Poet Dave Smith Honored
September 27, 2007
LSU Press poet Dave Smith will be the first Lamont Poet in the Lamont Poetry Program for 2007–2008 at Phillips Exeter Academy. Smith will give a reading at Exeter on… READ MORE
Year: 2007
Hello Mike VI!
September 14, 2007
In a ceremony held Friday, September 14, at Mike the Tiger’s habitat on LSU’s campus, the university’s new mascot was officially bestowed with the name Mike VI. Chancellor Sean O’Keefe… READ MORE
Pollack Wins Phoenix Award
July 18, 2007
The Eudora Welty Society has announced Harriet Pollack is the 2008 recipient of the Phoenix Award. This is an award given on occasion to an individual whose contributions to Welty… READ MORE
Best Painter in Baton Rouge
July 17, 2007
Rhea Gary was named Best Painter in Baton Rouge in the 2nd Annual Best of 225 Awards. According to the readers’ nominations, ". . . Gary marries paint to canvas… READ MORE
In Memoriam: Mike Dunne 1949-2007
July 9, 2007
Mike Dunne died Sunday, July 8, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was a dedicated conservationist and used his talents as a journalist most recently to write about the… READ MORE
David Kirby’s Pop Culture Appeal
July 2, 2007
David Kirby’s latest book, The House on Boulevard St.: New and Selected Poems is listed as #3 this week on Entertainment Weekly‘s “5 Reasons to Live.” Columnist Ken Tucker says… READ MORE
Buddy Bolden Movies in the Works
June 20, 2007
"No one is really sure what [New Orleans’s] first "cornet king," Charles (Buddy) Bolden, sounded like 100 years ago, much less what made him tick," writes MICHAEL CIEPLY recently in… READ MORE
Active Hurricane Season Forecast
May 23, 2007
The Cincinnati Post put it best when it said, Some time not too far off, a date toward the end of May could replace Groundhog Day as a critical augury… READ MORE
New Life in the Shadow of Hurricane Katrina
Journalist Katy Reckdahl recently talked with Farai Chideya of NPR’s News & Notes to discuss her contribution to the Center for Public Integrity Investigation of the Hurricane Katrina disaster, City… READ MORE
Remembering Mike the Tiger
May 18, 2007
The LSU Press staff was saddened to learn that the LSU tiger mascot, Mike V, passed away at 2:23 a.m. on May 18. Mike V was born October 19, 1989,… READ MORE