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The '''Louisiana State University Press''' is a [[nonprofit]] [[book publisher]] and an academic unit of [[Louisiana State University]]. Founded in 1935, the press publishes scholarly, general interest, and regional books as part of the university’s mission to disseminate knowledge and culture. A member of the [[Association of American University Presses]], LSU Press is one of the oldest and largest [[university press]]es in the [[southern United States]]. As an integral part of LSU, the Press receives some state funding, but it is 90 percent self-supporting thanks to revenue from book sales, subsidiary rights, licenses, grants, and private contributions.<ref name="LSUPressAbout">{{cite web|url=http://www.lsu.edu/lsupress/about.html|title= About LSU Press|work=[[Louisiana State University]]|quote= }}</ref>
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The '''Louisiana State University Press''' ('''LSU Press''') is a [[university press]] at [[Louisiana State University]]. Founded in 1935, it publishes works of scholarship as well as general interest books. LSU Press is a member of the [[Association of American University Presses|Association of University Presses]].


LSU Press publishes about eighty new books a year and has a backlist of about 1,000 titles. The Press’s primary focus includes the U.S. South and [[Gulf South]] regions; the [[American Civil War]] and [[World War II]]; [[poetry]]; [[political philosophy]] and [[political communications|communications]]; music, particularly [[jazz]]; [[geography]]; and [[environmental studies]]. The Press was the original publisher of [[John Kennedy Toole]]’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel ''[[A Confederacy of Dunces]]''. The Press launched its paperback fiction reprint series, ''Voices of the South'', in the mid-1990s.<ref name="LSUPressAbout"/>
LSU Press publishes approximately 70 new books each year and has a backlist of over 2000 titles. Primary fields of publication include southern history, [[Southern literature|southern literary studies]], Louisiana and the [[Gulf South]], the [[American Civil War]] and military history, roots music, southern culture, environmental studies, European history, [[foodways]], [[poetry]], [[fiction]], [[media studies]], and [[landscape architecture]]. In 2010, LSU Press merged with ''[[The Southern Review]]'', LSU's [[literary magazine]], and the company now oversees the operations of this publication.<ref name="LSUTSRMerge">{{cite web|url=http://thesouthernreview.org/about/ |title= LSU Gold Between the Lines |work=[[Louisiana State University]]}}</ref>


Domestic distribution for the press is currently provided by the [[University of North Carolina Press]]'s Longleaf Services.<ref name=distribution>{{cite web |title=Client Publishers |url=https://longleafservices.org/client-publishers/ |access-date=February 25, 2023 |publisher=[[University of North Carolina Press|Longleaf Services]]}}</ref>
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==Honors and awards==
The recipient of four [[Pulitzer Prizes]], LSU Press is the only university press to have been awarded Pulitzer Prizes in both fiction and poetry. LSU books have also earned other honors, including the following:<ref name="LSUPressAbout"/>
* [[National Book Award]]
* [[National Book Critics Circle Award]]
* [[Man Booker Prize]]
* [[American Book Award]]
* ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' Book Prize
* [[Bancroft Prize]]
* [[Lincoln Prize]]
* Lamont Poetry Selection by the [[Academy of American Poets]]


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==Notable publications and awards==
LSU Press authors have also been awarded prizes such as the following for their general body of work:<ref name="LSUPressAbout"/>
''[[A Confederacy of Dunces]]'' by [[John Kennedy Toole]] was published in 1980 and won the 1981 [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Fiction |url=http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/Fiction |publisher=The Pulitzer Prizes}}</ref>
* [[American Academy of Arts and Letters]]

* [[Cleveland Foundation]]
Three titles have won the [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]]: ''The Flying Change'' by [[Henry S. Taylor]] (1986), ''Alive Together: New and Selected Poems'' by [[Lisel Mueller]] (1997), and ''Late Wife'' by [[Claudia Emerson]] (2006).<ref>{{cite web |title=Poetry |url=http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/Poetry |publisher=The Pulitzer Prizes}}</ref>
* [[Folger Shakespeare Library]]

