December 3, 2012
During the Civil War and Reconstruction, the pejorative term “scalawag” referred to white southerners loyal to the Republican Party. With the onset of the federal occupation of New Orleans in… READ MORE
November 28, 2012
One year there was an especially heavy box colorfully wrapped with a wide green and red ribbon and placed under the tree among the other Christmas presents from my parents…. READ MORE
November 27, 2012
The people at LSU Press and The Southern Review represent everything that is good in the world of literary publication. Their dedication to aesthetic quality has been the gold standard in literary… READ MORE
November 26, 2012
Meet Local Authors, Buy Books that Matter, and Shop the Boutiques at Circa 1857 Thursday, November 29, 2012, 5:00–7:30 p.m., 1857 Government Street Music fans, food lovers, art aficionados, architecture… READ MORE
November 16, 2012
My worlds collide this weekend when Lincoln comes to theaters. As a movie buff, biography reader and follower of politics, I’ll be first in line for tickets for the Lincoln… READ MORE
November 14, 2012
LSU Press honors and celebrates the life of Bertram Wyatt-Brown, an LSU Press author and the longtime editor of the press’s Southern Biography Series. Bert was the Richard J. Milbauer… READ MORE
November 6, 2012
In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, French cooks began to claim central roles in defining and enforcing taste, as well as in educating their diners to changing standards. Tracing the… READ MORE