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Chloe Richmond’s bookshelf which includes Elissa Sussman’s “Funny You Should Ask.” 

Is ‘BookTok’ influencing the wrong books?

By Emily Bracher | @emily_bracher_ August 31, 2023

Imagine reading a book in the car on a family road trip and then boom, you’re reading something unexpectedly vulgar in front of your parents.  TikTok’s “BookTok” is heavily...

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Celebrate Pride Month with a good read: Check out these 5 LGBTQ+ books

By Molly Terrell | @keenryanti June 6, 2023

1. "I Kissed Shara Wheeler" by Casey McQuiston This is a perfect high school book about a bisexual lead named Chloe that is investigating the disappearance of Shara Wheeler, whom she has a homoerotic rivalry...

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What book should you read this April? Here are 5 books every college student will love

By Emily Poirrier | @Emily_Poirrier March 31, 2023

With just under two months left in the semester, your workload is going to get intense. What's the best way to forget how miserable and stressed you are? Reading. During the next few stressful weeks, make...

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AG Jeff Landry’s ‘protecting minors’ tip line flooded with meme entries

By Will Nickel | @WilNickel January 19, 2023

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry's "protecting minors" tip line was filled with the script to "Bee Movie," not-so-nice tales about the AG's mother and many, many, many references to male genitalia.  Landry...

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New Delta Review’s annual Drag Ball encourages community, funds spring literary festival

By Myia Hambrick | @MyiaChristine November 24, 2017

Every fall around Halloween, posters advertising the New Delta Review’s annual Drag Ball line the hallways in Allen Hall. The event has become a tradition for the University’s master of fine...

“Sermons Meffreth alias Ortulus regine de tempore” is part of “Letterform Characters: From Stone Carver to Type Designer” on exhibit in the main gallery of Hill Memorial Library on Monday, October 23, 2017 on campus.

Hill Memorial Library exhibit explores history of typeface

By Myia Hambrick | @MyiaHambrick October 24, 2017

The Hill Memorial Library’s latest exhibition on letterform and type design sheds light on unknown stone carvers throughout history and modernizes the art of typeface characters. “It’s...

Author Stacey Wilson reads her book "She Stands," on the University's Parade Grounds on Oct. 17, 2017.

Baton Rouge resident self-publishes book on overcoming adversity

By Corrine Pritchett | @corrineellen October 23, 2017

“She Stands,” the first self-published book by local resident Stacey Wilson, explores overcoming abusive relationships through the narratives of five women across America.Wilson found...

Members of Fusion Club have open discussion at the French House on Oct. 11, 2017.

LSU Fusion Review provides community, growth for creative writers

By Mackenzie Treadwell | @mackenzieeliza October 17, 2017

Through hosting regular writing workshops, The Fusion Review at LSU provides a low-pressure environment to cultivate creativity and a sense of community among growing authors at the University. The Fusion...

The Museum of Art outreach program, Line 4 Line, lets Jeremiah read a book in exchange for a free haircut on Monday, Oct. 02, 2017 at O'Neal's Barber Shop on Acadian Thruway.

Local barber and LSU Museum of Art work to improve youth literacy

By Katie Gagliano | @katie_gagliano October 5, 2017

A good haircut can be transformational. For the young boys who spend their evenings at O’Neil’s Barber and Beauty Shop the first Monday of each month, each haircut yields more than just a style...

(from left to right) Chief poetry editor of The Delta Journal and LSU English and African American studies junior Nayyir Ransome, LSU English senior Elizabeth Nelson, LSU creative writing senior Kendall James, and LSU creative writing alumna Kirsten Collins meet up outside of Highland Coffees on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017.

Delta Literary Journal’s reading series gives creative writers space to share work

By Mackenzie Treadwell | @mackenzieelizaa September 26, 2017

On a drizzly Thursday evening, the Delta Literary Journal held its first Highland Coffees Reading Series of the semester. Among a mixture of creative writing majors and interested attendees,...

Kate Gauthreaux stands outside of Garden District Coffee at 2008 Perkins Road on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017.

LSU student to create multimedia zine, showcase local talent

By Kaylee Poche | @kaylee_poche September 25, 2017

Whether she’s at a concert, DJ-ing for KLSU or just hanging out between classes, sociology junior Kate Gauthreaux surrounds herself with fellow creatives wherever she goes. She hopes to provide an...

Belle Journal

LSU alumna releases Belle Journal Vol. II, breaks southern female stereotypes

By Corinne Pritchett | @corrineellen September 3, 2017

What connotations do you have with the phrase Southern Belle? Whatever they are, Belle Journal is sure to change it.Belle Journal is a literary novel for the “Modern Southern Belle” that...