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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
A couple weeks ago, OPB's Dave Miller led a poignant conversation with Floyd Skloot and his daughter, Rebecca Skloot, about aging, illness, and art at Powell's Books . What transpired is the latest "Think Out Loud" episode, available now for streaming: https://bit.ly/4hUuWyp
November 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
A couple weeks ago, OPB's Dave Miller led a poignant conversation with Floyd Skloot and his daughter, Rebecca Skloot, about aging, illness, and art at Powell's Books . What transpired is the latest "Think Out Loud" episode, available now for streaming: https://bit.ly/4hUuWyp
LSU Press poet and cli-fi author Olivia Clare Friedman talked art, parenting, caregiving, and inspiration with the Postpartum Production Podcast! Check it out here: https://bit.ly/43WV6KY
Finding Art in Life with Olivia Clare Friedman
On Cli-Fi and more
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November 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
LSU Press poet and cli-fi author Olivia Clare Friedman talked art, parenting, caregiving, and inspiration with the Postpartum Production Podcast! Check it out here: https://bit.ly/43WV6KY
"The freshness of his language matches perfectly—abets, I should say—the freshness and candor of his world view."—David Yezzi
Happy #pubday to "Inventions on the Brink," a new collection of literary journalism by the poet J. T. Barbarese! https://bit.ly/invenonthebrink
Happy #pubday to "Inventions on the Brink," a new collection of literary journalism by the poet J. T. Barbarese! https://bit.ly/invenonthebrink
November 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"The freshness of his language matches perfectly—abets, I should say—the freshness and candor of his world view."—David Yezzi
Happy #pubday to "Inventions on the Brink," a new collection of literary journalism by the poet J. T. Barbarese! https://bit.ly/invenonthebrink
Happy #pubday to "Inventions on the Brink," a new collection of literary journalism by the poet J. T. Barbarese! https://bit.ly/invenonthebrink
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Mark Jarman reviews Young Woman with a Cane by Reginald Gibbons @lsupress.bsky.social
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His political stake is with younger generations and those yet to be born: “If only we could ask children now for future forgiveness. But it’s not fair to do so. Or even think so.”
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His political stake is with younger generations and those yet to be born: “If only we could ask children now for future forgiveness. But it’s not fair to do so. Or even think so.”
November 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Mark Jarman reviews Young Woman with a Cane by Reginald Gibbons @lsupress.bsky.social
1/2
His political stake is with younger generations and those yet to be born: “If only we could ask children now for future forgiveness. But it’s not fair to do so. Or even think so.”
1/2
His political stake is with younger generations and those yet to be born: “If only we could ask children now for future forgiveness. But it’s not fair to do so. Or even think so.”
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LSU Press @lsupress.bsky.social will be hosting an online book launch and live Q&A with Julie Goodspeed-Chadwick on Wednesday, 19 November 2025, 2pm CT - for the recently published "Lives Revised: Assia Wevill, Ted Hughes, and Sylvia Plath" www.facebook.com/events/77500...
#SylviaPlath #AssiaWevill
#SylviaPlath #AssiaWevill
November 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
LSU Press @lsupress.bsky.social will be hosting an online book launch and live Q&A with Julie Goodspeed-Chadwick on Wednesday, 19 November 2025, 2pm CT - for the recently published "Lives Revised: Assia Wevill, Ted Hughes, and Sylvia Plath" www.facebook.com/events/77500...
#SylviaPlath #AssiaWevill
#SylviaPlath #AssiaWevill
Congratulation to Bradley Morgan whose "Frank Zappa's America" made Music Connection Magazine's Top 10 Books of the Year! Music Connection called "Frank Zappa's America" "a rare book that makes us love the subject more than we did going in." Check it out here: https://bit.ly/zappasamerica
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Congratulation to Bradley Morgan whose "Frank Zappa's America" made Music Connection Magazine's Top 10 Books of the Year! Music Connection called "Frank Zappa's America" "a rare book that makes us love the subject more than we did going in." Check it out here: https://bit.ly/zappasamerica
"[A] wild ride through disease-infested swamps, floating contraband camps, tinclads’ boiler bombs, and drunken melees. Gudmestad’s prose had me turning pages like a novel."—Andrew Fialka
Happy #pubday to "The Devil's Own Purgatory" by Robert Gudmestad! https://bit.ly/devilsown
Happy #pubday to "The Devil's Own Purgatory" by Robert Gudmestad! https://bit.ly/devilsown
November 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
"[A] wild ride through disease-infested swamps, floating contraband camps, tinclads’ boiler bombs, and drunken melees. Gudmestad’s prose had me turning pages like a novel."—Andrew Fialka
Happy #pubday to "The Devil's Own Purgatory" by Robert Gudmestad! https://bit.ly/devilsown
Happy #pubday to "The Devil's Own Purgatory" by Robert Gudmestad! https://bit.ly/devilsown
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I’ve got a cover! My new book of poetry is coming out with @lsupress.bsky.social early in 2026. 🥳🥳🥳🥳
Grateful to the designers who made this spiraling metallic (anti-pie) cover-vibe. And to my editor James W. Long for his guidance and encouragement. 🥳
Preorder info: lsupress.org/978080718606...
Grateful to the designers who made this spiraling metallic (anti-pie) cover-vibe. And to my editor James W. Long for his guidance and encouragement. 🥳
Preorder info: lsupress.org/978080718606...
November 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I’ve got a cover! My new book of poetry is coming out with @lsupress.bsky.social early in 2026. 🥳🥳🥳🥳
Grateful to the designers who made this spiraling metallic (anti-pie) cover-vibe. And to my editor James W. Long for his guidance and encouragement. 🥳
Preorder info: lsupress.org/978080718606...
Grateful to the designers who made this spiraling metallic (anti-pie) cover-vibe. And to my editor James W. Long for his guidance and encouragement. 🥳
Preorder info: lsupress.org/978080718606...
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
lsupress.org/978080718678...
@lsupress.bsky.social
lsupress.org/978080718678...
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...
#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
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.