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
Bacall. Stanwyck. Milland. Swanson. Cochran. Duryea. Hayden.
Glamour, grit, and golden-age intrigue.
#Noirvember #FilmNoir #UPMississippi
November 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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
Bacall. Stanwyck. Milland. Swanson. Cochran. Duryea. Hayden.
Glamour, grit, and golden-age intrigue.
#Noirvember #FilmNoir #UPMississippi
Remembering Emmett Till, whose death in 1955 became a catalyst for the civil rights movement. His story must never be forgotten.
#EmmettTill #CivilRightsHistory #NeverForget #UPMississippi
#EmmettTill #CivilRightsHistory #NeverForget #UPMississippi
August 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Remembering Emmett Till, whose death in 1955 became a catalyst for the civil rights movement. His story must never be forgotten.
#EmmettTill #CivilRightsHistory #NeverForget #UPMississippi
#EmmettTill #CivilRightsHistory #NeverForget #UPMississippi
Today is National Dog Day! 🐶
Here’s to the dogs who curl up by our side, keep watch on the porch, and make our stories whole.
#NationalDogDay #UPMississippi #DogsOfUPM
Here’s to the dogs who curl up by our side, keep watch on the porch, and make our stories whole.
#NationalDogDay #UPMississippi #DogsOfUPM
August 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Today is National Dog Day! 🐶
Here’s to the dogs who curl up by our side, keep watch on the porch, and make our stories whole.
#NationalDogDay #UPMississippi #DogsOfUPM
Here’s to the dogs who curl up by our side, keep watch on the porch, and make our stories whole.
#NationalDogDay #UPMississippi #DogsOfUPM
Juneteenth commemorates freedom, but the fight for justice started long before 1865—and continues today. Explore UPM’s reading list honoring Black life, history, & liberation.
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#Juneteenth #BlackVoicesMatter #UPMississippi #BlackHistory #ReadingList #AmplifyBlackVoices
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#Juneteenth #BlackVoicesMatter #UPMississippi #BlackHistory #ReadingList #AmplifyBlackVoices
June 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Juneteenth commemorates freedom, but the fight for justice started long before 1865—and continues today. Explore UPM’s reading list honoring Black life, history, & liberation.
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#Juneteenth #BlackVoicesMatter #UPMississippi #BlackHistory #ReadingList #AmplifyBlackVoices
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#Juneteenth #BlackVoicesMatter #UPMississippi #BlackHistory #ReadingList #AmplifyBlackVoices
Get in the spooky season with UPM’S 13 Nights of Halloween—thirteen films, thirteen books, endless chills.
#13NightsOfHalloween #HorrorBooks #UPMississippi
#13NightsOfHalloween #HorrorBooks #UPMississippi
October 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Get in the spooky season with UPM’S 13 Nights of Halloween—thirteen films, thirteen books, endless chills.
#13NightsOfHalloween #HorrorBooks #UPMississippi
#13NightsOfHalloween #HorrorBooks #UPMississippi
📚 It’s #BannedBooksWeek.
We’re spotlighting works that confront, challenge, and expand perspectives.
#BannedBooksWeek #UPMississippi
We’re spotlighting works that confront, challenge, and expand perspectives.
#BannedBooksWeek #UPMississippi
October 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
📚 It’s #BannedBooksWeek.
We’re spotlighting works that confront, challenge, and expand perspectives.
#BannedBooksWeek #UPMississippi
We’re spotlighting works that confront, challenge, and expand perspectives.
#BannedBooksWeek #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
A voice of clarity and courage that continues to echo through time.
#SylviaPlath #Poetry #UPMississippi
October 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Remembering Sylvia Plath, born on this day in 1932.
A voice of clarity and courage that continues to echo through time.
#SylviaPlath #Poetry #UPMississippi
A voice of clarity and courage that continues to echo through time.
#SylviaPlath #Poetry #UPMississippi
We rembeber Emmett Till on his birthday. His life and legacy shaped history.
