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Rodeo champ. Oscar winner. Hollywood cowboy. 🏆🐎
TALL IN THE SADDLE tells the true story of Ben Johnson’s unforgettable ride from Oklahoma ranches to the silver screen.

📚 Pre-order now: buff.ly/cSPNu5R
#TALLINTHESADDLE #BenJohnson #UPMississippi #FilmBooks #NowSpinning

Curated by yours truly, every movie on the list is inspired by books in @upmississippi.bsky.social's horror list.
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Pair each film with a spooky smart read. 📚✨

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Happy October! 🎃 All month long, you can pre-order THE BUNDY ARCHIVE: GENEALOGIES OF WHITE MASCULINITY by @bryanjmckinney.bsky.social at 25% off on the @upmississippi.bsky.social website.

Don't miss this scary good deal! 😱📚✨

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🕷️ 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

Too Fast, Too Short American actress and socialite Diana Barrymore (1921–1960) was a figure often overshadowed by her famous lineage and tragic narrative. In Too Fast, Too Short: The Life of Diana Barrymore, author Jenni...

Order your copy here 📕👇

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Ending the work day with news that copies of TOO FAST, TOO SHORT: THE LIFE OF DIANA BARRYMORE have arrived in the @upmississippi.bsky.social warehouse!
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So excited for this biography of the complex, talented actress and Hollywood socialite to hit shelves soon. 💗✨

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We are surprised & disappointed to learn of plans to close @bucknellupress.bsky.social in 2026. AUPresses has offered our community’s assistance & insights to the university as planning for the press proceeds. https://bit.ly/41yszu5

Learn more abt the press's work: https://bit.ly/4m1elcH #ReadUP

We look at medical history with Thomas Helling as we discuss his new book _Sickly Vapors: Disease and Doctoring in the Old South_ @upmississippi.bsky.social Southerners thought of their region as different, which impacted medicine. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s... open.spotify.com/episode/1ozM...

Kiese Laymon’s Written Creations Remain ‘Rooted in Jackson’ Jackson-native writer Kiese Laymon considers his childhood in Jackson and Mississippi’s cultural traditions to be the foundation of his creative works.

“Everything I write is rooted in Jackson,” Kiese Laymon said. “I spent my childhood there and have always loved it. My life here, and in Mississippi as a whole, is what matters the most to me."

Will revised Mississippi textbook ever make it to the classroom? "Mississippi Conflict & Change" is back in print for the first time in four decades.

Will revised Mississippi textbook ever make it to the classroom?

"Mississippi Conflict & Change" is back in print for the first time in four decades.

“Landowning Black farmers had independence—and became leaders of the civil rights movement.”

Author Diane T. Feldman shares more on @MPBOnline’s Mississippi Edition with host Desare Frazier.

🎧 Interview starts at 17:23: buff.ly/pq1pvB6
#BlackHistory #CivilRights #UPMississippi #BookTalk

📽 Steve McQueen Movies, Ranked 📽 In preparation for the September release of STEVE MCQUEEN: INTERVIEWS—the first collection of conversations with the acclaimed filmmaker, and one that spans his career to date—volume editor Geoffrey L...

And check out volume editor Geoffrey Lokke's definitive ranking of McQueen's films here 🍿👇

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Steve McQueen Steve McQueen: Interviews is the first collection of conversations with the acclaimed filmmaker, and one that spans his career to date. Included are McQueen’s discussions with such artists, critics, c...

Get your copy here 📘👇

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And just like that... Copies of STEVE MCQUEEN: INTERVIEWS have arrived in the @upmississippi.bsky.social warehouse!
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The latest addition to our Conversations with Filmmakers series will be making its way in the world shortly. 📽️✨

🎥 Just reviewed in CINEASTE!
FILM BY DESIGN isn't just about poster nostalgia—it’s a sharp, scholarly look at how movie posters function as paratexts.
Out now from University Press of Mississippi.
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#FilmByDesign #MoviePosters #Cineaste #PosterArt #CinemaStudies

Holmes County’s history shaped the nation.
BORROWED LAND, STOLEN LABOR, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT—land, faith, and the fight for justice.
📚 Available now. buff.ly/ejD7UJS
#HolmesCountyHistory #CivilRightsHistory #UPMississippi

📚 RUSS MEYER: INTERVIEWS is a recommended summer read from @TheFilmStage—alongside books on Gandolfini, ASTEROID CITY & more!

