Last week at the Southern Seminary, Eric C. Smith spoke with Dr. Greg Wills about his new book, "Between Worlds," the first critical biography of one of its founders, John A. Broadus. You can find their conversation here: https://bit.ly/3OJnhZc

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"These are poems that are both easily apprehended and fathomless.” —Shane McCrae In "Resurrection Pie," John Wall Barger's new collection of poetry, Barger writes the odd, the marvelous, and the wounded with unguarded clarity. Happy #pubday! 📚: https://bit.ly/resurrectionpie

I’ll be at #AWP26 next week, and I’ll be signing and reading from A Red Knock-Knocking like a Heart out from @lsupress.bsky.social Please say hello!

It’s publication day for A Red Knock-Knocking like a Heart! And I started a Substack lol. Thanks so much to @lsupress.bsky.social Happy birthday, book!

"[A] gorgeous exploration of the complexities of parenting." — Traci Brimhall "A Red Knock-Knocking like a Heart," Kate Gaskin's new poetry collection, sifts through grief while tapping into the sublime state that underlies loss and love. Happy #pubday! 📚: https://bit.ly/likeaheart#pubday

"The scope of the book is a lifetime, the measure of the book is life. The volume is compelling, a necessary addition to our cannon. I keep it close." From a brilliant new review of Jehanne Dubrow's poetry collection "Civilians" in Colorado Review! 🖊️: https://bit.ly/4tUfgR1

Please join J. Mark Souther, author of "Sandhill Cities," for a new book series sponsored by the Society for American City and Regional Planning History (SACRPH) today at noon CST/1 p.m. EST on Zoom! sacrph.org/archives/6283

“You will learn the plants of Louisiana like never before.” —Tammany Baumgarten In "Louisiana Healing Garden," herbalist Corinne Martin explores Louisiana’s plants and their power to provide healing in a time of unprecedented change and uncertainty. Happy #pubday! 📚: https://bit.ly/lahealinggarden

"[A] searching, open-field meditation on the... lyric’s capacity to hold the unrepresentable." —Kimberly Grey Happy #pubday to Bruce Bond! His new poetry collection, "The Plural of Water," explores how the unconscious shapes our ability to perceive today's crises. 📚: https://bit.ly/pluralofwater

Going to Baltimore for #AWP26 ? Here's some helpful info about where to find us at the Bookfair, when our authors will be signing books, and how to attend our offsite reading with the University of Wisconsin Press and the University of Pittsburgh Press#AWP26

Boulder readers: Catch poet Dan Beachy-Quick’s reading for the Trident Poetry Series at Trident Booksellers & Cafe tomorrow, February 24, at 6:30 p.m.! https://bit.ly/4aLuGhJ

My new book of poems A Red Knock-Knocking like a Heart is coming out with @lsupress.bsky.social a week from today! This book is about grief and parenting; neurodivergence and infant loss; honeysuckle, oceans, barred owls, and space aliens. Mostly, it’s filled with big, big love.

@lsupress.bsky.social published NEW ORLEANS: A Concise History of an Exceptional City by CHARLES D. CHAMBERLAIN, a lovely object and good introduction to a unique, delightful place: #Booksky expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2026/02/new-...

We are saddened to learn of the passing of Dutch journalist and novelist Cees Nooteboom, whose 1980 novel, "Rituals," was the first to be published in English by our press. Our condolences to Nooteboom's loved ones during this time. https://bit.ly/4cGLYzc

The Author's Corner with Eric C. Smith: *Between Worlds: John A. Broadus, the Southern Baptist Seminary, and the Prospects of the New South*: thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/02/19/t... @lsupress.bsky.social

@lsupress.bsky.social published NEW ORLEANS: A Concise History of an Exceptional City by CHARLES D. CHAMBERLAIN, a lovely object and good introduction to a unique, delightful place: #Booksky expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2026/02/new-...

