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Book cover of "Antislavery in the Dissenting Atlantic" and award announcement for the Shelley Fisher Fishkin Prize.
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
22.11.2025 17:00 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Cover of book 'Between Novel and Network: Technology and Literary Form in Fiction and Fanfiction.
My first monograph, 'Between Novel and Network: Technology and Literary Form in Fiction and Fanfiction', will be published by
@lsupress.bsky.social on 16 May 2026!
It connects contemporary fiction, fanfiction and literary theory.
See lsupress.org/978080718642... for more details.
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.
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
21.11.2025 16:17 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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.
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
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.
"[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
19.11.2025 16:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0![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.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2awdbhdalhd2kglzqaodtqxe/bafkreibqrof3kzrlzhxe27fdi2vziwm6e6wa4zgevvwfghzgtagezz6oge@jpeg)
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.”
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
18.11.2025 21:00 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Book cover of "Young Woman with a Cane" by Reginald Gibbons, featuring abstract artwork and text on a yellow background.
"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
17.11.2025 21:35 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Book cover of "Dancing in the Cosmos" by Floyd Skloot with an abstract painting in greens and purples.
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
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LSU Press poet and cli-fi author Olivia Clare Friedman talked art, parenting, caregiving, and inspiration with the Postpartum Production Podcast! Check it out here: https://bit.ly/43WV6KY
13.11.2025 21:01 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
"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
Mark Jarman reviews Young Woman with a Cane by Reginald Gibbons @lsupress.bsky.social
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His political stake is with younger generations and those yet to be born: “If only we could ask children now for future forgiveness. But it’s not fair to do so. Or even think so.”
LSU Press @lsupress.bsky.social will be hosting an online book launch and live Q&A with Julie Goodspeed-Chadwick on Wednesday, 19 November 2025, 2pm CT - for the recently published "Lives Revised: Assia Wevill, Ted Hughes, and Sylvia Plath" www.facebook.com/events/77500...
#SylviaPlath #AssiaWevill
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
12.11.2025 16:01 — 👍 15 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
"[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
I’ve got a cover! My new book of poetry is coming out with @lsupress.bsky.social early in 2026. 🥳🥳🥳🥳
Grateful to the designers who made this spiraling metallic (anti-pie) cover-vibe. And to my editor James W. Long for his guidance and encouragement. 🥳
Preorder info: lsupress.org/978080718606...
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.
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
10.11.2025 17:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
"Can I send back a bottle of wine if I don’t like it?" The short answer: It's complicated. That's from Adam Reiner, who recently chatted with the SF Chronicle's restaurant critic about this and other rules of dining from his new book, "The New Rules of Dining Out": https://bit.ly/newrulesdining
08.11.2025 16:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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
07.11.2025 16:01 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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
06.11.2025 19:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
BLACK IDENTITIES AND MEDIA IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY EDITED BY SHERYL KENNEDY HAYDEL AND DAVID STAMPS
Excited to announce that the pre-order is available for Black Identities and Media in the Twenty-First Century via @lsupress.bsky.social ! I have a chapter inspired by @hystericalblkns.bsky.social’s In the Wake titled Digital Wake Work! This is my first book chapter! lsupress.org/978080718619...
06.11.2025 02:01 — 👍 47 🔁 22 💬 1 📌 2
My book has a webpage and a release date (April 20, 2026). And if you preorder now, it's 40 percent off. It's all happening!
@lsupress.bsky.social
lsupress.org/978080718678...
book cover of FRACTURED FREEDOMS: RECONSTRUCTING CENTRAL LOUISIANA, by David T. Ballantyne
David T. Ballantyne, FRACTURED FREEDOMS: RECONSTRUCTING CENTRAL LOUISIANA (@lsupress.bsky.social)
And in the JSH: “Remembering the Colfax Massacre: Race, Sex, and the Meanings of Reconstruction Violence” (Aug 2021): muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...
#2025SHA
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
06.11.2025 17:47 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
John Shelton Reed sat down with The Advocate to discuss "The Ramos Gin Fizz," the latest in our Iconic New Orleans Cocktails series: https://bit.ly/47GnXEm
05.11.2025 18:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Four-time @lsupress.bsky.social author and former Poet Laureate of Virginia Ron Smith updates a seasonal poem for @styleweekly.com: bit.ly/434loup
05.11.2025 16:33 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
"For those interested in the Civil War and Reconstruction, "Unreconstructed" adds a tremendous insight into the role of slavery and the enslaved on the political, social, and racial legacy in northwest Louisiana."
New review in Emerging Civil War! https://bit.ly/4nCqNA6
"[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
This week on @slowdownshow.org, @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social reads @jennymolberg.bsky.social's "Different Kinds of Sadness." This great poem first appeared in "Refusal" (LSU Press, 2020), and we were so happy to revisit it. Listen here! bit.ly/3X7C54y
03.11.2025 16:22 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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.
"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
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
30.10.2025 14:02 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
