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Mark your calendars for our upcoming book launches! All launches are streamed on Facebook Live and feature a live discussion and Q&A. RSVP here: https://bit.ly/lsupresslaunch
We've got three great launches left in our FB Live Author Series this month! Next up: a special Monday book talk today with Katherine Rohrer. Don't forget to tune in! https://bit.ly/lsupresslaunch
November 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
We've got three great launches left in our FB Live Author Series this month! Next up: a special Monday book talk today with Katherine Rohrer. Don't forget to tune in! https://bit.ly/lsupresslaunch
"Can I send back a bottle of wine if I don’t like it?" The short answer: It's complicated. That's from Adam Reiner, who recently chatted with the SF Chronicle's restaurant critic about this and other rules of dining from his new book, "The New Rules of Dining Out": https://bit.ly/newrulesdining
The New Rules of Dining Out
The New Rules of Dining Out is the quintessential resource for anyone, from the casual diner to the ardent foodie, who wants to dine like a pro. Sharing colo...
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November 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"Can I send back a bottle of wine if I don’t like it?" The short answer: It's complicated. That's from Adam Reiner, who recently chatted with the SF Chronicle's restaurant critic about this and other rules of dining from his new book, "The New Rules of Dining Out": https://bit.ly/newrulesdining
Our Spring 2026 catalog is live, and all books are now available for pre-order! Check out our upcoming offerings here: https://bit.ly/lsuspring26
November 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Our Spring 2026 catalog is live, and all books are now available for pre-order! Check out our upcoming offerings here: https://bit.ly/lsuspring26
Out today: "Tongues of Fire," by Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU)'s Aaron M. Treadwell, is a collection of sermons and other writings by Black preachers that speak to lynching in the Jim Crow era, exposing the embers of the Civil Rights Movement. Happy #pubday! https://bit.ly/tonguesfire
November 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Out today: "Tongues of Fire," by Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU)'s Aaron M. Treadwell, is a collection of sermons and other writings by Black preachers that speak to lynching in the Jim Crow era, exposing the embers of the Civil Rights Movement. Happy #pubday! https://bit.ly/tonguesfire
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Excited to announce that the pre-order is available for Black Identities and Media in the Twenty-First Century via @lsupress.bsky.social ! I have a chapter inspired by @hystericalblkns.bsky.social’s In the Wake titled Digital Wake Work! This is my first book chapter! lsupress.org/978080718619...
November 6, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Excited to announce that the pre-order is available for Black Identities and Media in the Twenty-First Century via @lsupress.bsky.social ! I have a chapter inspired by @hystericalblkns.bsky.social’s In the Wake titled Digital Wake Work! This is my first book chapter! lsupress.org/978080718619...
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My book has a webpage and a release date (April 20, 2026). And if you preorder now, it's 40 percent off. It's all happening!
@lsupress.bsky.social
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November 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
My book has a webpage and a release date (April 20, 2026). And if you preorder now, it's 40 percent off. It's all happening!
@lsupress.bsky.social
lsupress.org/978080718678...
@lsupress.bsky.social
lsupress.org/978080718678...
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David T. Ballantyne, FRACTURED FREEDOMS: RECONSTRUCTING CENTRAL LOUISIANA (@lsupress.bsky.social)
And in the JSH: “Remembering the Colfax Massacre: Race, Sex, and the Meanings of Reconstruction Violence” (Aug 2021): muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...
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And in the JSH: “Remembering the Colfax Massacre: Race, Sex, and the Meanings of Reconstruction Violence” (Aug 2021): muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...
#2025SHA
November 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
David T. Ballantyne, FRACTURED FREEDOMS: RECONSTRUCTING CENTRAL LOUISIANA (@lsupress.bsky.social)
And in the JSH: “Remembering the Colfax Massacre: Race, Sex, and the Meanings of Reconstruction Violence” (Aug 2021): muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...
#2025SHA
And in the JSH: “Remembering the Colfax Massacre: Race, Sex, and the Meanings of Reconstruction Violence” (Aug 2021): muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...
