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Emily Snyder Bandy
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Acquisitions Editor at @upmississippi.bsky.social
📚 Film & TV | Food & Foodways | History | Media
📍JXN, MS
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There's more to George A. Romero than Dawn, Day & Night. "Beyond Zombie Politics" spans the director's oeuvre and films like SEASON OF THE WITCH + KNIGHTRIDERS. @clairecornillon.bsky.social @davidrochelorelei.bsky.social @upmississippi.bsky.social
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October 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"Well-researched and aptly fills an important gap in Hollywood history by examining the life and legacy of Diana Barrymore"

@home2hollywood.bsky.social reviews Jennifer Ann Redmond's TOO FAST, TOO SHORT: THE LIFE OF DIANA BARRYMORE, available now from @upmississippi.bsky.social. 🎬📚💗
October 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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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

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October 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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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
October 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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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Spooky season is here! 🎃👻

We’ve built a Letterboxd list of 13 Halloween must-watches—from eerie classics to cult slashers. Perfect for your fall movie nights.

👉 buff.ly/mb34Y86

#13NightsOfHalloween #SpookySeason
October 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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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October 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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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
October 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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. 💗✨
September 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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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
September 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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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...
August 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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“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."
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.
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August 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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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.
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August 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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“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
August 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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. 📽️✨
August 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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🎥 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
August 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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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
August 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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📚 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.
🔗 Read more: buff.ly/QcDIAM3
📘 Book info: buff.ly/PPzk0qt

#RussMeyer #FilmBooks #UPMississippi #SummerReading
July 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
"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 🎬📚✨

www.nysun.com/article/a-ho...
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…
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July 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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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
July 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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.
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ALT: a woman is sleeping in a bed next to a mask
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July 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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
July 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
"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 🎶📚✨
July 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Hot girls buy books from independent bookstores! 💅
📚 It’s a PRIME time to support indie bookstores!
Bookshop.org is offering free shipping—skip the mega-retailer and shop local instead.

👉 bookshop.org
#SupportLocal #BookshopOrg #ShopIndie #ReadMississippi
July 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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🎥 Holiday weekend watch list? We’ve got you. Explore Ray Milland Revisited—a curated Letterboxd list by Eric Monder, author of DASHING TO THE END: THE RAY MILLAND STORY.

Follow us on Letterboxd (@upmississippi) for more film recs!

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July 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Boosting one more time, if you need a thematically relevant reading list this Independence Day 📚✊
#ICYMI: University Press of Mississippi's 🔥📚 #Juneteenth Reading List 📚🔥, with recent and forthcoming titles that celebrate Black life, history, and the ongoing struggle for justice and equality

www.upress.state.ms.us/Collections/...
July 3, 2025 at 1:24 PM