Writing While Not Writing
May 6, 2025
By Olivia Clare Friedman A poet muses on the creative process and the ways she’s learned to keep the creative thoughts coming. Photo by charlesdeluvio As I am sailing around… READ MORE
Category: Poetry
Musings on Poetry and Publication
March 18, 2025
By David Romtvedt The author of the poetry collection Still on Earth describes the winding path that eventually brought him to LSU Press. Photo by Aaron Burden Still on Earth… READ MORE
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
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
Metaphor as Shelter in The Court of No Record
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
Opening Space for Venezuelan Poets
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
The Two Lives of Derrick Harriell
October 10, 2022
By Derrick Harriell Derrick Harriell explains how, as a poet, inspiration takes hold—especially when you’re least expecting (or even wanting) it. Before writing my recent collection of poems, Come Kingdom,… READ MORE
Review Roundup: March 2021
February 25, 2021
LSU Press publishes the works of a host of talented scholars and poets. Each month, we take a moment to recognize the impact these authors and their works are having… READ MORE
Review Roundup: November 2020
October 11, 2020
LSU Press publishes the works of a host of talented scholars and poets. Each month, we take a moment to recognize the impact these authors and their works are having… READ MORE