Abraham Lincoln and the Beecher Family
January 7, 2025
By Obbie Tyler Todd The author of The Beechers: America’s Most Influential Family ponders the impact of the Beecher clan on the Lincoln presidency. Photo of the Beecher statue and… READ MORE
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Natchitoches and the Arrival of the Americans
December 10, 2024
By Kathleen M. Byrd Kathleen M. Byrd describes the transformation of the sleepy agricultural and fur-trading community of Natchitoches, Louisiana, into a prominent regional center soon after the Louisiana Purchase… READ MORE
An Invitation for These Times
November 13, 2024
By Press Robinson Author and longtime educator Press Robinson muses on the importance of being personally engaged in our local and larger communities. Chancellor Robinson presides at the May 12,… READ MORE
The Civil War in the Age of Nationalism
October 14, 2024
By Duncan A. Campbell and Niels Eichhorn Duncan A. Campbell and Niels Eichhorn note the importance of situating the American Civil War within the context of global conflicts and trends… READ MORE
How Discovering Two New Terms Sparked a Memoir
September 10, 2024
By Barbara Drake-Vera In this post, Barbara Drake-Vera describes finding new words to articulate grief and sorrow. Readers often ask me questions about Andean culture and disappearing glaciers at author… READ MORE
Revising “Hills Like White Elephants”
August 6, 2024
By John Beall John Beall describes the meticulous process through which Hemingway refined his stories for publication. In my book Hemingway’s Art of Revision, I give a detailed description of… READ MORE
A Walk in the Park
July 11, 2024
By Alice Friman LSU Press poet Alice Friman shares a poem that sprang from a life-changing experience. For me, writing poetry is the great permission. Everything and anything is allowed…. READ MORE
Words and Faith
June 5, 2024
By Anne Pierson Wiese LSU Press poet Anne Pierson Wiese explores how an early love of books informed her unwavering faith in reading and the written word. Before I could… READ MORE
Wild Spirits
May 15, 2024
By Jeffrey Anderson Jeffrey Anderson describes an unexpected personal encounter while conducting research in Haiti. Historical research is a lot like detective work. The historian investigates evidence without knowing for… READ MORE
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