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Moncure Conway Rewrites the Past
April 15, 2024
By Frank Cirillo The author of The Abolitionist Civil War describes his efforts to separate fact from fiction in the autobiographical record of an antislavery activist. As a historian, I… READ MORE
Black Diasporic Literatures
March 22, 2024
Series Editor: Donavan L. Ramon, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Black Diasporic Literatures, a new book series from LSU Press, features innovative works of scholarship on the literatures and experiences of… READ MORE
Angels and Demons
March 12, 2024
By Robert Morgan The author of Fallen Angel: The Life of Edgar Allan Poe muses on the fascinating life of the beloved writer. Much we assume we know about Edgar… READ MORE
Noir(e): Race and Belonging in the Afro-French World
March 4, 2024
Series Editor: Robin Mitchell, University at Buffalo Noir(e): Race and Belonging in the Afro-French World centers Black people and Blackness in the Afro-French World broadly defined, reflecting on the circulation,… READ MORE
Sewanee Poetry
February 29, 2024
Series Editors: Wyatt Prunty and Leigh Anne Couch In the fall of 2024, LSU Press will begin publishing Sewanee Poetry, a book series edited by Wyatt Prunty and Leigh Anne… READ MORE
Jolly Ranchers, Taffies, and Receipts
February 15, 2024
By Cassander L. Smith The author of Race and Respectability in an Early Black Atlantic on what inspired her latest monograph. I don’t remember my exact age or the year,… READ MORE
Remembering the Empire of Brutality
January 17, 2024
By Christopher Michael Blakley Through the brutal incident described in this blog post, Christopher Michael Blakley demonstrates the indirect ways enslaved people fought back against the dehumanization they experienced at… READ MORE
2024 AWP Conference & Bookfair
December 19, 2023
We are happy to offer this virtual exhibit page for the 2024 AWP Conference & Bookfair.It includes the same titles that we are displaying at the conference. In conjunction with… READ MORE
Finding “Harriet Ann’s Christmas”
December 11, 2023
By Thomas Ruys Smith In this post, Thomas Ruys Smith describes how he came across a long-lost holiday story by a celebrated New England writer of the late nineteenth century…. READ MORE
