Irish Coins and Special Editions
February 12, 2025
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
February 12, 2025
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
June 5, 2023
By Jenny Molberg Poet Jenny Molberg explores how individuals and institutions employ language, legal linguistics, and figures of speech to distort truth and punish those who seek it. She also… READ MORE
April 20, 2023
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
December 6, 2022
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