"[A]n important work of emotions history on evolving conceptions of white southern manhood across the Civil War Era." From a new review of Joshua Shiver's "War Fought and Felt: The Emotional Motivations of Confederate Soldiers" in Emerging Civil War. 📝: https://bit.ly/4kFbDKy

"Bathanti invents a world ample enough for the dead and the living through incantatory language..." From a new retrospective of Joseph Bathanti’s work and a review of his latest LSU Press collection, "Steady Daylight," in the Pittsburgh Review of Books! 📝: https://bit.ly/4aAhxbh

Very excited to be heading up to Natchez, Miss. to sign books ("The Obituary Cocktail" and "The Café Brûlot," published by @lsupress.bsky.social) at Dixon Books & Loft this Sat. Feb. 21, 1-3 p.m. Looking forward to seeing my Natchez friends -- come up and surprise me!

Going to AWP? Please join us for this offsite reading featuring @uwiscpress.bsky.social and @upittpress.bsky.social! Reading for LSU Press will be James Davis May and Chelsea Rathburn, while Arao Ameny and Ryan Teitman will represent @southernreview.bsky.social.

"Voices of the Formerly Enslaved in Louisiana," the first complete and annotated collection of Louisiana's WPA oral histories of formerly enslaved persons, received a thoughtful review in Emerging Civil War. 📝: https://bit.ly/46ESB15

Check out this great review of Cecily Zander's "The Army Under Fire," which recently appeared in the latest issue of The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. 📝: https://bit.ly/3ZvVqOo 📚: https://bit.ly/thearmyunderfire

What did Irish do during the CW? Why did Irish migrants fight for the US? What motivates soldiers? Damian Shiels explores these questions in _Green and Blue: Irish Americans in the Union Military, 1861–1865_ @lsupress.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/0MST... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...

How do we remember a monster like Nathan Bedford Forrest? Court Carney and I discuss his book _⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reckoning with the Devil: Nathan Bedford Forrest in Myth and Memory_ @lsupress.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r... open.spotify.com/episode/7cOj...

"Every memory feels alive here.” —Jehanne Dubrow Happy #pubday to Joseph Bathanti! "Steady Daylight," out today, is an elegy and praise song to the now-vanished Pittsburgh neighborhood where the author grew up. 📚: https://bit.ly/steadydaylight

Today marks the release of our tenth (!) book of the Spring '26 season! Here are some highlights from the beautiful (and distinct) typography of our first ten releases. 🔠

"Lutheranism and American Culture," by Timothy D. Grundmeier, has a new review out in Civil War Books and Authors (https://bit.ly/4qmyGLv) and an interview in John Fea's blog The Way of Improvement Leads Home (https://bit.ly/4as1nRp)!

Chilton Williamson Jr. calls "Parallel Lives," by Jeffrey Meyers, "a fascinating work of imaginative criticism." Read more in this new review in Modern Age, here: https://bit.ly/4trevii

Dr. Kenneth W. Noe is hosting a live AMA with @askhistorians.bsky.social to talk about his new book, "Abraham Lincoln and the Heroic Legend." Have a question for Ken? Join the AMA here: bit.ly/3MsWeAx

Today on @askhistorians.bsky.social we have an AMA with @kennethwnoe.bsky.social for his new book Abraham Lincoln and the Heroic Legend. Come check it out! @lsupress.bsky.social www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...

