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Check out new #poetry #books for the week of 8/4 from Mercer University Press, Black Square Editions, @seagullbooks.bsky.social, @lsupress.bsky.social, Tia Chucha Press & @bullcitypress.com. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...
New Poetry Titles (8/4/26)
Check out new poetry books for the week of 8/4 from Mercer University Press, Black Square Editions, Seagull Books, LSU Press, Tia Chucha Press & Bull City Press.
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“The poet laureate of Appalachia.” —Kirkus Reviews "To Honor the Imagined Whole," the nineteenth (!) poetry collection by the prolific Robert Morgan, is out today. Here, Robert reads "Bone Song." Happy #pubday! 📗 https://bit.ly/tohonortih
@wlrnnews.bsky.social, South Florida's NPR affiliate, reviewed "Broken Houses," the new collection by Georgia Poet Laureate Chelsea Rathburn that explores Miami through personal and recorded histories, dispossession, and erasure: https://ow.ly/9otX50ZuqSV
Obbie Tyler Todd, author of the award-winning "The Beechers: America's Most Influential Family," was interviewed by the London School of Economics' Department of International History (LSE Blogs) about the religious lives of the Beechers and his upcoming projects: https://bit.ly/4pUCjK9
The Beechers and the Making of Nineteenth-Century America: A Q&A with Obbie Tyler Todd - LSE International History
In this Q&A, we spoke with Obbie Tyler Todd, Adjunct Professor of Church History at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and Pastor of Teaching and Theology at Cross Community Church in Beaufort, South Carolina. Professor Todd told us about about the religious lives of the Beechers - one of the most important families of the
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"A vital addition to the social history of war." Check out this new review of "A Desperate Fight," by Henry B. Motty, in The Civil War Monitor: https://bit.ly/44RFAQK
A Desperate Fight (2026)
A detailed review of "A Desperate Fight: The Lives of Louisiana’s Confederate Soldiers" by Henry B. Motty.
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Anna Journey has two poems in the latest issue of the Georgia Review! Both are from her brand-new collection, "Wolf Cut." 🔗 Georgia Review: https://bit.ly/4fFDbgK 🔗 "Wolf Cut": https://bit.ly/wolfcutpoems 📷 by Anna Journey
And we're live! Please join us for a conversation with Kristen Teigtmeier Oertel, author of "Seeking Freedom in Indian Country." The conversation will be followed by a live Q&A. www.facebook.com/LSUPress/vid...
We're live with Kristen Teigtmeier Oertel, author of "Seeking Freedom in Indian Country." Please join us for a conversation followed by a live Q&A. | LSU Press
We're live with Kristen Teigtmeier Oertel, author of "Seeking Freedom in Indian Country." Please join us for a conversation followed by a live Q&A.
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Check out new #poetry #books for the week of 7/28 from @anvilpress.bsky.social, Eris, Chax Press, @lsupress.bsky.social & @seagullbooks.bsky.social. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...
New Poetry Titles (7/28/26)
Check out new poetry books for the week of 7/28 from Anvil Press, Eris, Chax Press, LSU Press & Seagull Books.
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"A Desperate Fight: The Lives of Louisiana’s Confederate Soldiers" by Henry B. Motty "deepens our understanding of the human costs of war," writes Tommie L. Stovall. Read more about it here: tinyurl.com/yc52tska @lsupress.bsky.social
A Desperate Fight (2026)
A detailed review of "A Desperate Fight: The Lives of Louisiana’s Confederate Soldiers" by Henry B. Motty.
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Out today: "Broken Houses" by Chelsea Rathburn, a powerful meditation on home and the foundations—both physical and metaphorical, stable and unstable—that shape us. 📗 https://bit.ly/brokenhouses
"Broken Houses," by Georgia Poet Laureate Chelsea Rathburn, was included in the Southern Review of Books' Best Southern Books of July 2026: https://bit.ly/4pIBfJh
There’s been more Zappa stuff on my feeds than usual, so I figured I’d reshare this article I wrote a few months ago for @lsupress.bsky.social’s substack. It’s about my book, why I wrote it & the difficulty of navigating Zappa’s legacy 30 years after his death. lsupress.substack.com/p/frankly-sp...
Frankly Speaking: Who gets to speak for Frank Zappa?
