Books
  • Jamais assez de becs (pseud. Jean Arceneaux). Shreveport: Éditions Tintamarre, in press.
  • Vatican. Shreveport: Éditions Tintamarre, 2025.
  • Suite des sens (pseud. Jean Arceneaux). Shreveport: Éditions Tintamarre, 2023.
  • From Behind the Mask: Essays on South Louisiana Mardi Gras Runs. Lafayette: University of Louisiana Press, 2023.
  • Anthologie de la littÉrature louisianaise d'expression française de 1682 à nos jours, revised and expanded edition, with MathÉ Allain, May Waggoner and Tamara Lindner. Lafayette: University of Louisiana Press, et Sudbury: Editions Prise de Parole, 2017.
  • Second Line Rescue: Improvised Responses to Katrina and Rita, (with Marcia Gaudet and Carl Lindhal). Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2013.
  • Le trou dans le mur: Fabliaux cadiens, (pseud. Jean Arceneaux). Moncton: Editions Perce-Neige, 2012.
  • Tout Bec Doux: The Complete Cajun Comics of Ken Meaux and Earl Comeaux, edited with critical introductions (with Fabrice Leroy). Lafayette: University of Louisiana Press, 2011.
  • Dictionary of Louisiana French as Spoken in Cajun, Creole and American Indian Communities, co-authored with Albert Valdman, Kevin Rottet, Tom Klingler, Amanda LaFleur, Richard Guidry, Tamara Lindner, Michael Picone, and Dominique Ryon. Louisiana Endowment for the Arts Book of the Year, 2010. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2010.
  • One Generation at a Time: Biography of a Cajun and Creole Music Festival, with photographs by Philip Gould. Lafayette: University of Louisiana Center for Louisiana Studies, 2007; revised and expanded, Festivals Acadiens et CrÉoles, 2024.
  • Suite du loup: poÉsies, chansons et autres textes (pseud. Jean Arceneaux). Moncton: Editions Perce-Neige, 1998.
  • Cajun and Creole Folktales: The French Oral Tradition of South Louisiana. New York: Garland Publishing / University Press of Mississippi, 1994 (Choice Outstanding Academic Book of 1994; American Folklore Society AlcÉe Fortier Award, 1994).
  • Je suis cadien (pseud. Jean Arceneaux). Cajun Writers Chapbook 2. Merrick, NY: Cross-Cultural Communications, 1994; anthologized in Anthologie de la poÉsie acadienne, Éd. Serge-Patrice Thibodeau. Moncton: Editions Perce-Neige, 2009: 126-134; anthologized (extract) in Points de dÉparts language program, Pearson Education, San Francisco, 2011.
  • Cajun Country, Folklife in the South series, co-authored with Jay Edwards and Glen Pitre. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1991.
  • The Makers of Cajun Music / Musiciens cadiens et crÉoles, with photographs by Elemore Morgan, Jr. Austin: University of Texas Press; and QuÉbec: Presses de l'UniversitÉ du QuÉbec; 1984 (Louisiana Library Association Honor Book, 1985); revised edition, Cajun and Creole Music Makers (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1999).
  • Acadie tropicale, ed. Lafayette: Éditions de la Nouvelle Acadie, 1983.
  • Anthologie: LittÉrature française de la Louisiane, ed., with MathÉ Allain. Bedford, NH: National Bilingual Materials Development Center, 1981.
  • Cris sur le bayou: Naissance d'une poÉsie acadienne et crÉole en Louisiane, ed. MontrÉal: Éditions Intermède, 1980.

    Monographs, Booklets and Catalogs
  • Jean le chasseur et ses chiens. Conte pour enfants, illustrations by Denise Gallagher. Lafayette: University of Louisiana Press / Moncton: Bouton d'Or, 2016; adapted by Patrick Bolduc and Jean-François Mallet for the wind ensemble Ventus Machina's musical theater performance, Canadian dÉbut, Congrès Mondial Acadien 2019.
  • The Epic Journey from Acadie to Louisiana: The Paintings of Robert Dafford, exhibition catalog, ed. Lafayette: Festivals Acadiens et CrÉoles and University of Louisiana Press, 2015.
  • Visions of Tradition: 40 Years of Festivals Acadiens et CrÉoles, an Exhibit of Festival Imagery, exhibition catalog, co-producer with Philip Gould and Patrick Mould, and historical statement. Lafayette: Festivals Acadiens et CrÉoles/University of Louisiana Press, 2014.
  • Qui est le plus fort? Adaptation d'un conte racontÉ par Inez Catalon. Collection Chrysalides. Moncton: Editions Bouton d'Or, 1999; co-rÉÉdition rÉvisÉe avec cd, Editions Bouton d'Or / Editions Tintamarre, 2014.
  • Cajun Music: Origins and Development. Lafayette: Center for Louisiana Studies Publications, 1989.
  • Capitaine, voyage ton flag! The Traditional Cajun Country Mardi Gras, with photo essay by James Edmunds. Lafayette: Center for Louisiana Studies Publications, 1989.
  • Travailler, c'est trop dur: The Tools of Cajun Music, exhibit catalog, with MathÉ Allain. Lafayette: Lafayette Natural History Museum Publications, 1985.
  • History on the Table: An Annotated Cookbook of Cajun and Creole Cuisine, with MathÉ Allain. Lafayette: Center for Louisiana Studies Publications, 1984.
  • Vivre pour Manger: Cajun and Acadian Cooking, ed., with Kathy James. Washington: Smithsonian Institution / National Park Service, 1983.
  • Jean l'Ours et la fille du roi, ed. Lafayette: Center for Louisiana Studies Publications, 1979.

    • Vatican

    From Behind the Mask:

    Essays on South Louisiana Mardi Gras Runs.

    Second Line Rescue:

    Improvised Responses to Katrina and Rita, (with Marcia Gaudet and Carl Lindhal).

    Jean le chasseur et ses chiens.

    Conte pour enfants,
    illustrations by Denise Gallagher.

    Suite des sens

    (pseud. Jean Arceneaux)

    One Generation at a Time:
    Biography of a Cajun and Creole Music Festival,

    with photographs by Philip Gould

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