering Sylvia Plath, born on this day in 1932. A voice of clarity and courage that continues to echo through time. #SylviaPlath #Poetry #UPMississippi

It’s the last day of SEM 2025! 🎶 Save 30% on all music titles with code SEM2025. #SEM2025 #UPMississippi #Ethnomusicology

There’s still time to apply! Applications close on November 10 for our spring internships. For details on how to apply, visit our website at buff.ly/ud37J3r.

We’re spotlighting new and forthcoming titles for the Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Meeting! 📚 Save 30% with code SEM2025. #UPMississippi #Ethnomusicology #SEM2025

Congratulations to Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje, author of FIDDLING IS MY JOY: THE FIDDLE IN AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE, who will deliver the Seeger Lecture at the Society for Ethnomusicology in Atlanta! 🎻 Read the book — UPM’s first open access title — here: buff.ly/Ept3Qso #Ethnomusicology #UPM

🏆 Congratulations to this year's Welty Prize Winner, drea brown! drea brown's remarkable storytelling and profound insights have earned them this well-deserved recognition. We applaud their achievement and look forward to witnessing the continued impact of their literary contributions.

The Society for Ethnomusicology Conference begins today! 🎵 Several UPM authors are presenting this week—explore their work in our virtual exhibit and save 30% with code SEM2025. #SEM2025 #UPMississippi #Ethnomusicology

Congratulations to John Minton! His book FOLK MUSIC AND SONG IN THE WPA EX-SLAVE NARRATIVES won the Wayland D. Hand Book Prize from the History and Folklore Section of the American Folklore Society! 🎉 👏 buff.ly/Nm4EqD3

🚨 We're hiring! 🚨 The University Press of Mississippi is looking for a creative, organized, and passionate Publicity & Promotions Associate to join our team. If you love books and have a knack for building buzz, this could be the perfect fit for you! 📲 Learn more buff.ly/vGA8Dy4 #NowHiring

If a UPM book has inspired you — say so! 💬 Leave a quick note or star rating on Goodreads or your favorite bookstore site. Reviews help readers discover Mississippi stories worth sharing. #LeaveAReviewDay #UPMississippi

We were excited to have Dr. Byron D'Andra Orey and Dr. Jeanne Middleton Hairston present at this year's Mississippi Library Association Conference! Thank you to everyone who came to hear the presentation on MISSISSIPPI, CONFLICT AND CHANGE! #ReadUP

Can’t wait for WELCOME TO DERRY? Start where it all began—with ENCOUNTERING PENNYWISE: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON STEPHEN KING’S "IT". 🎈 buff.ly/zuVi9Ws #StephenKing #Pennywise #WelcomeToDerry #UPMississippi

A chilling deep dive into the cultural mythology of Ted Bundy—and what it says about America’s obsession with white masculinity. 📘 Pre-order THE BUNDY ARCHIVE now. buff.ly/ui25kON #TrueCrime #WhiteMasculinity #BooksOfBluesky #UPMississippi

Get in the spooky season with UPM’S 13 Nights of Halloween—thirteen films, thirteen books, endless chills. #13NightsOfHalloween #HorrorBooks #UPMississippi

It's the first day of the AFS 2025 conference! To celebrate, we're offering a 30% discount on any of our #Folklore and related titles with code AFS2025 at checkout on our website! #Sale #ReadUP buff.ly/GXGiOrL

On #BlackPoetryDay, we celebrate Lenard D. Moore—a poet whose jazzku and haiku transform rhythm into revelation. Explore his artistry in CONVERSATIONS WITH LENARD D. MOORE, edited by John Zheng. #UPMississippi #BlackPoetry

I wrote 6 pages on D'Angelo for my book, and I titled its last chapter after a line from his song "Back to the Future." To my ears, he was one of the most important artists, musically and politically, of the past 30 years.

