Poetry
Poetry by Maurice Carlos Ruffin
Selected by Louisiana Poet Laureate Alison Pelegrin
Articles
Spring 2025
Poetry by Daniel W. K. Lee
Selected by Louisiana Poet Laureate Alison Pelegrin
Winter 2024
Poetry by Jessica Kinnison
Selected by Louisiana Poet Laureate Alison Pelegrin
Poetry
Poetry by Kelly Harris-DeBerry
Selected by Louisiana Poet Laureate Alison Pelegrin
Spring 2024
Poetry by Brad Richard
Selected by Louisiana Poet Laureate Alison Pelegrin
Winter 2023
64 Parishes Welcomes Alison Pelegrin
The new Louisiana Poet Laureate shares work about people, places, ruination, and rebirth
Poetry
Poetry by Gina Ferrara
Selected by outgoing Louisiana Poet Laureate Mona Lisa Saloy
Spring 2023
Poetry by Karisma Price
Selected by Louisiana Poet Laureate Mona Lisa Saloy
Winter 2022
Poetry by Sunni Patterson
Selected by Louisiana Poet Laureate Mona Lisa Saloy
Poetry
Poetry by Cindy Levy
Selected by Louisiana Poet Laureate Mona Lisa Saloy
Summer 2022
Poems by Jennifer Reeser
Selected by Louisiana Poet Laureate Mona Lisa Saloy
Spring 2022
Poetry by Gian Smith
Selected by Louisiana Poet Laureate Mona Lisa Saloy
Poetry
Poetry by Sheryl St. Germain
Selected by Louisiana Poet Laureate Jack Bedell
Winter 2021
Mona Lisa Saloy
Louisiana’s new poet laureate writes about and for Black Creoles of New Orleans
Summer 2021
Poetry by William J. Jefferson
Selected by Louisiana Poet Laureate John Warner Smith
Poetry
Poetry in a Pandemic
Discussing the ways poetry can help the spirit in these disruptive times
Spring 2021
From Holy Cross to Oakland
Poetry by David Havird, selected by Louisiana Poet Laureate John Warner Smith
Winter 2020
Okra
Poetry by Ethan Leonard
Poetry
Poetry by Brad Richard
Racial violence in New Orleans in 1900 and 2005
Summer 2020
Poems by Merrill Guillory
Selected by Louisiana Poet Laureate John Warner Smith
Spring 2020
Poetry by Clare L. Martin
A glimpse into the world of horses
Winter 2019
All Black Boys Look Alike
Work by the new Poet Laureate of Louisiana
Poetry
Poetry by Martha Serpas
Chosen by outgoing Poet Laureate Jack Bedell
Summer 2019
The Poetry of Cassie Pruyn
Selected by Louisiana Poet Laureate Jack Bedell