📖 Learn more in EMMETT TILL by Devery Anderson & EMMETT TILL AND THE MISSISSIPPI PRESS by Houck & Grindy.
#EmmettTill #UPMississippi #History #CivilRights
📖 Learn more in EMMETT TILL by Devery Anderson & EMMETT TILL AND THE MISSISSIPPI PRESS by Houck & Grindy.
#EmmettTill #UPMississippi #History #CivilRights
July 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We rembeber Emmett Till on his birthday. His life and legacy shaped history.
📖 Learn more in EMMETT TILL by Devery Anderson & EMMETT TILL AND THE MISSISSIPPI PRESS by Houck & Grindy.
#EmmettTill #UPMississippi #History #CivilRights
📖 Learn more in EMMETT TILL by Devery Anderson & EMMETT TILL AND THE MISSISSIPPI PRESS by Houck & Grindy.
#EmmettTill #UPMississippi #History #CivilRights
🌍📚 Happy International Literacy Day!
LITERACY IN A LONG BLUES NOTE reveals how Black women writers and blues singers used both literature and music as literacy practices to resist Jim Crow.
#InternationalLiteracyDay #UPMississippi #BooksMatter #BluesHistory
LITERACY IN A LONG BLUES NOTE reveals how Black women writers and blues singers used both literature and music as literacy practices to resist Jim Crow.
#InternationalLiteracyDay #UPMississippi #BooksMatter #BluesHistory
September 8, 2025 at 3:37 PM
🌍📚 Happy International Literacy Day!
LITERACY IN A LONG BLUES NOTE reveals how Black women writers and blues singers used both literature and music as literacy practices to resist Jim Crow.
#InternationalLiteracyDay #UPMississippi #BooksMatter #BluesHistory
LITERACY IN A LONG BLUES NOTE reveals how Black women writers and blues singers used both literature and music as literacy practices to resist Jim Crow.
#InternationalLiteracyDay #UPMississippi #BooksMatter #BluesHistory
🎉 Two UPM books are up for a 2025 Eisner Award for Best Academic/Scholarly Work!
👏 COMICS AND MODERNISM (Najarian)
👏 FROM GUM WRAPPERS TO RICHIE RICH (Barnholden)
We’re honored to see them recognized!
#EisnerAwards #ComicsStudies #UPMississippi
👏 COMICS AND MODERNISM (Najarian)
👏 FROM GUM WRAPPERS TO RICHIE RICH (Barnholden)
We’re honored to see them recognized!
#EisnerAwards #ComicsStudies #UPMississippi
June 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
🎉 Two UPM books are up for a 2025 Eisner Award for Best Academic/Scholarly Work!
👏 COMICS AND MODERNISM (Najarian)
👏 FROM GUM WRAPPERS TO RICHIE RICH (Barnholden)
We’re honored to see them recognized!
#EisnerAwards #ComicsStudies #UPMississippi
👏 COMICS AND MODERNISM (Najarian)
👏 FROM GUM WRAPPERS TO RICHIE RICH (Barnholden)
We’re honored to see them recognized!
#EisnerAwards #ComicsStudies #UPMississippi
🕷️ Horror isn’t just scary—it’s cultural.
Our spooky-season books trace Poe, Romero, slashers & spectral storytelling across traditions.
📖 Discover the scholarship of fear. buff.ly/hK45CrV
#SpookySeason #UPMississippi
Our spooky-season books trace Poe, Romero, slashers & spectral storytelling across traditions.
📖 Discover the scholarship of fear. buff.ly/hK45CrV
#SpookySeason #UPMississippi
October 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
🕷️ Horror isn’t just scary—it’s cultural.
Our spooky-season books trace Poe, Romero, slashers & spectral storytelling across traditions.
📖 Discover the scholarship of fear. buff.ly/hK45CrV
#SpookySeason #UPMississippi
Our spooky-season books trace Poe, Romero, slashers & spectral storytelling across traditions.
📖 Discover the scholarship of fear. buff.ly/hK45CrV
#SpookySeason #UPMississippi
We’re grateful to the Mississippi Arts Commission for a 2026 Organization Project Grant!
