Events
2025
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January 4 - Writers’ Resolutions Retreat - Agent Panel - Tennessee Williams Literary Festival - Virtual Event - featuring Jane Hamilton (Jane Hamilton Literary), Vicky Weber (Creative Media Agency), Hannah Strouth (Sanford Greenburger) - Skye Jackson hosting/moderating.
January 9 - MLA Annual Convention - Hilton Riverside - New Orleans - “Celebrating the Poetic Legacy of the University of New Orleans” - featuring Jericho Brown, Carolyn Hembree, other notable New Orleans poets - 7:00-8:15pm.
January 21 - Unlikely Saints Reading - The Allways Lounge - New Orleans - featuring Joanna Fuhrman, Adeeena Karasick, Carolyn Hembre - 8:00pm - Postponed due to snow.
January 27 - Interview with TR Johnson on WWOZ Radio, New Orleans.
Feb 4 - Interview on The Reading Life with Susan Larson.
Feb 12 - Tom Dent Literary Festival - Dillard University (Library 1st Floor) - New Orleans - 3:00pm.
Feb 13 - Libre Book Launch - Marigny Opera House - New Orleans - 7:30pm - Blue Cypress Books facilitating - featuring Penda Smith, Alex Jennings & live painting by Jason Rodriguez.
Feb 18 - Les Bleus Literary Salon - New York - 7:30pm.
Feb 20, 25, 27 - New Orleans Center for Creative Arts - Class Visit, Teaching from Libre, & Reading - New Orleans.
Feb 25 - The Singing River Launch - Vino on Oak - New Orleans - featuring Benjamin Morris, Rodrigo Toscano, Nikki Ummel - 7:00pm - Blue Cypress Books.
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March 23 - LMNL Reading Series - New Orleans - featuring Brad Richard & Skye Jackson.
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March 27 - AWP Offsite Reading: Bear Review, Puerto del Sol & Moon City Review - Bar Henry - Los Angeles, CA - 7:00-8:30pm.
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March 27 - AWP Offsite Reading - Angel City Brewery: Fine Print Paper - Los Angeles, CA - 6:00-10:00pm.
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April 1 - Port Veritas Reading Series - Portland, ME - (In-person or virtual) - 7:00pm.
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April 10 - New Orleans Poetry Festival - Locals Night Opening Gala - featuring Andy Young, Benjamin Morris, Rachel Zavecz and various poets - Saturn Bar - New Orleans - 7:00pm.
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April 16 - University of New Orleans - Featured reading with Brad Richard & Ariel Francisco - Liberal Arts Building, UNO Campus - 8:00pm.
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April 17 - Tulane University - Karisma Price’s Advanced Poetry Writing Class - New Orleans - 12:30-3:00pm.
April 24 - Bright Hill Press Word Thursdays - Featured Reading - Zoom/Virtual - 7:00pm EST.
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April 25 - Libre Baton Rouge Book Launch - Yes We Cannibal - Baton Rouge, LA - featuring Emily Roll.
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May - The Jack Kerouac House - Orlando, Florida - Two Workshops/Events (One Virtual; One in-person); Reading.
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May - Arts & History Museum of Maitland - Orlando, Florida - Reading at LOSS exhibit featuring the sculptural work of Tampa Bay artist, Michael Massaro.
2024
Feb 16th - Carolyn Hembree's For Today Book Launch, Zeitgeist Theatre & Lounge, New Orleans.
Feb 25 - March 1 - Jam Cruise 20 - Miami, FL, Montego Bay, Jamaica & Grand Cayman Islands.
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March 7 - Poets on Poets Reading Series, Cafe Istanbul, New Orleans, LA.
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March 19th - Kirsten Reneau's Sensitive Creatures Book Launch, Bar Redux, New Orleans, LA.
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March 24th - Creating the Writer's City: A Literary Discussion, Hotel Monteleone, The Tennessee Williams Festival.
March 24th - Ekphrastic Poetry Workshop, The Ogden Museum, New Orleans, LA.
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April 6th - The Poetry Buffet: Peter Cooley, Rodney Jones, Ed Ruzicka and Skye Jackson, Rosa Keller Library, New Orleans, LA.
April 11th - Just Listen to Yourself: The Louisiana Poet Laureate Presents Louisiana Poets, State Library of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA.
April 16th - New Orleans Poetry Festival Roadshow, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA.
May 15th - American Public Gardens Association: Twilight Poetry, Longue Vue Gardens, New Orleans, LA.
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Sept. 18-21 - Furious Flower Literary Conference: "Southern Poetry Now" Panel, Harrisonburg, VA.
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Dec. 17 - Verses in Vinyl Literary Series Reading, New York, NY.
2023
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Jan. 5: Featured Author, Society for Classical Studies, Hyatt Regency, New Orleans, LA
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Jan. 14: Moderator, Tennessee Williams Literary Festival, Writer's Resolutions Retreat
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April 13-16: Board Member, New Orleans Poetry Festival
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April 21-23: Featured Author, Delta Mouth Literary Festival, Baton Rouge, LA
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May 13: Workshop Leader, Coffee & Craft Workshop Series, Baldwin & Co., New Orleans, LA
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Dec. 2: YAWP Poem of the Year Contest, Brooklyn Poets, Brooklyn, NY
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2022
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Dec. 5: Cave Canem, Brooklyn, NY
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Nov. 19: Featured Author, Jefferson Market Library, Manhattan, NY
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Sep. 24: Green Mountain Literary Festival, Burlington, VT
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Sep. 25: Featured Reader, Stay: Poets on Suicide & Survival, National Endowment for the Arts, Virtual Reading
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Sep. 26: Featured Author, KGB Series, Manhattan, NY
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June 11: Featured Author, SPLICE Poetry Series, New Orleans, LA
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Feb. 6: Featured Author, The Speakeasy Poetry Review, Swordfish Tom's, Kansas City, MO
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March 24: Featured Reader, The Night Heron Barks, AWP offsite reading, Philadelphia, PA
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March 24: Featured Reader, Word Thursdays, Bright Hill Press
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2021
March 25: Moderator & Panelist, "I Am New Orleans" Poets Reflect on the City, Tennessee Williams Literary Festival
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April 15: Featured Contributor, Green Mountains Review launch
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May 12: Featured Prize-Winner, AWP Intro Journals Award Reading
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Aug. 17: Moderator, Maurice Carlos Ruffin in Conversation with poet Skye Jackson, Community Book Center, New Orleans, LA
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Dec. 5: Featured Author, Interview & Reading, Poetry Passages 95
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2020
Aug. 13: Workshop Leader, One Book One New Orleans, The Power of Jazz & Place in Tom Dent Poetry
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Nov. 21: Moderator, Workshop Leader & Panelist, Words & Music Festival, New Orleans, LA (virtual)
Dec. 29: Featured Author, Rattlecast #73 (video series)
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2019
June 2: Malvern Books, Austin, TX
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June 5: Barb Wire Series, El Paso, TX
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June 6: Changing Hands Bookstore, Phoenix, AZ
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June 12: Book Soup, Los Angeles, CA
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June 27: Berlin Spoken Word, Du Beast, Berlin, Germany
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July 15: Spoken Word Paris, Au Chat Noir, Paris
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Nov. 22: Poets Respond to Gentrification, Words & Music Festival, New Orleans, LA
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