"From Occupation to Integration," by Drew Flanagan Ph.D, explores how French ideas about civilization and the civilizing process shaped the practice of occupation in the French Zone. Happy #pubday to this fascinating and important historical study! 📘 https://bit.ly/occupation-to-integration

"A Desperate Fight: The Lives of Louisiana's Confederate Soldiers," by Henry Motty, received a thoughtful new review in Civil War Books and Authors! Check it out here: https://bit.ly/4cNHCpA

Two reviews of LSU Press books appeared in recent issues of the Southeastern Librarian! 🖊️ "Southerners Acting Southern," by Tison Pugh https://bit.ly/3QmiOMP 🖊️ "Invisible Blackness," by Katy Morlas Shannon https://bit.ly/4sKIS1w

Joseph Bathanti muses on his old home of Charlotte, North Carolina, and his new work (including his new LSU Press collection, "Steady Daylight") for Storied Charlotte! https://bit.ly/3QCRF8j

Tune in to this lovely conversation on poetry with Dan Beachy-Quick, author of the brand-new LSU Press collection "Elements & Offerings," and the brilliant Camille Dungy, here or wherever you listen to podcasts! 🎤 https://bit.ly/4vAlrKX

Our warmest congratulations to Christopher Kempf, who received a 2026 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in Poetry! Kempf's latest collection, "What Though the Field Be Lost," was published by our press in 2021. We can't wait to see what's next! 📝 https://bit.ly/4vwvcd2 📕 https://bit.ly/kempfpoems

“Boudin is what the gods would eat if the gods were looking for the transcendent; a dish as satisfying to the soul as it is to the palate," writes Ken Wells in "Boudin," his tasty new book and the latest entry in our Louisiana True series! Happy #pubday to "Boudin"! 📚 https://bit.ly/boudinbook

Check out Adam Reiner on the latest episode of Extra Serving, a restaurant industry podcast from Nation's Restaurant News! https://bit.ly/4sn7Svx The author of "The New Rules of Dining Out" also appeared on the Larry Meiller Show on Wisconsin Public Radio. Listen here: https://bit.ly/3QcIBH5 🍽️

Today's featured title: "Lutheranism and American Culture: The Making of a Distinctive Faith in the Civil War Era," by Timothy D. Grundmeier, Louisiana State University Press, 2026 @lsupress.bsky.social lsupress.org/978080718593...

"So this is a collection of profound loss but also of a beauty deepened at twilight." Steve Knepper wrote a thoughtful tribute to the late Fred Chappell and "Ever After," his final LSU Press poetry collection, for Front Porch Republic. Check it out here: https://bit.ly/4tAJ2to

Last week, teacher and Civil War historian Joshua R. Shiver participated in a lively AMA for the Reddit community AskHistorians about his new book, "War Fought and Felt: The Emotional Motivations of Confederate Soldiers." Miss it? https://bit.ly/48AnJjl

If you can't make one of my upcoming in-person book launches (and even if you can!) join me on May 7 at 3-4pm EST for a virtual book launch event through LSU Press. More info at the link below: www.facebook.com/share/1RwKRQ...

Our table at the The College Language Association conference in Jackson, Mississippi. If you're attending the conference, come say hi!

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New Orleans Magazine featured Corinne Martin's "Louisiana Healing Garden" in the Spring edition of their "What We’re Reading" series! 🌸 https://bit.ly/4tyvFdc 📗 https://bit.ly/lahealinggarden

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In our April blog post, Bill Hardwig takes readers on a walking tour of Cormac McCarthy’s hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee as he explores the prolific writer’s relationship to the natural world. Don't miss it! 🖊️ https://bit.ly/4dxRCnV

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jefferson Cowie reviewed Thomas E. Patterson's "American Populist: Huey Long of Louisiana," the recipient of the 2026 Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities' Humanities Book of the Year Award, for the London Review of Books! Full review here: https://bit.ly/4e6Sikb

