LSU Press at AWP 2018
February 26, 2018
The 2018 Association of Writers and Writing Programs conference will take place from March 7-10 in Tampa, Florida. A number of our authors will be attending the conference to sign… READ MORE
Year: 2018
February Roundup: News, Events, Reviews
February 23, 2018
What an incredible month we have had at LSU Press! The Cemeteries of New Orleans by Peter B. Dedek was given an honorable mention in the Louisiana Literary Awards. Hood’s Texas… READ MORE
Environmental Disaster in the Gulf South: Scholarship on Catastrophe, Risk, and Resilience
February 16, 2018
I grew up in Miami, Florida – a town that is no stranger to the effects of natural hazards – and for most of my life, the ever-present threat of… READ MORE
Freedom’s Dance: Social, Aid and Pleasure Clubs in New Orleans
February 9, 2018
Writing is often a solitary and tedious process with innumerable hours tapping on a keyboard. But the journey to create Freedom’s Dance: Social, Aid and Pleasure Clubs in New Orleans… READ MORE
January Roundup: News, Events, Reviews
February 2, 2018
January was another fantastic month here at LSU Press! We have lots of exciting news, and want to share it with you. On to Petersburg by Gordon C. Rhea was… READ MORE
The Secret Side of Mardi Gras, 1870-1920
January 26, 2018
One of my earliest Mardi Gras memories—I was five years old or so—is of my family costuming on Mardi Gras day and heading down to the French Quarter to claim… READ MORE
On to Petersburg by Gordon C. Rhea, 2018 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Finalist
January 25, 2018
Gettysburg College and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History have announced the finalists for the 2018 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize, including On to Petersburg: Grant and Lee, June 4-14, 1864 by… READ MORE
Reconstruction in Alabama, a 2017 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title
January 22, 2018
It is with great pleasure that LSU Press announces that Reconstruction in Alabama by Michael W. Fitzgerald has been selected as a 2017 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title. Fitzgerald is a… READ MORE
Tramp: On Poetry, Women, and Wanderers
January 12, 2018
When I first started writing what would become Tramp, I had no idea what it would grow into. Playing with late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century newspaper articles about women who… READ MORE
December Roundup: News, Events, Reviews
January 5, 2018
December is always a special time of the year. Here’s some news from LSU Press last month. Visitations by Lee Upton was named one of Kirkus Reviews’ Best Indie Books of December…. READ MORE