Poet Dave Smith Honored
September 27, 2007
LSU Press poet Dave Smith will be the first Lamont Poet in the Lamont Poetry Program for 2007–2008 at Phillips Exeter Academy. Smith will give a reading at Exeter on… READ MORE
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David Kirby’s Pop Culture Appeal
July 2, 2007
David Kirby’s latest book, The House on Boulevard St.: New and Selected Poems is listed as #3 this week on Entertainment Weekly‘s “5 Reasons to Live.” Columnist Ken Tucker says… READ MORE
David Kirby’s New Poetry Collection Highlighted on NPR
May 8, 2007
LSU Press poet David Kirby’s new collection of poems, The House on Boulevard St. was featured May 8th on Nancy Pearl’s Under The Radar books segment during NPR’s Morning Edition…. READ MORE
LSU Press poet Greg Delanty wins Guggenheim Fellowship for 2007
April 13, 2007
LSU Press would like to congratulate Greg Delanty, author of the recently published The Ship of Birth: Poems, on his 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship. Since 1925, the Guggenheim Foundation has awarded… READ MORE
“William Henry Harrison and Other Poems” named an ALA Notable Book for 2007
April 5, 2007
David R. Slavitt’s William Henry Harrison and Other Poems has been named to the American Library Association’s Notable Books list for 2007. The book is one of only three poetry… READ MORE
National Praise for Williams and Mazzari
February 26, 2007
Miller Williams’s Making a Poem: Some Thoughts about Poetry and the People Who Write It, was featured in the Los Angeles Times and praised for his ability to convey how… READ MORE
LSU Press Poet to Become Kentucky’s Poet Laureate
February 6, 2007
Louisiana State University Press poet Jane Gentry has been named Kentucky’s next Poet Laureate. She will be inducted in a ceremony on April 20 at the Kentucky State Capital. In… READ MORE
LSU Press Poet Inducted into Georgia Writers Hall of Fame
January 30, 2007
Louisiana State University Press poet John H. Stone will be inducted into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame this spring at the University of Georgia in Athens. In 2000, the… READ MORE