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
Category: Poetry
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
Review Roundup: July 2020
July 13, 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
Review Roundup: June 2020
June 5, 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
Keith Clark Talks about Publishing in the Age of COVID-19
May 8, 2020
Keith Clark’s latest book, Navigating the Fiction of Ernest J. Gaines: A Roadmap for Readers, appeared in the midst of the drastic upheavals brought on by the coronavirus. Here, he… READ MORE