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The cover of Julie Murphy’s novel “Dumplin,’” a simple female figure in a red gown with her arms outstretched on a black background, consistently grabbed my eye. But the book never quite made it into my shopping cart.
"Kings, Conquerors, Psychopaths: From Alexander to Hitler to the Corporation" by Joseph N. Abraham, MD; University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press; 304 pages; paperback; $24.95
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Editor's Note: "Louisiana Literature" highlights recently published book from area authors.
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Editor's Note: "Louisiana Literature" highlights recently published books from area authors.
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U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith will visit Louisiana Dec. 14-15 as the fourth and final state included in her fall tour, “American Conversations: Celebrating Poems in Rural Communities,” according to an announcement from the Louisiana Center for…
The epic story of “I’m Leaving It Up to You,” the Dale & Grace hit that reached No. 1 in 1963, fills nearly 50 pages of S.J. Montalbano’s new book, “I’m Leaving It Up to Me.”
"Being Loved and Loving" by Betty Cicero Robert
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Baton Rouge Pride hopes interest in first Drag Queen Story Time leads to more family-friendly events
It took less than 72 hours for 250 spots to fill up at Baton Rouge Pride's Drag Queen Story Time.
Frank Guidry had always been the right guy for the right job, the fixer who wiped away all evidence. But even a clean crime scene couldn't clear Guidry this time around.
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“I accidentally wrote this book on hope,” best-selling author Anne Lamott told the audience.
Love of place is a passion as strong as any other. For writer Sheryl St. Germain, love of Louisiana began with a free-range childhood in Kenner, living on Williams Boulevard between Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi.
The poster — a man grasping a fistful of strings tethered to books and rising high against a backdrop of the State Capitol — captures the essence of the Louisiana Book Festival.
"Nasty Water" by James Nolan, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press, 94 pages, softcover, $14.95
Many Americans of a certain age have memories of an amusement park at the beach — winning prizes on the midway, drawing close to a sweetheart on a dark ride, feeling a little rocky on a roller coaster, screaming in a haunted house. Those rituals …
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"Beers Ahead: A Halloween Mystery" by P.M. LaRose, Liquid Rabbit Publishing, 272 pages, paperback, $16.95
The Festival of Words returns to Grand Coteau and the surrounding area Friday and Saturday.
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Brian Kilmeade is the first to admit Andrew Jackson wasn't perfect.
For years, New Orleans writer and college professor Rien Fertel had no love for the Southern rock and alt-country band Drive-By Truckers.
"Claire Carter, Bone Detective: The Mystery of the Bones in the Drainpipe" by Mary H. Manhein, illustrated by Leah Wood Jewett, Os Liber Press, 86 pages, softcover, $13
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There are very few people who can manage to put together a free-verse, young adult novel about baseball and jazz and relate it seamlessly to young love and the trials that challenge teens, but that's what Kwame Alexander has done with Mary Rand He…
Sam C. Hyde, Jr., director of the Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies, will sign copies of the second edition of his book, "Pistols & Politics: Feuds, Factions, and the Struggle for Order in Louisiana's Florida Parishes, 1810-1935," from no…
CLINTON — For 40 or so years, John Adams' byline has appeared over his sports opinion columns in newspapers in Baton Rouge, Pittsburgh, Jacksonville and Knoxville. So, since his first book lists the author as John Dean Adams, it can only mean one thing.
Have you voted yet? More than 3.8 million people have.
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Women Writers on The Dirty Truth, a Women's Week event, will be held from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14.
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Jonathan Merritt wins awards for his writings on religion, culture and politics, which can be found in publications such as The Atlantic, The New York Times, USA Today, The Washington Post and Christianity Today.
Jonathan Merritt wins awards for his writings on religion, culture and politics, which can be found in publications such as The Atlantic, The New York Times, USA Today, The Washington Post and Christianity Today.
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Louisiana native Sheryl St. Germain will receive the 19th annual Louisiana Writer Award.
"Penelope Lemon, Game On"
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“River of Secrets: A Wallace Hartmann Mystery” by Roger Johns, Minotaur Books, $27.99, 304 pages, hardcover
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