Hear LSU Press poet Nicole Cooley read from and discuss her new collection, Breach, in this excellent interview on "The Sound of Books" (WWNO).
Nicole Cooley's New Volume of Katrina-Inspired Poems, "Breach" (WWNO)
June 21, 2010
June 04, 2010
Cynthia Wachtell interviewed on WXRK
Cynthia Wachtell, author of War No More: The Antiwar Impulse in American Literature, 1861-1914, was recently interviewed by Bob Salter on WXRK about her new book. You can listen to this great interview (split into 4 short pieces) by following the link below.
June 01, 2010
Hamilton's book a Tankard Book Award finalist
John Maxwell Hamilton's latest book, Journalism's Roving Eye: A History of American Foreign Reporting, has been named as one of three finalists for the 2010 Tankard Award, sponsored by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). The winner will be announced on August 4th. Click the link below to read more.
May 19, 2010
Finley wins prestigious D. B. Hardeman Prize
Keith M. Finley, author of Delaying the Dream: Southern Senators and the Fight against Civil Rights, 1938-1965, was recently awarded the prestigious D. B. Hardeman Prize offered by the Lyndon B. Johnson Library for the best book that furthers the study of the US Congress.
Dr. Betty Koed, Assistant Historian in the Office of the United States Senate, and a member of the Hardeman Prize Committee, had this to say about Professor Finley’s book:
"The Senate of the 1930s, '40s, and '50s, with its dominance by seniority, its tradition of nearly unlimited debate, and its club-like atmosphere, was uniquely suited to the cause of civil rights opposition. As Finley argues, "Southern senators, in effect, transformed the chamber into a citadel of their interests." As the Civil Rights movement advanced, segregationists realized that their strength to defend Jim Crow was waning, and subsequently they shifted their strategy to one of delay rather than complete obstruction. That shift did not happen suddenly, but developed gradually, beginning with the battle over antilynching bills in the 1930s. By forming strong coalitions with northern and western conservatives, segregationists devised a "southern strategy" for legislative action that successfully forestalled civil rights reform for three decades. Finley is by no means an apologist for the segregationists, but he skillfully uncovers the multi-layered tactics of the southern caucus that so successfully dictated policy, while exploring the constitutional arguments carefully devised by southern senators.
Delaying the Dream is an excellent addition to the literature on civil rights reform in America. In particular, Finley deftly describes the Senate of the mid-20th century. He emphasizes the necessity of understanding Senate rules and procedures as well as the importance of committee action, while adding another chapter to the continuing debate over the filibuster. Delaying the Dream is essential reading for civil rights historians and those seeking to understand the Senate's unique folkways."
May 17, 2010
Seymour Topping interviewed on TV
Seymour Topping, author of On the Front Lines of the Cold War, was recently interviewed on Conversations with Harold Channer where he discussed his life, career, and his new book. Click the link below to watch the entire show.
May 03, 2010
April 19, 2010
Great article about James Lee Burke
"LSU Press resurrected my career," says James Lee Burke. LSU Press published his first book in 13 years with the 1985 short story collection, The Convict. A year later, after an unthinkable 111 rejection letters, Burke published The Lost Get-back Boogie with LSU Press and it was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1986. "They put me back into business..." Click the link below to read the full article.
Author's home state a major character in his novels, career, and life [The Advocate]
Ignatius turns 30!
Ignatius, the iconic character from A Confederacy of Dunces, turns 30 this year. The book was first published by LSU Press in 1980 and went on to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. 30 years and millions of readers later people are still drawn to this quirky character and John Kennedy Toole's incomparable comic writing.
LSU Press is pleased to host a discussion panel on the book and its many translations (including some of their truly "out there" cover designs!) on the LSU Campus at Hill Memorial Library on April 27th at 4:30p.m.
Our views: Big birthday for Ignatius [The Advocate]
April 16, 2010
LSU Press launches "Just Buy an LSU Press Book" campaign
Given the recent budget cuts to higher education, people often ask what they can do to help support LSU Press. The answer is really quite simple: just buy an LSU Press book. To make it easier, we’re even offering 35% OFF all orders placed on our website! Just be sure to use the discount code 04ANNIVER when checking out.
Our goal is to sell 10,000 books in the next couple of months and I know with your help we can do it! Please tell all of your friends and help us spread the word. And let us hear from you!
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Eleanor Ross Taylor wins $100,000 Poetry Prize!
Congratulations to Eleanor Ross Taylor, author Captive Voices, for winning the $100,000 Ruth Lilly Prize for Poetry! The annual prize is sponsored by the Poetry Foundation.
Christian Wiman, editor of Poetry magazine had this to say in the official prize statement:
"Until the excellent selected poems, Captive Voices, was published by LSU Press last year, virtually all of Taylor’s work was out of print. Her slow production (six books in 50 years), dislike of poetry readings (“It seems to me that it’s all for the person and not the poetry”), and unfashionable fidelity to narrative and clarity haven’t helped matters. And yet, as is so often the case, what’s been bad for the career has been good for the poems. With their intricately odd designs and careful, off-kilter music, their vital characters and volatile silences, the poems have a hard-won, homemade fatedness to them. You can feel their future."
Eleanor Ross Taylor Awarded 2010 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize [The Poetry Foundation]
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