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Our Spring 2026 season isn't over quite yet. But if you want to get a taste of what's coming in Fall 2026, the Fall catalog is now live online! bit.ly/lsufall26
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Did "The Bad Poor," by Mitch Ploskonka, pass the Page 99 test? Find out on the Page 99 Test blog : bit.ly/3QazsPS

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“Offer[s] a nuanced examination of the diverse and contradictory motives and identities that peninsular Spanish writers ascribed to Portuguese in Spanish America.” —David Wheat Happy #pubday to Brian Hamm and "Strangers and Kinsmen"! bit.ly/strangers-and-kinsmen
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Our June blog, by Corinne Martin, is an ode to the grounding and healing powers of sidewalk herbs amid a changing landscape. Read it here: bit.ly/sidewalkherbs
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“the slow motion shake of the head the water / running down his chest, / all of this lit like a Poison video: / Cherry Pie his cutoffs his blond hair his air guitar crescendo” —Rebecca Hazelton, “My Husband” @lsupress
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Coming this June: the final four releases of our Spring '26 season!
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“Black Beans and Diamonds,” out today with a new translation by Neil K. Besner, is the ‘first large-scale study of Bishop in Brazil by a Brazilian writer and one of the most...moving books about the depth and complexity of her life,’ writes Lloyd Schwartz: bit.ly/blackbeansdiamonds
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"His poems don’t tend to move in a straight line, but the thread remains, articulated through a delightful array of ebbs and bobs... The movement of the poem, however subtle, propels each piece to sparkle." @robmclennanblog reviewed "Elements & Offerings": bit.ly/4ao0eLd

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Booknotes: "Rebels and Regimes: The Nature of Violent Resistance in the Nineteenth Century" cwba.blogspot.com/2026/06/bo… @lsupress
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Shelley Ingram (@singrala) chatted with @The_Gambit about Southern gas station food, homogenization, the Green Book, and "Get It While It’s Hot: Gas Station, Roadside, and Convenience Cuisine in the U.S. South," which she co-edited. Check it out here: bit.ly/4voe34B
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We're thrilled to share that "Civilians," by Jehanne Dubrow, is the Gold Medal Winner for Poetry for the 2025 Foreword INDIES Awards! Congrats, Jehanne! bit.ly/3RL0FZS
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We’re live with Neil K. Besner, whose translation of "Black Beans and Diamonds" comes out on Tuesday, and Thomas Travisano, whose book "The Elizabeth Bishop Phenomenon" is forthcoming from LSU Press. Please join us for a convo followed by a Q&A. facebook.com/100063697324768…
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Corinne Martin appeared on The Reading Life, Susan Larson's long-running show on @WWNO, to discuss her latest @LSUPress book, "Louisiana Healing Garden." Check out their great conversation here: bit.ly/3QgX70S
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Another win for "Green & Blue"! The American Conference for Irish Studies (@ACIrishStudies) has awarded @irishacw's book the Lawrence J. McCaffrey Prize for Books on Irish America for Irish Studies. Check out the prize announcement here: bit.ly/4o2ppIZ
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And we’re live! Please join us for a book talk and Q&A with Suzanne R. Black, author of the new book “Between Novel and Network.” facebook.com/LSUPress/videos…
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Gavin Cologne-Brooks appeared on the @SeenandheardUK podcast to discuss boarding school, art, memory, and his @lsupress memoir, "Portraits from Paris: School and Travel Remembered from the City of Light." Listen here: bit.ly/3PwZrRf

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Maine readers! This Thursday, June 4, at 6 p.m., catch Patti M. Marxsen at the Camden Public Library for a book talk on her recent biography, "Karen Blixen’s Search for Self: The Making of ‘Out of Africa’." bit.ly/4dx1vC0
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Today marks one year since the publication of my book “Frank Zappa’s America,” &I’m grateful for all the support I’ve received from friends & readers this past year. Frank’s musical legacy is inseparable from his politics, & it was a privilege to document why he still matters now
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Booknotes: "Henry Eustace McCulloch: Texas Ranger, Legislator, Civil War General" cwba.blogspot.com/2026/06/bo… @lsupress
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We have two book launches this month! June 3: "Between Novel and Network" with Suzanne R. Black bit.ly/43BkOnD June 4: Neil K. Besner in Conversation with Thomas Travisano bit.ly/4x2rg4Q As always, our launches stream live at 2 p.m. CDT on Facebook Live.
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A look back at our May releases. We have four releases coming in June to close out our Spring season. Stay tuned ☀️ 📚 bit.ly/lsuspring26
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