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The Louisiana Book Festival is just 11 days away! Here's an official guide to where you can catch all of our featured authors.
And don't forget to drop by our booth in the main exhibitor tent, where we'll be all day. (You might just meet an author there, too.) See you there!
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My book, Black Identities and Media in the Twenty First Century, is out! It was an honor to work with amazing authors. I learned so much throughout this process.
My book is available now on Amazon and at your local Barnes and Nobel
#newrelease #mustread #askauthor @lsupress
The Reference and User Services Association, a division of @ALALibrary, included “Tongues of Fire: Black Preaching in the Face of Lynching,” ed. by Aaron Treadwell, in its list of best primary sources for a book published in 2025.
Check out the list here: bit.ly/4spRps4
For our latest blog post, @johnwallbarger and Nida Sophasarun discuss horror, poetry, and film.
Read it here: bit.ly/3W4SfPb
ALT Publicity still for the David Lynch film Eraserhead featuring Jack Fisk as The Man in the Planet. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Superimposed: Horror and Home: A special conversation between John Wall Barger and Nida Sophasarun about poetry and film.
The @LABookFest is just two days away! Here are some of the LSUP books that will be featured at panels, readings, and signings.
We'll be selling books in the main exhibitor tent all day.
For more festival details, check out louisianabookfestival.org.
See you there!
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This afternoon we met @utennpress author Jane Blair MacMorran, pictured below with The Legacy of Ron Gonnella. Then the dynamic duo of Constance Bailey and Shelley Ingram posed with their new @lsupress book, Get It While It's Hot. #Folklore #afs2026
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How the ultimate outsider helped transform #NewOrleans. #FearlessPhilanthropy #EdithRosenwaldStern #LongueVue @robertagratz @lsupress @PRCNO @visit_hnoc @du1869 bit.ly/4e4QFmw
Out today: “Deep South Democrats,” by James O. Heath, the story of three men—Olin Johnston, John Sparkman, and Lister Hill—who redefined Southern politics through their unique voting records in health, housing, labor, and education.
Get your copy here: bit.ly/deepsouthdemocrats
ALT The book cover of "Deep South Democrats," featuring a black-and-white photo of a crowd at a political rally with signs urging votes for the Democratic Party.
Out today: “Fearless Philanthropy,” by Roberta Brandes Gratz, a passionate account of philanthropists and activists Edith and Edgar Stern and how they revolutionized aspects of New Orleans that are still visible today.
Get your copy here: bit.ly/fearlessphilanthropy
ALT Book cover of “Fearless Philanthropy,” featuring a black-and-white portrait of Edith Rosenwald Stern with a script title in white.
Laura Guccione (@LauraGuccione13) wrote about stuffed artichokes and the fusion of Creole and Sicilian traditions and cuisine for the latest issue of La Créole: bit.ly/3UdXJXi
Last month at the @Tulane Future of Energy Forum, energy historian, policy expert, and LSUP author Jay Hakes sat down with @TylerPriest64 to discuss his LSU Press book, "Offshore Oildom." Missed it? You can now find a recording on YouTube: bit.ly/3UkCXoJ
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#ThrowbackThursday to 4-7-26, when Thomas E. Patterson was here to sign AMERICAN POPULIST: HUEY LONG OF LOUISIANA! #TBT #TBThursday
(and yes, we still have signed first editions available: alabamabooksmith.com/signed-…)
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BOOKNOTES: "How Lincoln Won: The 1860 Presidential Election and the Origins of the Civil War" cwba.blogspot.com/2026/10/bo… @lsupress
And we're live! Please join us for a book talk with Rodney Jones, author of “The Body and the End of Time: Poems Selected and New, 1985–2025.” The talk will be followed by a live Q&A. facebook.com/100063697324768…
"St. Joseph's Day in New Orleans" is finally here! The new book by @LauraGuccione13 tells the ongoing story of the St. Joseph’s Day holiday, from its origins as a mid-Lent break to its evolution into an ethnically rooted tradition.
Get your copy here: bit.ly/SJDNO
ALT The book cover of "St. Joseph's Day in New Orleans," featuring an illustration of dancers in 19th-century attire celebrating in a decorated New Orleans ballroom.
Our October releases 🎃
Check them out here: bit.ly/lsufall26
ALT Seven hardcover books standing upright.
"From Ronald Reagan to Rodney King" is a memoir of everything the late, great Lou Cannon witnessed on the job as a political reporter for the @WashPost, as well as a sharp portrait of America's "Age of Optimism."
It comes out today. bit.ly/loucannon
ALT Book cover of "From Ronald Reagan to Rodney King," featuring a photo of Lou Cannon conversing with Ronald Reagan.
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When is a #martini accented with #absinthe not a good idea? Thank you, @BBC and writer Andrew Nelson for featuring the drink on its site today! (And don't forget to get my book , published by @lsupress, about the drink! #neworleans #cocktails
bbc.com/travel/article/20261…
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In case you missed it: here's my Facebook live from 2 weeks ago talking New Orleans coffee history!
youtu.be/MdB3INO4QBY?is=3px-…
