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We've got two poetry book launches this month!

Weds, Dec. 3rd: "Constellations," the collected poems of biographer, poet and dramatist Daniel Mark Epstein 🌌

Thurs, Dec. 11th: "The Furies," by award-winning bilingual poet and translator Moira Egan 🏺

📸 - Katie Napoli
A promotional graphic with a purple overlay on a winter landscape featuring snowy trees by a river. Centered text reads “December Book Launches” in white and gold. At the bottom, on a white background, text says “Facebook Live Author Series — Streamed on Facebook and archived on YouTube” and “Live discussion and Q&A,” with two small gold star icons. A blue-themed poster announcing a Facebook Live book launch. The center shows the cover of a poetry book titled Constellations: The Collected Poems of Daniel Mark Epstein, featuring a classical star map with gold stars. Text at the top reads “Wed, Dec 3rd.” Vertical side banners say “FB Live Book Launch” and the author’s name and book title. Bottom text lists the event time: “2 PM CST / 3 PM EST.” A poster for a Facebook Live book launch featuring the cover of The Furies: Poems by Moira Egan. The book cover is centered over an ancient-style fresco with theatrical and mythological imagery. Top text reads “Thurs, Dec 11th.” Vertical side banners say “FB Live Book Launch” and the author’s name and book title. Bottom text lists the event time: “2 PM CST / 3 PM EST.”
November 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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In her latest "Lit Louisiana" column for Verite News, Fatima Sheik gives thanks to the written word and those who keep it alive. She also shouts out the forthcoming “Black Identities and Media in the 21st Century," which comes out in June! https://bit.ly/4ijr1LA
A book cover titled “Black Identities and Media in the Twenty-First Century,” featuring stylized, faceless illustrations of diverse Black individuals arranged in three rows against a blue background. The editors’ names, Sheryl Kennedy Haydel and David Stamps, appear at the bottom. The LSU Press logo and release date “Coming June 2026” are shown below.
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Calling all Civil War buffs! The latest Civil War Center podcast discussed "Playing At War" with James "Trae" Welborn III (https://bit.ly/4p0xCxa), while Civil War Talk Radio hosted Alexandre Caillot to discuss "Late to the Fight" (https://bit.ly/3XPEpO0). Tune in at the links!
This image features two book covers, each with a highlighted podcast title below. The left book cover depicts a historical scene of Union soldiers in combat, carrying an American flag, with the text: LATE TO THE FIGHT: UNION SOLDIER COMBAT PERFORMANCE FROM THE WILDERNESS TO THE FALL OF PETERSBURG ALEXANDRE F. CAILLOT The right book cover is text written in a bold, pixelated font: PLAYING AT WAR Identity and Memory in Civil War Video Games Edited by PATRICK A. LEWIS and JAMES HILL WELBORN III
November 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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A huge congratulations to Bridget Bennett, author of "Antislavery in the Dissenting Atlantic," for being the 2025 winner of the American Studies Association's Shelley Fisher Fishkin Prize! 🎉 https://bit.ly/bennettantislavery
Book cover of "Antislavery in the Dissenting Atlantic" and award announcement for the Shelley Fisher Fishkin Prize.
November 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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We're thrilled to announce that "The Appalachian Sea" has been named one of @nypl.bsky.social's Best Books of 2025. Congratulations to Steve Scafidi for the well-deserved honor. bit.ly/4igXpyD
Book cover of "The Appalachian Sea" by Steve Scafidi, featuring a bird in flight and text announcing it as a New York Public Library Best Book of 2025.
November 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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In examining the vital role of emotions within soldiers’ relationships, Joshua R. Shiver’s "War Fought and Felt" advances our grasp of the links between masculinity, emotion, and relationships during the American Civil War.