“Finally! The comprehensive treatment the Louisiana Native Guards deserve.” –Lorien Foote "Death or Victory," out today, offers the first in-depth history of the Louisiana Native Guards, pioneering African American regiments within the Union army. Happy #pubday! 📚: https://bit.ly/deathorvictory

In our February blog post, Marika Ceschia explores the radical possibilities of motherhood in the work of Black women writers such as Toni Morrison, Gloria Naylor, Paule Marshall, Audre Lorde, and Toni Cade Bambara. Check it out here! https://bit.ly/4qYtEG7

In "Karen Blixen’s Search for Self," out today, Patti M. Marxsen presents a 21st-century reconsideration of Blixen’s iconic memoir "Out of Africa," originally published in 1937 and now regarded as a classic of 20th-century literature. Happy #pubday to Patti M. Marxsen! 📚: https://bit.ly/blixens

“This work demonstrates the vital overlap between social history and military history." –J. Matthew Ward "A Desperate Fight," out today, views Civil War Louisiana through the lens of its soldiers’ experiences—and interdependence—with civilians. Happy #pubday! 📚: https://bit.ly/despfight

We've got three virtual book launches this month! Here's our calendar for February: Today! 2/4: "Driving the Beast: Poems" 2/12: "Uncivil Guard" 2/25: "Elements & Offerings" As always, all events are live at 2pm CST on Facebook and Substack and feature a book talk and live Q&A 📚🎤

LSU Press author Nicole Cooley will be reading this Friday at Books Are Magic with a plethora of other great writers! For those not in Brooklyn, the event will be livestreamed, too. 🗓️: https://bit.ly/46eqtSo

Congratulations to friend and fellow historian @kennethwnoe.bsky.social on the publication of his new book *Abraham Lincoln and the Heroic Legend.* Really looking forward to reading this one. 🗃️ cc: @lsupress.bsky.social lsupress.org/978080718521...

Happy #pudbday to Kenneth W. Noe! "Abraham Lincoln and the Heroic Legend," out today, boldly questions the long-accepted notion that the sixteenth president was an almost-perfect commander in chief. 📚: https://bit.ly/heroiclegend

Honored to endorse A.J. Cade’s new book, Death or Victory. If you’re interested in slavery or the Civil War, this is a must-read. @lsupress.bsky.social

Really grateful to chat about Zappa with the @jeffreystarr.com podcast, including whether his satire was successful and his political legacy. And it's a rare video podcast appearance from me! Check it out! "Frank Zappa's America" is out now via @lsupress.bsky.social! www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUyG...

"and Granddad lit another Lucky and let it have its say until time enough had passed for my question to waft away" Three poems from "A Day of It," Michael Chitwood's ninth poetry collection (and third with LSU Press) appear in the latest Southern Cultures quarterly! 🖊️: https://bit.ly/49ZRxpt

“[A]n excellent, timely, and long-overdue biography.” —Bill J. Leonard, author of "A Sense of the Heart: Christian Religious Experience in the United States" "Between Worlds," the first scholarly biography of John A. Broadus, is out today. Happy #pubday to Eric C. Smith! 📚: https://bit.ly/betworlds

Today on @askhistorians.bsky.social we have Foster Chamberlin for an AMA about UnCivil Guard: Policing, Military Culture, and the Coming of the Spanish Civil War Come check it out! @lsupress.bsky.social www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...

Author Foster Chamberlin is doing a Reddit AMA in support of his new book, "Uncivil Guard"! If you have any questions about political violence, policing or military culture in Spain, the Second Republic period, or the Spanish Civil War, make sure to check it out here: https://bit.ly/4tgDBR1

Congratulations to contributor Michael Chitwood on the publication of A DAY OF IT with @lsupress.bsky.social !

There's a new review of "American Populist: Huey Long of Louisiana," the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities Book of the Year, in The New Criterion! Check it out here: https://bit.ly/4bx3d5L

Adam Reiner appeared on the Pages and Frames podcast to discuss "The New Rules of Dining Out," the brigade system, interactions between guests and staff, and two great restaurant-themed films: "The Menu" and "Boiling Point"! 🎤: https://bit.ly/4a1V3j7 🎥: https://bit.ly/4qO4NVD

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"Hess splendidly weaves together historical minutiae to create a compelling tale that simultaneously educates and entertains the reader interested in Civil War cavalry." 🖊️ There's a new review of "Civil War Cavalry" in Emerging Civil War, here: https://bit.ly/3YYOuJh