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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
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"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
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"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
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Review - "A Desperate Fight: The Lives of Louisiana's Confederate Soldiers" by Henry Motty
Non-fiction Civil War book reviews, commentary, publishing news, author interviews, and profiles
https://bit.ly/4cNHCpA
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Two reviews of LSU Press books appeared in recent issues of the Southeastern Librarian! 🖊️ "Southerners Acting Southern," by Tison Pugh
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🖊️ "Invisible Blackness," by Katy Morlas Shannon
https://bit.ly/4sKIS1w
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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
4 days ago
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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
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The Power of Poetry: Guggenheim Fellows Camille Dungy and Dan Beachy-Quick Read from Their New Books and Celebrate 40 Years of Creative Writing at CSU
Podcast Episode · Colorado State University's The Next 150 With President Amy Parsons · April 14 · 41m
https://bit.ly/4vAlrKX
5 days ago
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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
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https://bit.ly/kempfpoems
6 days ago
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“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
7 days ago
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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
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When hospitality becomes unreasonable, with food writer Adam Reiner
Podcast Episode · Extra Serving: A restaurant industry podcast · April 10 · 26m
https://bit.ly/4sn7Svx
7 days ago
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American Society of Church History
8 days ago
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
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"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
8 days ago
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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
11 days ago
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Drew Flanagan Ph.D
13 days ago
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...
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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
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https://bit.ly/lahealinggarden
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What We're Reading this Spring
Garden Grows
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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
12 days ago
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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
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“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
13 days ago
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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." 🖊️
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https://bit.ly/appalachiansea
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Best New Poetry Books for Adults
NYPL’s expert Poetry Committee read over 200 books to select their top 25 picks. The final list showcases the vital voices of poets living and writing today, covering a range of personal and universal themes. Download the list and learn more about National Poetry Month at the Library.
https://www.nypl.org/books-more/recommendations/poetry-2026/adults
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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
14 days ago
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Drew Flanagan Ph.D
15 days ago
It's real!
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#skystorians
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Congratulations to Moira Egan, whose LSU Press collection "The Furies" was chosen as a finalist for the 2026
Poetry 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
15 days ago
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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
15 days ago
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Dan Howlett
18 days ago
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!
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From the AskHistorians community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the AskHistorians community
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1sbdh44/what_motivated_confederate_soldiers_to_fight_what/
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Bradley Morgan
18 days ago
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
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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
18 days ago
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We're live withCorinne Martin, author of the new book, “Louisiana Healing Garden”! Please join us for a book talk and Q&A.
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We're live with Corinne Martin, author of the new book, “Louisiana Healing Garden”! Please join us for a book talk and Q&A.
https://www.facebook.com/100063697324768/videos/4481926412127452
19 days ago
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"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.
19 days ago
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Melissa Daggett
20 days ago
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).
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"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
🖊️:
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21 days ago
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David Roderick
22 days ago
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
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@lsupress.bsky.social
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A Conversation between Genevieve DeGuzman and Kate Gaskin
To read Genevieve DeGuzman’s Karaoke at the End of the World (JackLeg Press, 2026) is to undergo a crash course in marvels. Woven through this debut collection are complex relational intricacies be…
https://theadroitjournal.org/2026/03/30/a-conversation-between-genevieve-deguzman-and-kate-gaskin/
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American Society of Church History
26 days ago
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
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"[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
25 days ago
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"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
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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
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John Wall Barger
26 days ago
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
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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.
26 days ago
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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!
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LSU Press and The Southern Review
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27 days ago
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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...
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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. | LSU Press
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.
https://www.facebook.com/LSUPress/videos/1271467560977045
27 days ago
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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
28 days ago
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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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Thanks for the shout out! Hope you like the book as much as we do : )
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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
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Interview with Dan Beachy-Quick
Podcast Episode · KRFC Lip Chicken · March 16 · 53m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/interview-with-dan-beachy-quick/id1845453864?i=1000755598573
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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
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"Sisterhood of the Lost Cause: Confederate Widows in the New South" with Jennifer Lynn Gross
Podcast Episode · War of the Rebellion Podcast · March 11 · 1h 28m
https://bit.ly/4btgytT
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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
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"[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
about 1 month ago
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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.
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And we’re live! Please join us for a book talk and Q&A with Kenneth W. Noe, author of the brand-new book, "Abraham Lincoln and the Heroic Legend.” | LSU Press
And we’re live! Please join us for a book talk and Q&A with Kenneth W. Noe, author of the brand-new book, "Abraham Lincoln and the Heroic Legend.”
https://www.facebook.com/100063697324768/videos/903053802495573
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“[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
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Called by Distances by Biljana D. Obradović
LSU Press. 2026. 100 pages.
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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
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