Happy #pubday, Joshua! https://bit.ly/warfoughtfelt
The image is a book cover featuring a vintage photograph and text. The photograph, framed in a gold, ornate border, depicts an older man in a uniform, a woman, and a young girl. The trio is positioned closely, with the man on the left. The background of the book cover is black, highlighting the photo on the left side. To the right of the photograph, large beige text displays the book title and subtitle: "War Fought and Felt: The Emotional Motivations of Confederate Soldiers." The author’s name, Joshua R. Shiver, is below the subtitle in smaller text. At the bottom left of the image is the LSU Press logo in purple and black, accompanied by text advertising the book.
November 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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"[A] new perspective for scholars of the Gilded Age." –Aaron Jacobs in The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era in a thoughtful new review of Court Carney's "Reckoning with the Devil." https://bit.ly/4o4M7ie
A promotional graphic features a sepia-toned image of a stern-looking 19th-century man in military uniform overlaid on the cover of the book "Reckoning with the Devil: Nathan Bedford Forrest in Myth and Memory" by Robert Carney. To the left, a review excerpt by Aaron Jacobs discusses the book’s examination of Reconstruction-era memory, racial violence, and the legacy of the Lost Cause. LSU Press branding and a small “New Review” tag appear at the bottom.
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Jeffrey Meyers, one of twelve Americans in the Royal Society of Literature, is the author of fifty-seven books on biography, art, film, and literary criticism. His latest is the multifaceted "Forty-Three Ways of Looking at Hemingway." Happy #pubday, Jeffrey! https://bit.ly/fortythreeways
Book cover and quote about "Forty-Three Ways of Looking at Hemingway" by Jeffrey Meyers, published by LSU Press. The cover is of a black and white photograph of a man with short hair and a mustache, intently typing on a typewriter. At the bottom left of the image, there is a purple logo for LSU Press, along with text that reads: "Forty-Three Ways of Looking at Hemingway – New from LSU Press." The quote, by Valerie Hemingway, reads: “[A]n intimate understanding of Hemingway’s world and all it entails. If you are of a literary bent, this book is bound to keep you alert and earnestly engaged over many delightful hours.”
November 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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"Young Woman with a Cane" was featured in two recent reviews! World Literature Today praised Gibbons' "cosmopolitan vision of a world without suffering," while The Hudson Review declared his Emily Dickinson poems as "a stroke of Dickinsonian genius in itself." https://bit.ly/youngwomanwithacane
Book cover of "Young Woman with a Cane" by Reginald Gibbons, featuring abstract artwork and text on a yellow background.
November 17, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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A couple weeks ago, OPB's Dave Miller led a poignant conversation with Floyd Skloot and his daughter, Rebecca Skloot, about aging, illness, and art at Powell's Books . What transpired is the latest "Think Out Loud" episode, available now for streaming: https://bit.ly/4hUuWyp
Book cover of "Dancing in the Cosmos" by Floyd Skloot with an abstract painting in greens and purples.
November 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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"The freshness of his language matches perfectly—abets, I should say—the freshness and candor of his world view."—David Yezzi

Happy #pubday to "Inventions on the Brink," a new collection of literary journalism by the poet J. T. Barbarese! https://bit.ly/invenonthebrink
November 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Congratulation to Bradley Morgan whose "Frank Zappa's America" made Music Connection Magazine's Top 10 Books of the Year! Music Connection called "Frank Zappa's America" "a rare book that makes us love the subject more than we did going in." Check it out here: https://bit.ly/zappasamerica
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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"[A] wild ride through disease-infested swamps, floating contraband camps, tinclads’ boiler bombs, and drunken melees. Gudmestad’s prose had me turning pages like a novel."—Andrew Fialka

