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Poet and translator Dan Beachy-Quick spoke with @krfcfm's Lip Chicken Poetry Podcast about Sappho, translating Greek, and his new collection, "Elements & Offerings." Check out their conversation below or wherever you listen to podcasts! 🎤: bit.ly/3NdaYnF

Jennifer Lynn Gross's "Sisterhood of the Lost Cause: Confederate Widows in the New South⁠" was recently featured on the War of the Rebellion podcast! Tune in at the link below, or wherever you listen to podcasts. 🎤 bit.ly/4btgytT

In a special blog post, Danny Heitman reflects on the legacy of novelist and poet Cees Nooteboom and his longstanding relationship with LSU Press, including the time Cees visited Baton Rouge. 🖊️: bit.ly/4uU2wdY

"[A]s relevant today as when it was first published.” —Kate Culkin Happy #pubday to volumes 1 and 2 of Patricia Dunlavy Valenti's terrific critical biography of Sophia Peabody Hawthorne, now available in paperback! Vol. 1: bit.ly/sphvol1 Vol. 2: bit.ly/sphvol2

We're live with Kenneth W. Noe, author of the brand-new book, "Abraham Lincoln and the Heroic Legend"! Please join us for a book talk and Q&A. facebook.com/10006369732476…

“[R]eading "Called by Distances" is like viewing a personal mosaic portrait of the world, each poem giving a glimpse of some meaningful shard.” From a new review of Biljana D. Obradović’s poetry collection in World Literature Today! 📝: bit.ly/4utMO8S

Foster Chamberlin was recently interviewed on @NewBooksNetwork about his book, "Uncivil Guard: Policing, Military Culture, and the Coming of the Spanish Civil War." Check out the interview at the link below, or wherever you listen to podcasts! 🎤: newbooksnetwork.com/uncivil-guard

Mark your calendars - Thomas E. Patterson will be here at 4pm on Tuesday, April 7th to sign copies of AMERICAN POPULIST: HUEY LONG OF LOUISIANA! Event details and signed first editions available here: alabamabooksmith.com/signed-copies/… #signedbooks @lsupress

"Death or Victory” has been making the rounds! A.J. Cade’s important new book was recently covered by @aw_cwba. Cade was also interviewed for John Fea’s blog, The Way of Improvement Leads Home. Check them out here: 📝 bit.ly/3Pkfnpj 🎤 bit.ly/4bG1ZED

If anyone would like a review copy of Resurrection Pie (to write a review, do an interview, etc), let me know! @lsupress #review #poetrylovers

How do we remember a monster like Nathan Bedford Forrest? Court Carney and I discuss his book _⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reckoning with the Devil_ @lsupress open.spotify.com/episode/7cOjcu… podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rec…

The UDC has received significant attention, but widowhood in general less so. Jennifer Lynn Gross and I discuss her book _Sisterhood and the Lost Cause_ and how widows were used for Lost Cause propaganda @lsupress open.spotify.com/episode/2OxbER… podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sis…

Check out my interview on @NewBooksNetwork with Foster Chamberlin (of the @HistoriasPod1 podcast) about his new book Uncivil Guard: Policing, Military Culture, and the Coming of the Spanish Civil War (@lsupress ): newbooksnetwork.com/uncivil-guard

“[W]ide-ranging formally, tender in its depictions of family, startling in the evocation of violence, and calming in its grasp of the world’s wideness.” —Mark Jarman Happy #pubday to "Wonder Wheel," Chelsea Whitton's debut poetry collection! 📚: bit.ly/wonder--wheel

Athens readers: The induction ceremony for Charlie Smith and four-time LSU Press poet Alice Friman—the latest writers to be inducted into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame—will take place on Friday, April 24, at 6 p.m. at @ath_ica: bit.ly/4lk2O9m

"[A] compelling history about race, gender, and intraracial crime in the American South." —@madameclair08 Happy #pubday to "Inquisition for Blood," Lauren Henley's gripping book on Clementine Barnabet and the making of a Black female serial killer. 📚: bit.ly/inqforblood

Christopher Gonzales (author of the LSU Press memoir "Return of the Lost Son") spoke with writer Monica Macansantos for a series featuring conversations with authors whose new books include work first published in The Hopkins Review. Check it out here: bit.ly/46OQdVR

Congratulations to Olivia Clare Friedman, whose poetry collection, "An Arm Fixed to a Wing," has been nominated for a ​2025 Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award! Best of luck, Olivia! See the full list of nominees here: bit.ly/3OYix20

Tomorrow at 6 p.m. CST, join Frank Perez and Jeffrey Palmquist as they present their new book, "Café Lafitte in Exile," for the Friends of the Cabildo Lecture Series. The lecture will be held on Zoom, and registration is required. 📝 Register here: bit.ly/4lp6iri

Many, many thanks to @UWiscPress, @lsupress, the University of Pittsburgh Press & @southern_review. #AWP2026 #AWP26