“A brilliant examination of the history of offshore oil cast in a crisply written narrative.” —Jack E. Davis Happy #pubday to Tyler Priest! "Offshore Oildom," available now, is the riveting story of the United States’ quest to secure the oil riches of the sea. 📚: https://bit.ly/offshoreoildom

In honor of #NationalPoetryMonth, NYPL made a list of the 25 Best New Poetry Books—and one of our collections made the cut! That's Steve Scafidi's touching ode to Appalachia, "The Appalachian Sea." 🖊️ https://bit.ly/4veRdwX 📘 https://bit.ly/appalachiansea

April's releases: "The Bad Poor," by Mitch Ploskonka "Offshore Oildom," by Tyler Priest "Boudin," by Ken Wells "From Occupation to Integration," by Drew Flanagan Ph.D "Eugène and Eulalie," by Melissa Daggett "Get It While It's Hot," ed. by ConstanceTHEEakademic & co! 📚 https://bit.ly/lsuspring26

It's real! @lsupress.bsky.social #skystorians lsupress.org/978080718678...

Congratulations to Moira Egan, whose LSU Press collection "The Furies" was chosen as a finalist for the 2026Poetry by the Sea Conference Book Award! Egan also has a poem featured in today's Poetry Daily! Check it out here: https://bit.ly/4dxxbYg

Happy #pubday to "The Bad Poor," a provocative critical examination of the rise of the Grit Lit movement by Mitch Ploskonka! Looking at issues of race, culture, and genre, Ploskonka explores work by Larry Brown, Dorothy Allison, Rick Bragg, Tom Franklin, and others. 📚: https://bit.ly/badpoor

Today on AskHistorians, Josh Shiver joins us for an AMA on emotions and Confederate soldiers for his new book War Fought and Felt. Come check it out! @askhistorians.bsky.social @lsupress.bsky.social www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...

The first ever review of one of my books in print! And in the appropriately named Ugly Things magazine! My deepest gratitude to Stephen K. Davis for his thoughtful review of what exactly I’m trying to get across about his legacy in “Frank Zappa’s America” published by @lsupress.bsky.social!

Happy National Poetry Month! Did you know that LSU Press: -releases 8-10 new collections each season, including poetry criticism and lyric essay -is the publisher of 3 Pulitzer Prize-winning collections -has nearly 500 volumes of poetry in its catalog Now you do! https://bit.ly/lsupoetry

We're live withCorinne Martin, author of the new book, “Louisiana Healing Garden”! Please join us for a book talk and Q&A. www.facebook.com/100063697324...

"White Terror," Allen W. Trelease's classic study of the Ku Klux Klan, got a nice mention in The Rest Is History podcast's new series on the terrorist organization's origins. Check out the episode here and our new edition of "White Terror" at the link in our bio.

I am delighted to be a panelist on this fantastic panel. Join me on April 18 at 10 am in the Midlo Center at the Earl K. Long Library (UNO). @lsupress.bsky.social

"What emerges is one of the most precise and tender meditations on place, ancestry, womanhood, and inheritance in recent American nonfiction—a work that does not rebuild the house but teaches us how to inhabit what remains." — @northamerreview.bsky.social 🖊️: bit.ly/3Qc55b6

Read @kategaskin.bsky.social and @gendeguzman.bsky.social convo today up @adroitjournal.bsky.social. Genevieve's new book is KARAOKE AT THE END OF THE WORLD (@jacklegpress.bsky.social) and Kate's is A RED KNOCK-KNOCKING LIKE A HEART (@lsupress.bsky.social). theadroitjournal.org/2026/03/30/a...

Today's featured title: "Between Worlds: John A. Broadus, the Southern Baptist Seminary, and the Prospects of the New South," by Eric C. Smith, Louisiana State University Press, 2026 @lsupress.bsky.social lsupress.org/978080718522...

