Mike the Tiger knows great books!
September 29, 2008
LSU mascot, Mike the Tiger, took time at the recent Fall Fest to show his love for LSU Press. Click on the picture to view a larger image. Geaux Tigers!… READ MORE
Year: 2008
Margaret Gibson wins Connecticut Book Award
LSU Press poet Margaret Gibson has won the 2008 Connecticut Book Award in Poetry for her recent collection of poems, One Body: Poems. For a complete list of finalists and… READ MORE
LSU Press Recovering from Gustav
September 16, 2008
Though Hurricane Ike has been getting most of the national attention these days, it was Hurricane Gustav that left his mark on LSU Press. Our building lost most of its… READ MORE
Jay Rogoff is PoetryNet’s Poet of the Month
Congratulations to Jay Rogoff, author of The Long Fault, for being selected as this month’s PoetryNet.org "Poet of the Month".
Emerson Selected Poet Laureate of Virginia
August 28, 2008
LSU Press poet Claudia Emerson has been chosen as Virginia’s state poet laureate. This honor is the third award in as many years for the distinguished poet including the 2006… READ MORE
New Danny Heitman video
August 19, 2008
Danny Heitman and his book, A Summer of Birds: John James Audubon at Oakley House, were featured on a news story last night on WAFB Channel 9 (Baton Rouge). Click… READ MORE
Merritt finalist for VA Literary Award
August 15, 2008
Constance Merritt, author of Blessings and Inclemencies, has been selected as a finalist for the Annual Library of Viriginia Literary Award. The award will be announced on October 18 at… READ MORE
Mary Ann Sternberg wins Greater Baton Rouge Sisterhood award
August 5, 2008
Ernest Gaines and LSU author Mary Ann Sternberg were recently named as this year’s winners of the Greater Baton Rouge Brotherhood and Sisterhood Award. The award is sponsored by 100… READ MORE
Early Praise for Boone Biography
July 29, 2008
In a July 28 review, Publishers Weekly declared Meredith Mason Brown’s Frontiersman: Daniel Boone and the Making of America (Sept.) to be “the most readable and balanced” as well as… READ MORE
Danny Heitman interview (video)
July 11, 2008
Danny Heitman, author of A Summer of Birds:John James Audubon at Oakley House, was interviewed on 2une In (WBRZ, Baton Rouge) this morning. Watch him give an overview of the… READ MORE