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LSU Press Louisiana's premier academic publisher, established in 1935. Over half of the books we have published remain in print around the world.

Founded in 1935, LSU Press quickly established itself as one of the nation’s outstanding scholarly presses and continues to garner national and international accolades, including four Pulitzer Prizes. For 75 years, LSU Press has published significant works of scholarship and preserved Louisiana's history and culture. LSU Press is a nonprofit book publisher dedicated to the publication of scholarly

, general interest, and regional books. An integral part of LSU, the Press shares the university’s goal of the dissemination of knowledge and culture. LSU Press is one of the oldest and largest university presses in the South and among the outstanding publishers of scholarly books in the country. It holds membership in the Association of American University Presses, the largest organization of scholarly publishers in the world. LSU Press performs a service of inestimable value to the scholarly community as well as to the broader world of our state and even to society itself. Unlike a commercial publisher—which focuses on making money by publishing for popular audiences, LSU Press publishes works of scholarly, intellectual, or creative merit. The Press exists to disseminate knowledge, and as a nonprofit institution it is mission-driven, not profit- driven. Publications must undergo rigorous assessment by outside scholars and receive the favorable recommendation of the University Press Committee, a group of distinguished faculty. By attracting outstanding authors and publishing outstanding books, we contribute to LSU’s academic prominence through scholarly inquiry and ensure LSU’s significant contribution to the world of scholarly endeavor. Additionally, as the only regularly publishing university press in Louisiana, we take seriously our mission to promote the achievements of our state and region and educate readers about its history.

Kristen Tegtmeier Oertel’s "Seeking Freedom in Indian Country," out now, is the first comprehensive study of African cha...
06/18/2026

Kristen Tegtmeier Oertel’s "Seeking Freedom in Indian Country," out now, is the first comprehensive study of African chattel slavery within the Five Tribes. In this sweeping and important study, Oertel examines how chattel slavery functioned among all Five Tribes before and during the removal process, how the tribes reconstituted slavery post-removal in Indian Territory, and how enslaved Black people promoted freedom-seeking strategies at each stage. Furthermore, her work considers how the conflict over slavery in Indian Territory contributed to the larger national debate over slavery’s fate on the eve of the Civil War.

📕 https://bit.ly/seekingfreedom-lsup

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Top image: Portrait of Abraham, a Black interpreter and leader of the free Black community in Indian Territory. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, New York Public Library Digital Collections, image 490272.

Bottom image: Portrait of Coacoochee or Wild Cat, the Seminole chief who led a group of Seminole, Muscogee, and enslaved and free Blacks to Mexico. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division,
New York Public Library Digital Collections, image 490274.

Left image: Portrait of John Horse, also known as Gopher John and Juan Caballo, a Black interpreter and leader who traveled to Mexico with Coacoochee. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, New York
Public Library Digital Collections, image 490271.

Kristen Tegtmeier Oertel’s "Seeking Freedom in Indian Country," out today, is the first comprehensive study of African c...
06/18/2026

Kristen Tegtmeier Oertel’s "Seeking Freedom in Indian Country," out today, is the first comprehensive study of African chattel slavery within the Five Tribes: the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee (Creek), and Seminole Nations. In this sweeping and important study, Oertel examines how chattel slavery functioned among all Five Tribes before and during the removal process, how the tribes reconstituted slavery post-removal in Indian Territory, and how enslaved Black people promoted freedom-seeking strategies at each stage. Furthermore, her work considers how the conflict over slavery in Indian Territory contributed to the larpiger national debate over slavery’s fate on the eve of the Civil War.

📕 https://bit.ly/seekingfreedom-lsup

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Top image: Portrait of Abraham, a Black interpreter and leader of the free Black community in Indian Territory. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, New York Public Library Digital Collections, image 490272.

Bottom image: Portrait of Coacoochee or Wild Cat, the Seminole chief who led a group of Seminole, Muscogee, and enslaved and free Blacks to Mexico. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division,
New York Public Library Digital Collections, image 490274.

Left image: Portrait of John Horse, also known as Gopher John and Juan Caballo, a Black interpreter and leader who traveled to Mexico with Coacoochee. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, New York
Public Library Digital Collections, image 490271.

"The project represents its period of time. It’s a very recent period, but not unlike recorded histories of the far past...
06/18/2026

"The project represents its period of time. It’s a very recent period, but not unlike recorded histories of the far past that tell retrospective narratives that differ from what the people who were living them felt they were experiencing as it happened. My nonfiction is already preserving a lost, more promising era."

Leslie Lindsay This Is Where We Live had a great conversation with Rose McLarney about her lyric essay collection, "Rubble Masonry," in Hippocampus Magazine and Books:

"I suppose there’s a hopelessness to wanting the past, since we can’t go back, yet we must progress forward...." -- Rose McLarney

"There's no place like it in all of America. It's not just that we have dishes too, but we have a way and style of cooki...
06/17/2026

"There's no place like it in all of America. It's not just that we have dishes too, but we have a way and style of cooking. The food is so intertwined with the culture. It's almost like the culture is inseparable from the way that we view food."

The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) interviewed Ken Wells about his new LSUP book, "Boudin":

Where does the boudin firmament stand? A question Ken Wells explores in his book “Boudin" from LSU Press.

Goodbye, ! Here are a couple of photos from the Book, Jacket, and Journal Show (featuring "War Fought and Felt" and "Th...
06/16/2026

Goodbye, ! Here are a couple of photos from the Book, Jacket, and Journal Show (featuring "War Fought and Felt" and "The New Rules of Dining Out"), and a great panel discussion by this year's jurors! Thanks for having us, Seattle 💜

06/16/2026

Saluting our 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 Board of Directors, many of whom are pictured here with new President Stephanie Williams (Wayne State University Press) and immediate past President Dennis Lloyd (University of Wisconsin Press), seated in front. We appreciate your leadership! https://bit.ly/4fO6hMX

In particular we welcome our new Board members: President-elect Mary C. Francis, University of Pennsylvania Press, Treasurer-elect Katie Hannah University of Tennessee Press & Davida Breier, Hopkins Press. And we recognize Brent Oberlin of MIT Press, who takes on duties as Treasurer for 2026-2027.

And we thank our departing Board members: Directors-at-Large Tara Cyphers, Ohio State University Press and John Sherer, University of North Carolina Press & past President Anthony Cond, Liverpool University Press.

06/15/2026

Got my certificate! Many thanks to the Illinois Woman's Press Association for recognizing my book “Frank Zappa’s America” as Best General Adult Nonfiction book. It is truly an honor, and I’m grateful that my book has resonated so much with readers. Frank’s music wasn’t for everyone, but his message was and it still reverberates today.

“Frank Zappa’s America” is out now via LSU Press!

“Offer[s] a nuanced examination of the diverse and contradictory motives and identities that peninsular Spanish writers ...
06/11/2026

“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 to Brian Hamm and "Strangers and Kinsmen"! https://bit.ly/strangers-and-kinsmen

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