After years of dedication, a Baton Rouge author had her novel “Ava’s Place” published by Kensington Books in January. Emily Beck Cogburn works as a YMCA group fitness instructor,...

With the success of comic book film adaptations like “The Avengers” and “The Walking Dead,” comic book sales have been on the rise for years. According to ICv2, a trade magazine...

Local comic book store Louisiana Double Play, located on the corner of Bricksome Avenue and South Sherwood Forest Boulevard, has its doors open to anyone in need of a great story. Its wide selection of...

Weekly newspaper editor and now author Stanley Nelson of the Concordia Sentinel in Ferriday, La., has dedicated nearly a decade to telling the stories of eight black murder victims of Ku Klux Klan.  He...

LSU graduate student Michael Seaberry shows where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience through poetry and other forms of writing in his upcoming book, “...The Mississippi Crying: A Collection...

The Fall 2016 issue of Civil War Book Review has been made available online. CWBR is a quarterly journal of record for new or newly reprinted books about the antebellum, Civil War and Reconstruction eras,...

Fahima Ife, an assistant professor of English education at the University, was raised by a single mother in southern California. She became an avid reader at a young age, but it wasn’t until the...

Instead of spending their nights glued to the television screen watching the electoral votes trickle in, poets and poetry enthusiasts gathered at the Arts Council of Baton Rouge on election night to regroup...

As sweater weather quickly approaches, it is the ideal time to snuggle up with a good read. Check out these recent bestsellers, perfectly paired with an autumn night and a mug of tea. “The Silent...