* [[John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation|Guggenheim Foundation]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lsu.edu/lsupress/bookPages/9780807133095.html|title=Slantwise by Betty Adcock at LSU Press|accessdate=2009-05-12}}</ref>
Lisel Mueller's 1981 ''The Need to Hold Still'' won the [[National Book Award for Poetry]] that year.<ref>{{cite web |title=NBA Poetry Winners |url=http://nbapoetryblog.squarespace.com/journal/2011/3/31/1981.html |publisher=The National Book Award Foundation}}</ref>
* [[Poetry Foundation]]

[[Wayne A. Wiegand]] and Shirley A. Wiegand- ''The Desegregation of Public Libraries in the Jim Crow South: Civil Rights and Local Activism'' won the 2019 [[Eliza Atkins Gleason Book Award]] from the [[Library History Round Table]]. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Wayne and Shirley Wiegand receive 2019 Gleason book award for history of integration of Southern public libraries {{!}} News and Press Center|url = http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2019/04/wayne-and-shirley-wiegand-receive-2019-gleason-book-award-history-integration}}</ref>

Kelby Ouchley received the [[John Burroughs Medal]] for natural history writing in 2023 for ''Bayou D’Arbonne Swamp: A Naturalist’s Memoir of Place.''

Gregg Andrews' ''Shantyboats and Roustabouts: The River Poor of St. Louis, 1875-1930 ''published in 2023 won the category of U.S. Maritime History at the [[John Lyman Book Awards]].

==See also==
{{Portal|Literature|Louisiana}}
* [[List of English-language book publishing companies]]
* [[List of university presses]]


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* [http://www.lsu.edu/lsupress Official website]
* {{Official website|http://www.lsupress.org/}}
* [http://lsupress.typepad.com Official blog]

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Louisiana State University Press
Founded1935; 89 years ago (1935)
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationBaton Rouge, Louisiana
DistributionLongleaf Services (US)[1]
Scholarly Book Services (Canada)[2]
Key peopleAlisa Plant, director
Publication typesbooks, magazines
Official websitewww.lsupress.org

The Louisiana State University Press (LSU Press) is a university press at Louisiana State University. Founded in 1935, it publishes works of scholarship as well as general interest books. LSU Press is a member of the Association of University Presses.

LSU Press publishes approximately 70 new books each year and has a backlist of over 2000 titles. Primary fields of publication include southern history, southern literary studies, Louisiana and the Gulf South, the American Civil War and military history, roots music, southern culture, environmental studies, European history, foodways, poetry, fiction, media studies, and landscape architecture. In 2010, LSU Press merged with The Southern Review, LSU's literary magazine, and the company now oversees the operations of this publication.[3]

Domestic distribution for the press is currently provided by the University of North Carolina Press's Longleaf Services.[1]

Notable publications and awards

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A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole was published in 1980 and won the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.[4]

Three titles have won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: The Flying Change by Henry S. Taylor (1986), Alive Together: New and Selected Poems by Lisel Mueller (1997), and Late Wife by Claudia Emerson (2006).[5]

Lisel Mueller's 1981 The Need to Hold Still won the National Book Award for Poetry that year.[6]

Wayne A. Wiegand and Shirley A. Wiegand- The Desegregation of Public Libraries in the Jim Crow South: Civil Rights and Local Activism won the 2019 Eliza Atkins Gleason Book Award from the Library History Round Table. [7]

Kelby Ouchley received the John Burroughs Medal for natural history writing in 2023 for Bayou D’Arbonne Swamp: A Naturalist’s Memoir of Place.

Gregg Andrews' Shantyboats and Roustabouts: The River Poor of St. Louis, 1875-1930 published in 2023 won the category of U.S. Maritime History at the John Lyman Book Awards.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Client Publishers". Longleaf Services. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  2. ^ "Our Publishers | Scholarly Books". Archived from the original on 2017-12-03. Retrieved 2017-12-02.
  3. ^ "LSU Gold Between the Lines". Louisiana State University.
  4. ^ "Fiction". The Pulitzer Prizes.
  5. ^ "Poetry". The Pulitzer Prizes.
  6. ^ "NBA Poetry Winners". The National Book Award Foundation.
  7. ^ "Wayne and Shirley Wiegand receive 2019 Gleason book award for history of integration of Southern public libraries | News and Press Center".
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