Mercer University Press

University press in Macon, Georgia

Mercer University Press

Parent company	Mercer University
Founded	1979
Country of origin	United States
Headquarters location	Macon, Georgia
Publication types	Books
Official website	www.mupress.org

Mercer University Press, established in 1979, is a publisher that is part of Mercer University. Mercer University Press has published more than 1,600 books, releasing 35-40 titles annually with a 5-person staff.

Mercer is the only Baptist-related institution with an active continuous full-time publishing program over the past thirty years.

In 2019, Gov. Brian Kemp recognized Mercer University Press as a recipient of the eighth annual Governor's Awards for the Arts and Humanities.^[1]

Mercer University Press is a member of the Association of University Presses and The Green Press Initiative.^[2]

Mercer University Press awards the Ferrol Sams Award for Fiction annually. It is "given to the best manuscript that speaks to the human condition in a Southern context. This category includes both novels and short stories.^[3]

Active scholar series published by Mercer University Press

America's Historically Black Colleges and Universities Series
Voices of the African Diaspora Series
The James N. Griffith Endowed Series in Baptist Studies
Baptists in Early North America Series
Perspectives on Baptist Identities Series
Early English Baptist Texts Series
Mercer Commentary on the Bible Series
Sports and Religion Series
Food and the American South Series
Music and the American South Series
Carson McCullers Series
Flannery O’Connor Series
A.V. Elliott Conference Series
Mercer Paul Tillich Series
Mercer Kierkegaard Series
International Kierkegaard Commentary Series
The Melungeons Series
State Narratives of the Civil War Series
Mercer University Ocmulgee Series
Reprint of Scholarly Excellency
Walter Rauschenbusch Series

Notable authors that Mercer University Press has published

James Dickey

Death, and the Day's Light: Poems. Mercer University Press. 2015 ISBN 9780881465198

Samuel Pickering

A Comfortable Boy: A Memoir]. Mercer University Press. 2010 ISBN 9780881461824
Walden Mercer University Press. 2011 ISBN 9780881462319
A Tramp's Wallet. Mercer University Press. 2011 ISBN 9780881462357
The Splendour Falls. Mercer University Press. 2013 ISBN 9780881464498
Parade's End: Essays. Mercer University Press. 2018. ISBN 9780881466652

President Jimmy Carter

The Craftsmanship of Jimmy Carter. Mercer University Press. 2017. ISBN 9780881466447
The Paintings of Jimmy Carter. Mercer University Press. 2018. ISBN 9780881466881

Terry Kay

The Book of Marie. Mercer University Press. 2007. ISBN 9780881460827
Bogmeadow's Wish. Mercer University Press. 2011. ISBN 9780881462302
The Greats of Cuttercane]. Mercer University Press. 2011. ISBN 9780881462494
The Seventh Mirror. Mercer University Press. 2013 ISBN 9780881464528
Song of the Vagabond Bird. Mercer University Press. 2014 ISBN 9780881464818
The King Who Made Paper Flowers. Mercer University Press. 2020 ISBN 9780881467727
The Forever Wish of Middy Sweet]. Mercer University Press. 2020 ISBN 9780881467536

Bill Curry

Ten Men You Meet in the Huddle: Lessons from a Football Life, Revised. Mercer University Press. 2023 ISBN 9780881468946

Mary Ann Harris Gay

Life in Dixie during the war. Mercer University Press. 2013. ISBN 9780865547490

Cathryn Hankla

Galaxies: Poems. Mercer University Press. 2017. ISBN 9780881466164
Lost Places: On Losing and Finding Home. Mercer University Press. 2018. ISBN 9780881466485
Not Xanadu: Poems. Mercer University Press. 2022. ISBN 9780881468328
Immortal Stuff: Prose Poems. Mercer University Press. 2023 ISBN 9780881468748

Paul Hornsby

Fix It In the Mix: A Memoir. Mercer University Press. 2021 ISBN 9780881467819

Don Reid of The Statler Brothers

The Music of The Statler Brothers: An Anthology. Mercer University Press. 2021 ISBN 9780881467512
Life Lessons. Mercer University Press. 2021. ISBN 9780881467963
Piano Days: A Novel. Mercer University Press. 2022. ISBN 9780881468694

Willie Perkins, tour manager for The Allman Brothers Band

No Saints, No Saviors: My Years With The Allman Brothers Band. Mercer University Press. 2010. ISBN 9780865549678
The Allman Brothers Band Classic Memorabilia, 1969-1976. Mercer University Press. 2015. ISBN 9780881465471
Diary of a Rock and Roll Tour Manager: 2,190 Days and Nights with the South's Premier Rock Band. Mercer University Press. 2022. ISBN 9780881468465

William Rawlings

A Killing on Ring Jaw Bluff: The Great Recession and the Death of Small Town Georgia. Mercer University Press. 2013. ISBN 9780881464313
The Strange Journey of the Confederate Constitution: And Other Stories from Georgia's Historical Past. Mercer University Press. 2017 ISBN 9780881466263
The Second Coming of the Invisible Empire: The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s. Mercer University Press. 2017. ISBN 9780881466430
The Girl with Kaleidoscope Eyes: A Novel. Mercer University Press. 2019. ISBN 9780881467130
Six Inches Deeper: The Disappearance of Hellen Hanks. Mercer University Press. 2020. ISBN 9780881467338
Lighthouses of the Georgia Coast. Mercer University Press. 2021. ISBN 9780881467758
The Columbus Stocking Strangler: The True Crime story of serial killer Carlton Gary Mercer University Press. 2022. ISBN 9780881468915