Justin Shapiro’s THE GULF OF MEXICO RESEARCH INITIATIVE recounts the decade-long, $500M scientific effort after Deepwater Horizon, creating a model for future environmental crisis response. #GulfOfMexico #DeepwaterHorizon #EnvironmentalScience #UPMississippi

🚨 We're hiring! 🚨 The University Press of Mississippi is looking for a creative, organized, and passionate Publicity & Promotions Associate to join our team. If you love books and have a knack for building buzz, this could be the perfect fit for you! 📲 Learn more buff.ly/vGA8Dy4 #NowHiring

Don’t forget to apply! Applications close on November 10 for our spring internships. For details on how to apply, visit our website at buff.ly/XY7XOJq.

🌿 “Original and imaginative—bringing women’s studies, psychoanalysis, and feminist theology into vibrant conversation.” — Susan Rowland April C. Heaslip’s REGENERATING THE FEMININE explores how myth, literature & film reveal a powerful resurgence of the archetypal feminine. #FeministStudies

📚 NOW AVAILABLE CONVERSATIONS WITH KIESE LAYMON—interviews revealing the HEAVY author’s life as writer, activist, & Mississippian. 🔗 Order today!https://buff.ly/XbhJlWQ #KieseLaymon #ConversationsWithKieseLaymon #UPMississippi #Heavy

🎤 From the Drifters to solo stardom, Clyde McPhatter’s voice helped launch rock ’n’ roll. HAVE MERCY BABY is the most complete biography yet of this powerhouse tenor and R&B trailblazer. Coming March 2026 — pre-order now. buff.ly/F4vLGRa #ClydeMcPhatter #RNB #RockHistory #AmericanMadeMusic

🎙️ Allison Bumsted is featured on the ROLLING STONE podcast HANG FIRE, discussing TEENSET, TEEN FAN MAGAZINES, AND ROCK JOURNALISM, exploring how teen culture, media, and identity intersect. 📺 Watch now: buff.ly/KwiblPx #RollingStone #TeenSet #PopCulture

Closing out Banned Books Week with IN SILENCE OR INDIFFERENCE: RACISM AND JIM CROW SEGREGATED PUBLIC SCHOOL LIBRARIES—a necessary reminder that the fight for access and equity in reading begins with confronting our own history. #BannedBooksWeek #FreedomToRead

C-SPAN Book TV airs panels from the Mississippi Book Festival this Sunday! 📚 From World War II to First Americans, explore stories that shaped our shared history. 🕐 12:30 PM CST start 🔗https://buff.ly/ARM92B7 #MSBookFestival #CSPAN #UPMississippi

Head’s up! Applications close on November 10 for our spring internships. For details on how to apply, visit our website at buff.ly/Kz2MPrA.

🚨 We're hiring! 🚨 The University Press of Mississippi is looking for a creative, organized, and passionate Publicity & Promotions Associate to join our team. If you love books and have a knack for building buzz, this could be the perfect fit for you! 📲 Learn more buff.ly/fLS58Ri #UPM #BookLovers

“Language alone protects us from the scariness of things with no names.” This Banned Books Week, we celebrate TONI MORRISON: CONVERSATIONS, honoring a writer whose voice continues to shape the world. #BannedBooksWeek #FreedomToRead

“Writing is an act of survival.” This Banned Books Week, we celebrate CONVERSATIONS WITH JESMYN WARD—a testament to the courage it takes to tell the truth through art. #BannedBooksWeek #FreedomToRead

This #BannedBooksWeek, we honor Mildred D. Taylor—whose ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY and other works continue to face bans, yet never lose their truth. SONG OF THE LAND celebrates her enduring power to challenge and inspire. #FreedomToRead #UPMississippi

“Bundy is more like us than we’re comfortable admitting.” Bryan J. McCann’s THE BUNDY ARCHIVE looks beyond true crime to expose how media and myth built the modern image of white masculinity. Pre-order now and save 25%.🔗https://buff.ly/qvJrgxh #TheBundyArchive #TrueCrime #UPMississippi

📚 MISSISSIPPI, CONFLICT AND CHANGE — once banned, now back in a new edition. #BannedBooksWeek #FreedomToRead