This support helps us share and honor Choctaw storytellers and traditions—keeping Mississippi’s culture thriving. 💛
#MississippiArts #MSArtsCommission #UPMississippi #ChoctawTraditions #CulturalHeritage
This support helps us share and honor Choctaw storytellers and traditions—keeping Mississippi’s culture thriving. 💛
#MississippiArts #MSArtsCommission #UPMississippi #ChoctawTraditions #CulturalHeritage
July 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We’re grateful to the Mississippi Arts Commission for a 2026 Organization Project Grant!
This support helps us share and honor Choctaw storytellers and traditions—keeping Mississippi’s culture thriving. 💛
#MississippiArts #MSArtsCommission #UPMississippi #ChoctawTraditions #CulturalHeritage
This support helps us share and honor Choctaw storytellers and traditions—keeping Mississippi’s culture thriving. 💛
#MississippiArts #MSArtsCommission #UPMississippi #ChoctawTraditions #CulturalHeritage
Michael Steudeman joins @NPR’s Throughline to explore the 19th-century roots of the Dept. of Education—drawing from his upcoming book ABSENCE OF NATIONAL FEELING. Listen + catch the book mention at the end!
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#UPMississippi #Throughline #EducationHistory
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#UPMississippi #Throughline #EducationHistory
June 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Michael Steudeman joins @NPR’s Throughline to explore the 19th-century roots of the Dept. of Education—drawing from his upcoming book ABSENCE OF NATIONAL FEELING. Listen + catch the book mention at the end!
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#UPMississippi #Throughline #EducationHistory
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#UPMississippi #Throughline #EducationHistory
Can’t wait for WELCOME TO DERRY?
Start where it all began—with ENCOUNTERING PENNYWISE: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON STEPHEN KING’S "IT". 🎈
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#StephenKing #Pennywise #WelcomeToDerry #UPMississippi
Start where it all began—with ENCOUNTERING PENNYWISE: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON STEPHEN KING’S "IT". 🎈
buff.ly/zuVi9Ws
#StephenKing #Pennywise #WelcomeToDerry #UPMississippi
October 21, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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
Start where it all began—with ENCOUNTERING PENNYWISE: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON STEPHEN KING’S "IT". 🎈
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#StephenKing #Pennywise #WelcomeToDerry #UPMississippi
A new exhibit honoring Hurricane Katrina includes the work of Melody Golding, whose book KATRINA documents the storm’s impact through haunting images and firsthand accounts.
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📰 Article: buff.ly/evKaNrY
#Katrina #MelodyGolding #UPMississippi
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📰 Article: buff.ly/evKaNrY
#Katrina #MelodyGolding #UPMississippi
July 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
A new exhibit honoring Hurricane Katrina includes the work of Melody Golding, whose book KATRINA documents the storm’s impact through haunting images and firsthand accounts.
📖 Learn more: buff.ly/Bze1q4z
📰 Article: buff.ly/evKaNrY
#Katrina #MelodyGolding #UPMississippi
📖 Learn more: buff.ly/Bze1q4z
📰 Article: buff.ly/evKaNrY
#Katrina #MelodyGolding #UPMississippi
It's International Jazz Day! Celebrate the legacy, rhythm, and soul of jazz with a reading list that hits all the right notes.
📚 Explore books that honor jazz legends, stories, and sound—from University Press of Mississippi.
#InternationalJazzDay #JazzHistory #JazzBooks #UPMississippi #ReadUPM
📚 Explore books that honor jazz legends, stories, and sound—from University Press of Mississippi.
#InternationalJazzDay #JazzHistory #JazzBooks #UPMississippi #ReadUPM
May 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
It's International Jazz Day! Celebrate the legacy, rhythm, and soul of jazz with a reading list that hits all the right notes.
📚 Explore books that honor jazz legends, stories, and sound—from University Press of Mississippi.
#InternationalJazzDay #JazzHistory #JazzBooks #UPMississippi #ReadUPM
📚 Explore books that honor jazz legends, stories, and sound—from University Press of Mississippi.