🎬 A wild ride through cult cinema in Meyer’s own words.
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#RussMeyer #FilmBooks #UPMississippi #SummerReading

🎬 Ray Milland Revisited 🎬 Eric Monder, author of DASHING TO THE END: THE RAY MILLAND STORY, the engaging and detailed first biography of the Oscar-winning Welsh actor, recommends his top ten Ray Milland movies.  “Today, Millan...

For even more Ray Milland, check out the author's curated watch list on Letterboxd! 🍿

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Dashing to the End Born Alfred Reginald John Truscott-Jones, Welsh American actor Ray Milland (1907–1986) appeared in more than 135 theatrical releases between 1929 and 1985 and on radio, television, and the stage, whil...

The volume, which Rollysoon deems "Eric Monder’s splendid achievement," is available now from @upmississippi.bsky.social 👇

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A Hollywood Star Who Did Not Have To Play the Hero, Ray Milland Rates a Biography Milland was a consummate professional who always had to keep working, even if that meant taking on roles that were minor in productions that were…

"This is the first biography of Milland, yet it is likely to become the standard work because of its comprehensiveness."

@crollyson.bsky.social reviews DASHING TO THE END: THE RAY MILLAND STORY for @newyorksun.bsky.social 🎬📚✨

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🎬 We’ve ranked Steve McQueen’s films on Letterboxd!
Explore his work—from HUNGER to 12 YEARS A SLAVE—as we get ready for STEVE MCQUEEN: INTERVIEWS
✨ See the list ➡️ buff.ly/2zIW4XI
#CinemaLovers #FilmHistory #SteveMcQueen #Cinephile #FilmCommunity

Opening Weekend In a world where movie marketers are the stars of the story, Opening Weekend: An Insider's Look at Marketing Hollywood's Hits and Flops recounts Jim Fredrick’s journey through the realm of movie marke...

Read the full story—and many other fascinating, behind-the-scenes insights—in Fredrick's memoir, OPENING WEEKEND: AN INSIDER'S LOOK AT MARKETING HOLLYWOOD'S HITS AND FLOPS. 🎞️📚🍿✨

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YouTube video by Film Courage How I Became Stanley Kubrick For One Week - Jim Fredrick

Here's @upmississippi.bsky.social author Jim Fredrick talking about cutting the trailer for the film at Kubrick's estate after the director's sudden death in 1999.

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a woman is sleeping in a bed next to a mask ALT: a woman is sleeping in a bed next to a mask

Happy EYES WIDE SHUT day to all who celebrate! 🎭🍿

IMO the best argument against the film being a Christmas movie (it is) is it's July release date.

Thrilled to see @riknight36.bsky.social name LLOYD KAUFMAN: INTERVIEWS among these "7 great books about the craft of filmmaking." 💚

www.cinemablend.com/movies/7-boo... via @cinemablend.com

"Fans of Cole Porter can delight in a wonderful new book about this prolific composer’s musicals."

@home2hollywood.bsky.social recommends Bernard F. Dick's THE MUSICALS OF COLE PORTER: BROADWAY, HOLLYWOOD, TELEVISION, available now from @upmississippi.bsky.social 🎶📚✨

Hot girls buy books from independent bookstores! 💅

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Boosting one more time, if you need a thematically relevant reading list this Independence Day 📚✊

On July 2, we honor Medgar Evers—more than a martyr, he was a devoted husband and father. “We had no money, but we had each other—and the conviction that what we did…was more than just a job; it was a purpose.” —Myrlie Evers-Williams, FOR US, THE LIVING