#2025SHA
Mark your calendars for our upcoming book launches! All launches are streamed on Facebook Live and feature a live discussion and Q&A. RSVP here: https://bit.ly/lsupresslaunch
November 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Mark your calendars for our upcoming book launches! All launches are streamed on Facebook Live and feature a live discussion and Q&A. RSVP here: https://bit.ly/lsupresslaunch
John Shelton Reed sat down with The Advocate to discuss "The Ramos Gin Fizz," the latest in our Iconic New Orleans Cocktails series: https://bit.ly/47GnXEm
How the Ramos gin fizz shook up the cocktail world, and why New Orleans still loves it
The Ramos gin fizz, once dubbed “the Cadillac of cocktails,” ignited author John Shelton Reed's interested.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
John Shelton Reed sat down with The Advocate to discuss "The Ramos Gin Fizz," the latest in our Iconic New Orleans Cocktails series: https://bit.ly/47GnXEm
Four-time @lsupress.bsky.social author and former Poet Laureate of Virginia Ron Smith updates a seasonal poem for @styleweekly.com: bit.ly/434loup
"Equinox 2025"
The former Poet Laureate of Virginia updates a seasonal poem.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Four-time @lsupress.bsky.social author and former Poet Laureate of Virginia Ron Smith updates a seasonal poem for @styleweekly.com: bit.ly/434loup
"For those interested in the Civil War and Reconstruction, "Unreconstructed" adds a tremendous insight into the role of slavery and the enslaved on the political, social, and racial legacy in northwest Louisiana."
New review in Emerging Civil War! https://bit.ly/4nCqNA6
New review in Emerging Civil War! https://bit.ly/4nCqNA6
Unreconstructed
Carin Peller-Semmens’s Unreconstructed grapples with the longstanding, systemic effects of white supremacist brutality in northwest Louisiana, highlighting...
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November 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"For those interested in the Civil War and Reconstruction, "Unreconstructed" adds a tremendous insight into the role of slavery and the enslaved on the political, social, and racial legacy in northwest Louisiana."
New review in Emerging Civil War! https://bit.ly/4nCqNA6
New review in Emerging Civil War! https://bit.ly/4nCqNA6
"[A] fascinating and pathbreaking account of one of the most important—and frequently feared—institutions in modern Spanish history."—Geoffrey Jensen
Happy #pubday to "Uncivil Guard" by Foster Chamberlain! Find out more here: https://bit.ly/uncivilguard
Happy #pubday to "Uncivil Guard" by Foster Chamberlain! Find out more here: https://bit.ly/uncivilguard
November 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"[A] fascinating and pathbreaking account of one of the most important—and frequently feared—institutions in modern Spanish history."—Geoffrey Jensen
Happy #pubday to "Uncivil Guard" by Foster Chamberlain! Find out more here: https://bit.ly/uncivilguard
Happy #pubday to "Uncivil Guard" by Foster Chamberlain! Find out more here: https://bit.ly/uncivilguard
This week on @slowdownshow.org, @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social reads @jennymolberg.bsky.social's "Different Kinds of Sadness." This great poem first appeared in "Refusal" (LSU Press, 2020), and we were so happy to revisit it. Listen here! bit.ly/3X7C54y
November 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
This week on @slowdownshow.org, @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social reads @jennymolberg.bsky.social's "Different Kinds of Sadness." This great poem first appeared in "Refusal" (LSU Press, 2020), and we were so happy to revisit it. Listen here! bit.ly/3X7C54y
"Chef Celeste’s Louisiana Kitchen" celebrates the bounty of Louisiana. With recipes that are easy to follow, the cookbook helps fledgling chefs build the confidence to manage fresh, farm-to-table meals at home.
Did you catch Chef Celeste's live cooking demo? Watch it here: https://bit.ly/3WwQdUT
Did you catch Chef Celeste's live cooking demo? Watch it here: https://bit.ly/3WwQdUT
November 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
"Chef Celeste’s Louisiana Kitchen" celebrates the bounty of Louisiana. With recipes that are easy to follow, the cookbook helps fledgling chefs build the confidence to manage fresh, farm-to-table meals at home.
Did you catch Chef Celeste's live cooking demo? Watch it here: https://bit.ly/3WwQdUT
Did you catch Chef Celeste's live cooking demo? Watch it here: https://bit.ly/3WwQdUT
Sue Strachan and her book "The Obituary Cocktail" were featured in this @nytimes.com article exploring the many lives of the drink: https://bit.ly/47AusJ3
October 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Sue Strachan and her book "The Obituary Cocktail" were featured in this @nytimes.com article exploring the many lives of the drink: https://bit.ly/47AusJ3
Hardwig’s latest book foregrounds the ways in which #CormacMcCarthy utilizes and manipulates language to simultaneously create and withhold meaning, draw clear images, and resist clarity.
Happy #pubday to "How Cormac Works," by Bill Hardwig! https://bit.ly/howcormacworks
Happy #pubday to "How Cormac Works," by Bill Hardwig! https://bit.ly/howcormacworks
October 29, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Hardwig’s latest book foregrounds the ways in which #CormacMcCarthy utilizes and manipulates language to simultaneously create and withhold meaning, draw clear images, and resist clarity.