#InternationalJazzDay #JazzHistory #JazzBooks #UPMississippi #ReadUPM
📖✨ It’s National Buy a Book Day!
Books change lives. Today, add something new to your shelf and support authors who keep our stories alive.
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#NationalBuyABookDay #UPMississippi #BooksMatter e book:
Books change lives. Today, add something new to your shelf and support authors who keep our stories alive.
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#NationalBuyABookDay #UPMississippi #BooksMatter e book:
September 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
📖✨ It’s National Buy a Book Day!
Books change lives. Today, add something new to your shelf and support authors who keep our stories alive.
:https://buff.ly/tLxu9YB
#NationalBuyABookDay #UPMississippi #BooksMatter e book:
Books change lives. Today, add something new to your shelf and support authors who keep our stories alive.
:https://buff.ly/tLxu9YB
#NationalBuyABookDay #UPMississippi #BooksMatter e book:
📚 It’s #LoveYourBookstore Day!
We’re shouting out the shops—big and small—that help our books find their readers and remind us that bookstores are community spaces too.
Tag your favorite indie or college store and tell us what you’re reading!
#UPMississippi #ReadLocal #BooksellersAreHeroes
We’re shouting out the shops—big and small—that help our books find their readers and remind us that bookstores are community spaces too.
Tag your favorite indie or college store and tell us what you’re reading!
#UPMississippi #ReadLocal #BooksellersAreHeroes
August 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
📚 It’s #LoveYourBookstore Day!
We’re shouting out the shops—big and small—that help our books find their readers and remind us that bookstores are community spaces too.
Tag your favorite indie or college store and tell us what you’re reading!
#UPMississippi #ReadLocal #BooksellersAreHeroes
We’re shouting out the shops—big and small—that help our books find their readers and remind us that bookstores are community spaces too.
Tag your favorite indie or college store and tell us what you’re reading!
#UPMississippi #ReadLocal #BooksellersAreHeroes
Photographer Lon Holmberg reflects on the Vietnam War in CROSSING THE PASS OF CLOUDS, featured in the STAR DEMOCRAT. A moving visual memoir of people, places, and memory. 📸 Read more: buff.ly/mDDnFCm
#VietnamWar #UPMississippi #VeteranVoices #MilitaryHistory
#VietnamWar #UPMississippi #VeteranVoices #MilitaryHistory
July 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Photographer Lon Holmberg reflects on the Vietnam War in CROSSING THE PASS OF CLOUDS, featured in the STAR DEMOCRAT. A moving visual memoir of people, places, and memory. 📸 Read more: buff.ly/mDDnFCm
#VietnamWar #UPMississippi #VeteranVoices #MilitaryHistory
#VietnamWar #UPMississippi #VeteranVoices #MilitaryHistory
✨ Happy Birthday to Lauren Bacall—Hollywood’s Queen of Cool.
📚 Pre-order LAUREN BACALL: THE QUEEN OF COOL by Anthony Uzarowski and celebrate her timeless style and legendary career.
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#LaurenBacall #TheQueenOfCool #HollywoodLegends #UPMississippi
📚 Pre-order LAUREN BACALL: THE QUEEN OF COOL by Anthony Uzarowski and celebrate her timeless style and legendary career.
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#LaurenBacall #TheQueenOfCool #HollywoodLegends #UPMississippi
September 16, 2025 at 8:25 PM
✨ Happy Birthday to Lauren Bacall—Hollywood’s Queen of Cool.
📚 Pre-order LAUREN BACALL: THE QUEEN OF COOL by Anthony Uzarowski and celebrate her timeless style and legendary career.
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#LaurenBacall #TheQueenOfCool #HollywoodLegends #UPMississippi
📚 Pre-order LAUREN BACALL: THE QUEEN OF COOL by Anthony Uzarowski and celebrate her timeless style and legendary career.
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#LaurenBacall #TheQueenOfCool #HollywoodLegends #UPMississippi
What does it mean to grow up queer in a world of stories not made for you?
