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Biographical Note |
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Related Material |
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Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Received from Louis E. Bourgeois, 2011
Processing Information
Collection processed by Jennifer Ford, January 2012. Finding aid encoded by Kathryn Michaelis, January 2012.
Additions
Periodic additions may be made to this collection.
Subject Terms
Formats
Biographical Note
Born in New Orleans, La. in 1970, Louis E. Bourgeois began publishing at an early age. His childhood and early adulthood became the basis for his memoir The Gar Diaries. His poetry and short stories have appeared in numerous publications. He graduated from Louisiana State University in 1996, and in 2002 he was the first to receive the Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing offered by the University of Mississippi. Bourgeois cofounded VOX Press, Inc., an independent literary magazine, in 2004, and currently serves as its Executive Director.
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains published works featuring Bourgeois’ poetry and short stories. The collection also contains a VOX Press DVD entitled, “Lady in the Boxcar.”
User Information
Preferred Citation
Louis E. Bourgeois Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi
Access Restrictions
The Louis E. Bourgeois Collection is open for research.
Copyright Restrictions
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement.
Related Material
Resources at the University of Mississippi
VOX Poetry Journal Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library
Arrangement
This collection is arranged chronologically.
Container List
| 1.1 | "Spontaneous Generation," in Shaking Intensified: Best Prose 2007-2010. Wayne Cresser and Vito Grippi, eds. Shaking Literature, 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Scope: Bourgeois’ work appears on pages 51-53. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.2 | DVD: "Lady in the Boxcar." VOX Press, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1.3 | "Statements Against Existence," in The American Dissident, 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Scope: Bourgeois’ work appears on page 29. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.4 | "A Crabber Wakes to the Morning of his Seventieth Birthday," in Yellow Medicine Review, Fall 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Scope: Bourgeois’ work appears on pages 59-61. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.5 | "Three Days," in Broken Circles: A Gathering of Poems for Hunger. Douglas P. Johnson and Keely Murphy, eds. Yakima, WA: Cave Moon Press, 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Scope: Bourgeois’ work appears on page 25. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.6 | "On Bayou Sauvage: The Life and Death of Jeanfreaux’s Fisherman’s Nest," in Mississippi Land & Lodges, August-October 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Scope: Bourgeois’ work appears on pages 34-40. | ||||||||||||||||||||