Happy #pubday to "The Devil's Own Purgatory" by Robert Gudmestad! https://bit.ly/devilsown
November 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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We've got three great launches left in our FB Live Author Series this month! Next up: a special Monday book talk today with Katherine Rohrer. Don't forget to tune in! https://bit.ly/lsupresslaunch
A purple background announces "Upcoming Book Launches" in bold yellow and white text, promoting a Facebook Live Author Series. Book cover of "Daughters of Divinity" by Katherine E. Rohrer, featuring a historic group photo and the date and time for her live book launch: Mon, Nov 10th @ 2 PM CST / 3pm EST. Promotional image for Rebecca Hazelton's book launch of "Generic Husband," a lawnmower in a green field and the date and time for her live book launch: Thu, Nov 13th @ 2 PM CST / 3pm EST. Book cover for "Lives Revised" by Julie Goodspeed-Chadwick, featuring a historical photo and the date and time for her upcoming book launch: Wed, Nov 19th @ 2 PM CST / 3pm EST.
November 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Our Spring 2026 catalog is live, and all books are now available for pre-order! Check out our upcoming offerings here: https://bit.ly/lsuspring26
November 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Out today: "Tongues of Fire," by Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU)'s Aaron M. Treadwell, is a collection of sermons and other writings by Black preachers that speak to lynching in the Jim Crow era, exposing the embers of the Civil Rights Movement. Happy #pubday! https://bit.ly/tonguesfire
November 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Mark your calendars for our upcoming book launches! All launches are streamed on Facebook Live and feature a live discussion and Q&A. RSVP here: https://bit.ly/lsupresslaunch
November 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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"[A] fascinating and pathbreaking account of one of the most important—and frequently feared—institutions in modern Spanish history."—Geoffrey Jensen

Happy #pubday to "Uncivil Guard" by Foster Chamberlain! Find out more here: https://bit.ly/uncivilguard
November 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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"Chef Celeste’s Louisiana Kitchen" celebrates the bounty of Louisiana. With recipes that are easy to follow, the cookbook helps fledgling chefs build the confidence to manage fresh, farm-to-table meals at home.

Did you catch Chef Celeste's live cooking demo? Watch it here: https://bit.ly/3WwQdUT
Cookbook titled 'Chef Celeste's Louisiana Kitchen' by Celeste Gill featuring Southern dishes and a festive King Cake with purple, green, and gold sugar on a plate. Two copies of the book Chef Celeste’s Louisiana Kitchen are stacked horizontally against a white background, showing the blue spines with white lettering and a small golden emblem. An opened copy of Chef Celeste’s Louisiana Kitchen by Celeste Gill with a recipe for Seafood Gumbo on the right and a large photo on the left.
November 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Sue Strachan and her book "The Obituary Cocktail" were featured in this @nytimes.com article exploring the many lives of the drink: https://bit.ly/47AusJ3
October 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Hardwig’s latest book foregrounds the ways in which #CormacMcCarthy utilizes and manipulates language to simultaneously create and withhold meaning, draw clear images, and resist clarity.

Happy #pubday to "How Cormac Works," by Bill Hardwig! https://bit.ly/howcormacworks
Five copies of the book "How Cormac Works" by Hardwig are stacked horizontally on a white background. The back cover of "How Cormac Works" by Bill Hardwig, featuring a description of the book overlayed over a background of a sunset at dusk.
October 29, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Only four days until the Louisiana Book Festival! Please join us at the State Library of Louisiana on Saturday, November 1st to celebrate Louisiana's rich literary culture. Event is free and open to the public.
A promotional graphic for the Louisiana Book Festival featuring the event date and details in the center on a lavender background. Text reads: “Louisiana Book Festival, Saturday 11/1, Downtown Baton Rouge, 9 AM,” with the LSU Press logo below. The border is decorated with colorful book covers published by LSU Press, arranged around the edges.
October 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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"Egan understands received forms’ emotional and psychological layers: sonnet sequences as community gathering or anagrams as sensuous, private conversation."—Derrick Austin

Happy #pubday to Moira Egan's transformative new collection, "The Furies." https://bit.ly/thefuriespoem
Stack of six copies of 'The Furies' poetry book by Moira Egan with a vintage-style cover featuring classical illustrations.
October 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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For our readers in Asheville, don't miss “Southern Indigenous Waters," an upcoming event with LSU Press author Kirstin Squint Thursday, 10/30 at 6pm! http://bit.ly/4n6R4GC
October 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Portland readers: Make sure to catch Floyd Skloot in conversation with Rebecca Skloot, author of "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," and Dave Miller, host of OPB's Think Out Loud, at Powell's Books this Halloween eve! https://bit.ly/3WibPEn
October 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM