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Summary Information

Biographical Note

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement

Administrative Information

Related Materials

Controlled Access Headings

Collection Inventory

Summary Information

Repository

University of Mississippi Libraries

Creator

Bourgeois, Louis E.

Title

Louis E. Bourgeois Collection

ID

MUM01760

Date

2011-2013

Extent

1.0 Linear foot (2 boxes)

Location:

General Special Collections

Abstract:

A collection of published poems and stories by author Louis E. Bourgeois of Oxford, Miss.

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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.

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Scope and Content Note

The collection contains published works featuring Bourgeois’ poetry and short stories. The collection also contains several
VOX Press DVDs.

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Arrangement

This collection is arranged chronologically.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

University of Mississippi Libraries 

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.

Additions

Periodic additions may be made to this collection.

Acquisition Information

Received from Louis E. Bourgeois, 2011 and 2013.

Processing Information

Collection processed by Jennifer Ford, January 2012. Finding aid encoded by Kathryn Michaelis, January 2012.

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Related Materials

Resources at the University of Mississippi

VOX Poetry Journal Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library

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Controlled Access Headings

Format(s)

• anthologies
• DVDs
• magazines (periodicals)

Personal Name(s)

• Bourgeois, Louis E.

Subject(s)

• Authors, American — Mississippi
• Poetry

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Collection Inventory

1.1 “Spontaneous Generation,” in  Shaking Intensified: Best Prose 2007-2010. Wayne Cresser and Vito Grippi, eds. Shaking Literature, 2011  Scope and Contents note 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 and Contents note 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 and Contents note 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 and Contents note 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 and Contents note Bourgeois’ work appears on pages 34-40.
2.1 DVD: “If it can be Overthrown, Then it must be Overthrown.” VOX Press, 2011
2.2 DVD: “Notes on the Revolution.” VOX Press, 2011
2.3 “Dog/A Long Time Ago it Rained” in Burnt Bridge: The Gridiron Issue, Fall 2011  Scope and Content Bourgeois’ work appears on pages 20-23.
2.4 “On Bayou Savage/Slides of Life in Blue Air” in The Best Southern Anthology, 2012  Scope and Content Bourgeois’ work appears on pages 53-54.
2.5 “At the Fish Tanks” in Steel Toe Review: Contemporary Southern Arts & Literature, 2012  Scope and Content Bourgeois’ work appears on pages 3-6.
2.6 “Acadia” in The Vermillion Literary Project Magazine Issue XXVIII, 2012  Scope and Content Bourgeois’ work appears on pages 38.
2.7 “A Short Ride: Remembering Barry Hannah,” edited by Louis Bourgeois, Adam White and J.W. Young, 2012
2.8 “Approaching Barry Hannah” in Click Magazine, April 2013  Scope and Content Bourgeois’ work is reviewed on pages 30-31.
2.9 Book Review in Rain Taxi, Spring 2013  Scope and Content Bourgeois’ work reviewed on page 9.
2.10 “A Screaming Comet” in American Book Review, March/April 2013  Scope and Content Bourgeois’ work is reviewed on pages 14-15.