QUEER ANXIETIES OF YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE AND CULTURE explores how books + pop culture shape queer identity—for better or worse. What YA book made you feel seen? 🌈📚 #PrideReads #QueerLit #UPMississippi
QUEER ANXIETIES OF YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE AND CULTURE explores how books + pop culture shape queer identity—for better or worse. What YA book made you feel seen? 🌈📚 #PrideReads #QueerLit #UPMississippi
June 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
What does it mean to grow up queer in a world of stories not made for you?
QUEER ANXIETIES OF YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE AND CULTURE explores how books + pop culture shape queer identity—for better or worse. What YA book made you feel seen? 🌈📚 #PrideReads #QueerLit #UPMississippi
QUEER ANXIETIES OF YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE AND CULTURE explores how books + pop culture shape queer identity—for better or worse. What YA book made you feel seen? 🌈📚 #PrideReads #QueerLit #UPMississippi
📖✨ The Mississippi Book Festival is today!
We’re on Bookseller’s Row — stop by the UPM table and say hi!
#MSBookFest #UPMississippi #BooksellersRow
We’re on Bookseller’s Row — stop by the UPM table and say hi!
#MSBookFest #UPMississippi #BooksellersRow
September 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
📖✨ The Mississippi Book Festival is today!
We’re on Bookseller’s Row — stop by the UPM table and say hi!
#MSBookFest #UPMississippi #BooksellersRow
We’re on Bookseller’s Row — stop by the UPM table and say hi!
#MSBookFest #UPMississippi #BooksellersRow
We’re getting ready for the Mississippi Book Festival! 📚 A huge thank-you to Mississippi Public Broadcasting for giving us a space to work while renovations are underway. We’re counting down the days and can’t wait to see you all on September 26!
#LiteraryLawnParty #MSBookFest #UPMississippi
#LiteraryLawnParty #MSBookFest #UPMississippi
September 14, 2026 at 3:00 PM
We’re getting ready for the Mississippi Book Festival! 📚 A huge thank-you to Mississippi Public Broadcasting for giving us a space to work while renovations are underway. We’re counting down the days and can’t wait to see you all on September 26!
#LiteraryLawnParty #MSBookFest #UPMississippi
#LiteraryLawnParty #MSBookFest #UPMississippi
Today is Return to Hogwarts Day! 🚂
Explore UPM’s books on Harry Potter—academic, reflective, and fun—offering a range of perspectives from research to fandom.
#ReturnToHogwartsDay #HarryPotterStudies #UPMississippi
Explore UPM’s books on Harry Potter—academic, reflective, and fun—offering a range of perspectives from research to fandom.
#ReturnToHogwartsDay #HarryPotterStudies #UPMississippi
September 1, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Today is Return to Hogwarts Day! 🚂
Explore UPM’s books on Harry Potter—academic, reflective, and fun—offering a range of perspectives from research to fandom.
#ReturnToHogwartsDay #HarryPotterStudies #UPMississippi
Explore UPM’s books on Harry Potter—academic, reflective, and fun—offering a range of perspectives from research to fandom.
#ReturnToHogwartsDay #HarryPotterStudies #UPMississippi
Looking for a last-minute gift for the dads in your life? From sports to soul, check out our Father’s Day reading recs—books that honor music, memory, history, and more.
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#FathersDay #BookRecommendations #UPMississippi #BooksForDad
Find your perfect Father's Day pick at upress.state.ms.us
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#FathersDay #BookRecommendations #UPMississippi #BooksForDad
Find your perfect Father's Day pick at upress.state.ms.us
June 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Looking for a last-minute gift for the dads in your life? From sports to soul, check out our Father’s Day reading recs—books that honor music, memory, history, and more.
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#FathersDay #BookRecommendations #UPMississippi #BooksForDad
Find your perfect Father's Day pick at upress.state.ms.us
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#FathersDay #BookRecommendations #UPMississippi #BooksForDad
Find your perfect Father's Day pick at upress.state.ms.us