The State Library of Louisiana announced that Julie Kane, professor emerita of English at Northwestern State University in ...

If New Orleans were to appoint a city poet laureate — and why shouldn’t we have one? — I would nominate Brad Richard. His award-winning poetry plows, with a loving and critical eye ...

While the search for Santa Barbara’s next Poet Laureate is in full swing, I took a little time off to catch the last weekend of Mardi Gras in New Orleans and read at the Latter Library’s longstanding ...