LSU Press Books and Authors Garner Awards in 2012

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LSU Press Books and Authors Garner Awards in 2012

 Baton Rouge, LA—This year several LSU Press books and authors have already been acknowledged for outstanding contributions to their fields. These awards reinforce LSU Press’s commitment to excellence and their contributions to Louisiana State University’s 2020 flagship agenda.

CIVIL WAR STUDIES

LANDSCAPE HISTORY / NEW ORLEANS

MEDIA STUDIES

 POETRY

  • Poet Marilyn Nelson was awarded the Robert Frost Medal by the Poetry Society of America for her “distinguished lifetime service to American poetry.” LSU Press has published several of Nelson’s collections including The Cachoeira Tales and Other Poems, The Fields of Praise, and The Homeplace. Nelson’s latest work, Faster Than Light: New and Selected Poems, 1996–2011, is forthcoming from LSU Press in the fall of 2012.
  • Talking about Movies with Jesus, a collection by poet David Kirby, won the Silver medal in the Florida Book Awards Poetry category, coordinated by the Florida State University Libraries.
  • The Swing Girl, by LSU Press author Katherine Soniat, received the Oscar Arnold Young Award, presented by the Poetry Council of North Carolina.

SOUTHERN HISTORY

For more information about these books, visit lsupress.org.

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