🧁HBD to one of our favorite Mississippians! 🧁Eudora Welty was born #OTD in 1909! Lover of camellias, 🌺 home, 🏡 and of course books, 📖 Welty holds a special place in Mississippi hearts and history.⁠
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It was great to see Invisible Ball of Dreams: Literary Representations of Baseball behind the Color Line on display at the MELUS Conference. upress.state.ms.us/Books/I/Invisi… Univ Press of MS

NewRelease: MAVERICK FEMINIST: TO BE FEMALE AND BLACK IN A COUNTRY FOUNDED UPON VIOLENCE AND RESPECTABILITY by Kemeshia Randle Swanson is a pressing call to an accessible, nonconformist feminism for Black women. #ReadUP ​upress.state.ms.us/Books/M/Maveri…

NewRelease: INDIGENOUS COMICS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS: STUDIES IN GENRE by James J. Donahue focuses on how Indigenous creators impact the landscape of superhero, science fiction, historical, and experimental comics. #ReadUP ​upress.state.ms.us/Books/I/Indige…

Our author Andre E. Johnson stopped by to say hello at #CLA2024Memphis ! We have 💥3💥 of his books on the table, THE SUMMER OF 2020 (2024); THE SPEECHES OF BISHOP HENRY MCNEAL TURNER (2023); and NO FUTURE IN THIS COUNTRY (2020). All copies are only $10!!! Univ Press of MS

I’m here for Univ Press of MS at #CLA2024Memphis ! ALL books are ONLY $10—come check out the table before everything is gone💨 CLA Scholar

UPM is now hiring a Business Manager! For more info, please visit: upress.state.ms.us/Careers/Busine…

🌟 Join the dream team behind UPM! 💼 We're on the hunt for a driven Business Manager to help our growth and success. 🚀

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THE UNEXCEPTIONAL CASE OF HAITI: RACE AND CLASS PRIVILEGE IN POSTCOLONIAL BOURGEOIS SOCIETY by Philippe-Richard Marius is a deeply researched upending of the trope of Haiti as the Black Republic. #ReadUP #ThrowbookThursday
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NewInPaperback: BEYOND CONTROL: THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER’S NEW CHANNEL TO THE GULF OF MEXICO by James F. Barnett Jr. is a detailed chronicle of how the wild Mississippi will eventually deliver a cataclysm. #ReadUP ​⁠
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Guess what? It's the start of the College Language Association 2024 Convention! And to make it even better, you can get 30% off on all Literature and African American Studies titles by using the code CLA2024!

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And don’t miss Margo Cooper signing copies of her new book, DEEP INSIDE THE BLUES: PHOTOGRAPHS AND INTERVIEWS! 🎸📷📘

I'm SO excited to be repping Univ Press of MS at the CLA Scholar annual meeting this Thursday! If you want to chat about your book project or have questions about the publication process, schedule an in-person meeting with me at calendly.com/mheath-upm/cla… #CLA2024Memphis

🗣️ Deadline approaching! 🗣️ Submit your application now! Applications for our summer internships close TOMORROW, April 10th. For more information on how to apply, please visit our website at upress.state.ms.us/Internships. Don't miss your chance!

Emily Corbett's enlightening 'In Transition' (Univ Press of MS) traces how depictions of trans characters in YA novels have changed since the early 2000s, providing close analysis of fiction by Meredith Russo, C.B. Lee, and Akwaeke Emezi.

Our review: pwne.ws/49hzrwU

Well, I will try to say something. Come and get a signed copy of the book.

Thank you for keeping our book on the making of the 1950 MGM musical SUMMER STOCK with Judy Garland & Gene Kelly a best-seller in the Amazon 'musical' category. #4 today. Univ Press of MS Judy Garland Project Judy Garland Club The Judy Room - Celebrating Judy Garland #SaveTCM Party The Great MGM Musicals Page Classic Film TV Cafe GoldenAgeHollywood ..

'Monge spent 17 years developing this project…an amazing level of commitment, which is readily apparent as you delve into his book.'

Luigi Monge's WASN'T THAT A MIGHT DAY: AFRICAN AMERICAN BLUES AND GOSPEL SONGS ON DISASTER was reviewed!
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NewRelease: CONVERSATIONS WITH BEN OKRI, edited by Vanessa Guignery, is filled with over three decades of interviews with the innovative Nigerian author and first Black African winner of the Booker Prize. #ReadUP ​

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It's a bird! 🐦It's a plane! ✈️ Oh wait...⁠
It's a... book? 📙⁠
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Keep your head in the clouds (with protective eyewear on.) 😉 You never know what you may discover! ☄️
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UPM is now hiring a Business Manager! For more info, please visit: upress.state.ms.us/Careers/Busine…