Christmas Past
December 8, 2021
By Thomas Ruys Smith In the new anthology Christmas Past, Thomas Ruys Smith brings together an array of seasonal stories from a deeply formative period in the history of American… READ MORE
Year: 2021
Documenting Oppression
November 9, 2021
By D. A. Dunkley In Women and Resistance in the Early Rastafari Movement, D. A. Dunkley examines the lives and experiences of Rastafari women in colonial Jamaica, where government oppression… READ MORE
Pardon and Amnesty in Reconstruction-Era Tennessee
October 19, 2021
By Kathleen Zebley Liulevicius Pardon petitions from former Confederate soldiers and sympathizers contain a wealth of information about people from an array of social and economic backgrounds, and include details… READ MORE
Traditions Old and New
October 3, 2021
By Sandra Scalise Juneau The tradition of St. Joseph Altars has a complex and enduring history. What began in Sicily as a prayer for relief from famine during the late… READ MORE
Gordon and Me
September 14, 2021
By Thomas Aiello In conjunction with the recent release of his true crime book, The Trouble in Room 519, Thomas Aiello reflects on the chance discovery in a dark library… READ MORE
Review Roundup: August 2021
August 12, 2021
LSU Press publishes the works of a host of talented scholars and writers. Each month, we take a moment to recognize the impact these authors and their works are having… READ MORE
“Could you also provide a synopsis of the book?” or, Why My Poems Are about Nothing
August 6, 2021
By David Kirby “It’s like trying to pick a lock without thinking about the lock.”—Tom Stoppard To use two lines from Chuck Berry’s “Memphis, Tennessee” as the epigraph to Help… READ MORE
Review Roundup: January 2021
August 1, 2021
LSU Press publishes the works of a host of talented scholars and poets. Each month, we take a moment to recognize the impact these authors and their works are having… READ MORE
Portraying the Mysterious Figures of Louisiana Folklore
July 20, 2021
By Nathan J. Rabalais In my LSU Press book on Louisiana folklore traditions, I ran into a challenge: How can we best portray, both in words and in images, characters… READ MORE
Review Roundup: June 2021
June 10, 2021
LSU Press publishes the works of a host of talented scholars and writers. Each month, we take a moment to recognize the impact these authors and their works are having… READ MORE