"[A] pitch-perfect ear and metaphoric virtuosity...serves her investigation of expansive and braided topics in an original and fascinating book.” —Beth Ann Fennelly Happy #pubday to "Rubble Masonry," Rose McLarney's fantastic new lyric essay collection! 📚: https://bit.ly/rubblemasonry

"Steady Daylight” received its first review in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette! Check it out here: https://bit.ly/4rX6i3k The print journal Presence: A Journal of Catholic Poetry also included a thoughtful retrospective of Bathanti’s work, craft, and faith in their latest issue: https://bit.ly/3O5CyU5

Happy Spring! Here are our four book launches planned for April. As always, our launches stream live at 2 p.m. CDT on Facebook and are archived on Substack and YouTube. For more information on any of our upcoming events, check out: https://bit.ly/lsuplaunch

I'm going on a tour! I'm also reading w very cool people. I'll post more specific details as I go. If you'd like to invite me to read, let me know! I love reading poems & giving workshops. Please share widely! & give me a high 5 if you come to these events! 🎉 Big thanks @lsupress.bsky.social

To all of our Giving Day supporters: Thank you so much for your generosity. Our #LSUGivingDay26 campaign raised more than $33,000 from 32 donors! Our profound gratitude to everyone who donated to support the future of LSU Press and The Southern Review#LSUGivingDay26 We couldn’t do what we do without you.

Thank you so much for your support so far this Giving Day. Please help us surpass our donor goal of 25 and unlock a $2,000 challenge gift from David and Trisha Cook by contributing any amount to a fund of your choice! Be one of ten donors before 6 p.m. to help us meet this goal! bit.ly/lsupgivingday

We're live with Rose McLarney, author of the brand-new lyric essay collection, "Rubble Masonry”! Please join us for a book talk and Q&A. www.facebook.com/LSUPress/vid...

LSU Giving Day is one day away! Tomorrow, we humbly ask you to consider donating to our press. We'll announce a very special challenge gift in the morning. Stay tuned! For more on how your generosity can make an impact, check out our Giving Day page: https://bit.ly/lsupgivingday

Happy #pubday to James E. Caron's latest book, "Comic Belles Lettres," a significant rethinking of scholarship on antebellum humor, featuring new takes on works by Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and many more! 📚: https://bit.ly/comicbelleslettres

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Poet and translator Dan Beachy-Quick spoke with KRFC 88.9 FM's Lip Chicken Poetry Podcast about Sappho, translating Greek, and his new collection, "Elements & Offerings." Check out their conversation below or wherever you listen to podcasts! 🎤: https://bit.ly/3NdaYnF

Jennifer Lynn Gross's "Sisterhood of the Lost Cause: Confederate Widows in the New South⁠" was recently featured on the War of the Rebellion podcast! Tune in at the link below, or wherever you listen to podcasts. 🎤 https://bit.ly/4btgytT

In a special blog post, Danny Heitman reflects on the legacy of novelist and poet Cees Nooteboom and his longstanding relationship with LSU Press, including the time Cees visited Baton Rouge. 🖊️: https://bit.ly/4uU2wdY

"[A]s relevant today as when it was first published.” —Kate Culkin Happy #pubday to volumes 1 and 2 of Patricia Dunlavy Valenti's terrific critical biography of Sophia Peabody Hawthorne, now available in paperback! Vol. 1: https://bit.ly/sphvol1 Vol. 2: https://bit.ly/sphvol2

We're live with Kenneth W. Noe, author of the brand-new book, "Abraham Lincoln and the Heroic Legend"! Please join us for a book talk and Q&A. www.facebook.com/100063697324...

“[R]eading "Called by Distances" is like viewing a personal mosaic portrait of the world, each poem giving a glimpse of some meaningful shard.” From a new review of Biljana D. Obradović’s poetry collection in World Literature Today! 📝: https://bit.ly/4utMO8S

Foster Chamberlin was recently interviewed on New Books Network about his book, "Uncivil Guard: Policing, Military Culture, and the Coming of the Spanish Civil War." Check out the interview at the link below, or wherever you listen to podcasts! 🎤: https://newbooksnetwork.com/uncivil-guard