A blog post by Bradley Morgan, author of "Frank Zappa's America"
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Thrilled to share that my book "Frank Zappa's America" was awarded "Honorable Mention for Best General Adult Nonfiction Book" by the National Federation of Press Women. Judges: "A good resource for fans of Frank Zappa, nicely written and researched." Available now from @lsupress.bsky.social!
This Wednesday at 2 P.M. CDT, Kristen Tegtmeier Oertel will discuss her brilliant new book, "Seeking Freedom in Indian Country," for our Facebook Live Author Series: https://bit.ly/4fz7vvk Kristen will also do an in-person launch at Tulsa's Magic City Books on August 11: https://bit.ly/3Rtp2LP
Forthcoming LSUP author Laura Guccione wrote a profile of Mike Stark, a young Southern Baptist pastor who moved to the French Quarter, became King of the Hippies, and helped transform New Orleans mask-making into an art form. Read it in French Quarter Journal, here: https://bit.ly/4eY76lr
Mike Stark: Man of Many Masks
In the mid-1960s, a young Southern Baptist pastor moves to the French Quarter, becomes King of the Hippies and helps transform New Orleans mask-making into an art form. — by Laura Guccione
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"Vaudeville’s Wildflower," out today, uncovers the story of one of early 20th-century America’s most dynamic and overlooked entertainers, Cora Youngblood Corson, a trailblazing brass musician, bandleader, and vaudeville performer. Find it here: https://bit.ly/vaudevilles-wildflower
Out today: Hailey Leithauser's 'How to Moth,' a collection of established forms and musical free verse which celebrates the joys and the griefs of a life of loving wine, women, and song. Find it here: https://bit.ly/howtomoth
“Anna Journey’s poetry is really magical.” —David Lynch "Wolf Cut," the first book in our Fall 2026 catalog, is out today. This edgy, cinematic collection gathers nearly twenty years of work by Anna Journey, one of our most fearlessly imaginative poets. Find it here: https://bit.ly/wolfcutpoems
This fall, we have thirty-six great new offerings of poetry, history, biography, memoir, literary studies, media studies, and general nonfiction, including the latest from our Louisiana True series. Check out the full catalog here: https://bit.ly/lsufall26
David Lyle Williams won two recent awards for his 2025 book, "The Road to Cisterna." The Army Historical Foundation awarded Williams the 2025 Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award for Unit History, while Norwich University awarded him its annual Colby Award. Congrats, David!
Melissa Daggett appeared on The Reading Life, Susan Larson’s long-running show on New Orleans Public Radio, to discuss her latest LSU Press book, "Eugène and Eulalie: A Family Saga of Love, Race, and Property in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans": https://bit.ly/4bEqmCa
The Reading Life: T Clark, Melissa Daggett
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Lafayette readers: This Saturday at 11 a.m, catch herbalist Corinne Martin at Vermilionville, where she'll lead a free seminar on the healing plants of Acadiana: https://bit.ly/4vT4sCR
Healing Traditions in Acadiana, Educational Plant Seminar July 18th
Ellen Fucich stopped by Acadiana Live to share the details on how y...
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Featured today on Poetry Daily: "Elegy," by Dan Beachy-Quick, from "Elements & Offerings" (LSUP, 2026). https://poems.com/poem/elegy/
Miranda Melcher of the New Books Network interviewed Gregg Andrews about his latest book, "Shoe Workers in Hannibal, Missouri: The Rise and Fall of Manufacturing in America’s Hometown, 1890–1970." Listen here! https://bit.ly/44QsByC
A sneak preview of the graphic novel adaptation of "Confederacy of Dunces," coming in September from BOOM! Studios and adapted by renowned comics writer and illustrator Albert Monteys. To see the full panels, go to: https://bit.ly/4f3LSkJ
In honor of #America250, John Sacher, author of the award-winning "A Perfect War of Politics" and contributor to two other LSU Press books, shares in an explainer video how lessons from our nation’s founding can inform and help shape our future: https://bit.ly/4bb1UZ0
Research in 60 Seconds: What History Can Teach Us About Today's Society
In recognition of America250, Professor of History John Sacher explains lessons from our nation's founding that can inform and help create our future.
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In our latest blog, Robert Gudemstad breaks down a Civil War contradiction: 'Bluejackets' drank heavily—but they were also effective sailors. Read it on our Substack, and don't forget to subscribe to get our monthly newsletter and blog sent directly to your inbox: https://bit.ly/4g9qw7X
I spy at least one university press book on there! (A Confederacy of Dunces from @lsupress.bsky.social)
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