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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
Calling all Civil War buffs! The latest Civil War Center podcast discussed "Playing At War" with James "Trae" Welborn III (https://bit.ly/4p0xCxa), while Civil War Talk Radio hosted Alexandre Caillot to discuss "Late to the Fight" (https://bit.ly/3XPEpO0). Tune in at the links!
November 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Calling all Civil War buffs! The latest Civil War Center podcast discussed "Playing At War" with James "Trae" Welborn III (https://bit.ly/4p0xCxa), while Civil War Talk Radio hosted Alexandre Caillot to discuss "Late to the Fight" (https://bit.ly/3XPEpO0). Tune in at the links!
A huge congratulations to Bridget Bennett, author of "Antislavery in the Dissenting Atlantic," for being the 2025 winner of the American Studies Association's Shelley Fisher Fishkin Prize! 🎉 https://bit.ly/bennettantislavery
November 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A huge congratulations to Bridget Bennett, author of "Antislavery in the Dissenting Atlantic," for being the 2025 winner of the American Studies Association's Shelley Fisher Fishkin Prize! 🎉 https://bit.ly/bennettantislavery
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My first monograph, 'Between Novel and Network: Technology and Literary Form in Fiction and Fanfiction', will be published by
@lsupress.bsky.social on 16 May 2026!
It connects contemporary fiction, fanfiction and literary theory.
See lsupress.org/978080718642... for more details.
@lsupress.bsky.social on 16 May 2026!
It connects contemporary fiction, fanfiction and literary theory.
See lsupress.org/978080718642... for more details.
November 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
My first monograph, 'Between Novel and Network: Technology and Literary Form in Fiction and Fanfiction', will be published by
@lsupress.bsky.social on 16 May 2026!
It connects contemporary fiction, fanfiction and literary theory.
See lsupress.org/978080718642... for more details.
@lsupress.bsky.social on 16 May 2026!
It connects contemporary fiction, fanfiction and literary theory.
See lsupress.org/978080718642... for more details.
We're thrilled to announce that "The Appalachian Sea" has been named one of @nypl.bsky.social's Best Books of 2025. Congratulations to Steve Scafidi for the well-deserved honor. bit.ly/4igXpyD
November 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
We're thrilled to announce that "The Appalachian Sea" has been named one of @nypl.bsky.social's Best Books of 2025. Congratulations to Steve Scafidi for the well-deserved honor. bit.ly/4igXpyD
In examining the vital role of emotions within soldiers’ relationships, Joshua R. Shiver’s "War Fought and Felt" advances our grasp of the links between masculinity, emotion, and relationships during the American Civil War.
Happy #pubday, Joshua! https://bit.ly/warfoughtfelt
Happy #pubday, Joshua! https://bit.ly/warfoughtfelt
November 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
In examining the vital role of emotions within soldiers’ relationships, Joshua R. Shiver’s "War Fought and Felt" advances our grasp of the links between masculinity, emotion, and relationships during the American Civil War.
Happy #pubday, Joshua! https://bit.ly/warfoughtfelt
Happy #pubday, Joshua! https://bit.ly/warfoughtfelt
"[A] new perspective for scholars of the Gilded Age." –Aaron Jacobs in The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era in a thoughtful new review of Court Carney's "Reckoning with the Devil." https://bit.ly/4o4M7ie
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
"[A] new perspective for scholars of the Gilded Age." –Aaron Jacobs in The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era in a thoughtful new review of Court Carney's "Reckoning with the Devil." https://bit.ly/4o4M7ie
Jeffrey Meyers, one of twelve Americans in the Royal Society of Literature, is the author of fifty-seven books on biography, art, film, and literary criticism. His latest is the multifaceted "Forty-Three Ways of Looking at Hemingway." Happy #pubday, Jeffrey! https://bit.ly/fortythreeways
![Book cover and quote about "Forty-Three Ways of Looking at Hemingway" by Jeffrey Meyers, published by LSU Press. The cover is of a black and white photograph of a man with short hair and a mustache, intently typing on a typewriter. At the bottom left of the image, there is a purple logo for LSU Press, along with text that reads: "Forty-Three Ways of Looking at Hemingway – New from LSU Press."
The quote, by Valerie Hemingway, reads: “[A]n intimate understanding of Hemingway’s world and all it entails. If you are of a literary bent, this book is bound to keep you alert and earnestly engaged over many delightful hours.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2awdbhdalhd2kglzqaodtqxe/bafkreibqrof3kzrlzhxe27fdi2vziwm6e6wa4zgevvwfghzgtagezz6oge@jpeg)
November 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Jeffrey Meyers, one of twelve Americans in the Royal Society of Literature, is the author of fifty-seven books on biography, art, film, and literary criticism. His latest is the multifaceted "Forty-Three Ways of Looking at Hemingway." Happy #pubday, Jeffrey! https://bit.ly/fortythreeways
"Young Woman with a Cane" was featured in two recent reviews! World Literature Today praised Gibbons' "cosmopolitan vision of a world without suffering," while The Hudson Review declared his Emily Dickinson poems as "a stroke of Dickinsonian genius in itself." https://bit.ly/youngwomanwithacane
November 17, 2025 at 9:35 PM
"Young Woman with a Cane" was featured in two recent reviews! World Literature Today praised Gibbons' "cosmopolitan vision of a world without suffering," while The Hudson Review declared his Emily Dickinson poems as "a stroke of Dickinsonian genius in itself." https://bit.ly/youngwomanwithacane
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