Happy #pubday to "How Cormac Works," by Bill Hardwig! https://bit.ly/howcormacworks
Happy #pubday to "How Cormac Works," by Bill Hardwig! https://bit.ly/howcormacworks
Only four days until the Louisiana Book Festival! Please join us at the State Library of Louisiana on Saturday, November 1st to celebrate Louisiana's rich literary culture. Event is free and open to the public.
October 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Only four days until the Louisiana Book Festival! Please join us at the State Library of Louisiana on Saturday, November 1st to celebrate Louisiana's rich literary culture. Event is free and open to the public.
"Egan understands received forms’ emotional and psychological layers: sonnet sequences as community gathering or anagrams as sensuous, private conversation."—Derrick Austin
Happy #pubday to Moira Egan's transformative new collection, "The Furies." https://bit.ly/thefuriespoem
Happy #pubday to Moira Egan's transformative new collection, "The Furies." https://bit.ly/thefuriespoem
October 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
"Egan understands received forms’ emotional and psychological layers: sonnet sequences as community gathering or anagrams as sensuous, private conversation."—Derrick Austin
Happy #pubday to Moira Egan's transformative new collection, "The Furies." https://bit.ly/thefuriespoem
Happy #pubday to Moira Egan's transformative new collection, "The Furies." https://bit.ly/thefuriespoem
For our readers in Asheville, don't miss “Southern Indigenous Waters," an upcoming event with LSU Press author Kirstin Squint Thursday, 10/30 at 6pm! http://bit.ly/4n6R4GC
October 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
For our readers in Asheville, don't miss “Southern Indigenous Waters," an upcoming event with LSU Press author Kirstin Squint Thursday, 10/30 at 6pm! http://bit.ly/4n6R4GC
Portland readers: Make sure to catch Floyd Skloot in conversation with Rebecca Skloot, author of "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," and Dave Miller, host of OPB's Think Out Loud, at Powell's Books this Halloween eve! https://bit.ly/3WibPEn
October 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Portland readers: Make sure to catch Floyd Skloot in conversation with Rebecca Skloot, author of "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," and Dave Miller, host of OPB's Think Out Loud, at Powell's Books this Halloween eve! https://bit.ly/3WibPEn
New release: In "Slavery, Segregation, and the Second Founding of Rice University," Alexander X. Byrd and W. Caleb McDaniel highlight pivotal points of intersection between the history of Black Houston and the history of Rice University. Happy #pubday! https://bit.ly/secondfounding
October 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
New release: In "Slavery, Segregation, and the Second Founding of Rice University," Alexander X. Byrd and W. Caleb McDaniel highlight pivotal points of intersection between the history of Black Houston and the history of Rice University. Happy #pubday! https://bit.ly/secondfounding
Moira Egan's latest poetry collection, "The Furies," is coming soon! Catch her in person at one of these upcoming events, or at our Facebook Live book launch on 12/11!
October 21, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Moira Egan's latest poetry collection, "The Furies," is coming soon! Catch her in person at one of these upcoming events, or at our Facebook Live book launch on 12/11!
Don't miss this special evening with Daniel Mark Epstein at The New York Society Library on Tuesday, October 21st for the release of "Constellations." Both in-person and virtual options! Register here: http://bit.ly/47kTug6
Constellations: The Collected Poems of Daniel Mark Epstein | The New York Society Library
Join us at the NY Society Library for an enchanting evening with acclaimed poet Daniel Mark Epstein as he presents his latest work, "Constellations: Collected Poems." This literary event promises to be a captivating journey through Epstein's profound and evocative poetry, offering a unique opportuni…
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October 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Don't miss this special evening with Daniel Mark Epstein at The New York Society Library on Tuesday, October 21st for the release of "Constellations." Both in-person and virtual options! Register here: http://bit.ly/47kTug6
Five-time (!) LSU Press author Nicole Cooley is the featured poet of the October 2025 issue of Delta Poetry Review, which features an interview, selected poems, and a review of her latest collection, "Mother Water Ash." (Re)encounter Cooley's brilliance here: https://ow.ly/U6sw50XcL7B
October 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Five-time (!) LSU Press author Nicole Cooley is the featured poet of the October 2025 issue of Delta Poetry Review, which features an interview, selected poems, and a review of her latest collection, "Mother Water Ash." (Re)encounter Cooley's brilliance here: https://ow.ly/U6sw50XcL7B
Please join us now on our Facebook page for a live event featuring David Lyle Williams! He will be discussing and answering questions about his new LSU Press book, “The Road to Cisterna," followed by a Q&A! bit.ly/4nRMnBz
October 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Please join us now on our Facebook page for a live event featuring David Lyle Williams! He will be discussing and answering questions about his new LSU Press book, “The Road to Cisterna," followed by a Q&A! bit.ly/4nRMnBz