Category: Literary Studies

Irish Coins and Special Editions

Irish Coins and Special Editions

By Henry Hart Henry Hart recalls being on the receiving end of Seamus Heaney’s unassuming and remarkable commitment to gift giving. Seamus Heaney at a turf bog in Bellaghy, Northern… READ MORE

Revising “Hills Like White Elephants”

Revising “Hills Like White Elephants”

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

A Walk in the Park

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

Words and Faith

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

Angels and Demons

Angels and Demons

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

Jolly Ranchers, Taffies, and Receipts

Jolly Ranchers, Taffies, and Receipts

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

Finding “Harriet Ann’s Christmas”

Finding “Harriet Ann’s Christmas”

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

Opening Space for Venezuelan Poets

Opening Space for Venezuelan Poets

By David M. Brunson In this post, David M. Brunson explains how he came to put together the bilingual anthology A Scar Where Goodbyes Are Written, a collection of poems… READ MORE

Meeting Ernest J. Gaines

By Ruth Laney Ruth Laney shares how an impromptu interview inspired a love of storytelling and led to a decades-long friendship with one of Louisiana’s most celebrated writers. In late… READ MORE