Form and Discontent is a group of writers of color who are focused upon pushing the boundaries of what can be said and how it can be said. We are speculative writers. We are experimental writers. We are writers who blur the lines between prose and poetry as well as between fiction and nonfiction.
Join graduate students from The University of Southern Mississippi for a reading! We'll have six readers - five poets and one fiction writer. Each reader will have between 8 and 10 minutes. Readers will be David Greenspan, Matthew Moniz, Apoorva Mittal, Tyler Smith, Mary Christensen, and Dylan Loring.
A poetry reading that would center around the poetry of location, of place, and how it is transformed, articulated, and experienced as queers, as a theme. Antonio Addessi would introduce the poets and we would be reading 3-4 poems each. All together 4 poets—Antonio, and local New Orleanian poets Daniel W.K. Lee, Z'étoile Imma, and Brad Richard. We then would like to follow the reading with a panel discussion moderated by Antonio discussing with the poets about their experience of being queer and being a part of the New Orleans community.
Six poets will come together in support of the the online journal, Unlikely Stories. Unlikely Stories has been running on the web, more-or-less continuously, since 1998. It publishes poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, cultural and artistic criticism, visual art, music, movies, and other web-based works. Unlikely Stories has pursued a unique, transgressive, and experimental aesthetic. At the same time, it has sought to publish both established and emerging authors, offering many now-known authors their first publication credit.
At 11am, these poets will take the main stage at the Lafitte Greenway for ten-minute sets.
Poets from Dillard University reading and performing their work.
NOPF presents its main event, featuring Rickey Laurentiis and Joyelle McSweeney.
Venue: Greenway Station, 436 N Norman C Francis Parkway, 70119 (Google Map)
This event was cancelled due to Kalamu's health concerns. We very much wish him a speedy recovery.
Lit Balm will kick off the 2022 New Orleans Poetry Festival with a show focusing on the life and work of New Orleans poet Kalamu ya Salaam. Presenters will read from Kalamu's work, discuss his work's importance, and engage in a direct discussion with Kalamu about his inspirations, directions, and accomplishments. The show will begin with poems from Lit Balm's hosts and end with an open mic. Full list of presenters to be announced.
A reading to celebrate the launch of the third issue of second factory, a journal from Ugly Duckling Presse. Second Factory showcases work from a variety of poets and artists in each issue. Spotted like a bird in the wild, heard as a grinding piece of machinery, Second Factory manifests in examples: an office park of shadows; a vast and boundless shed; a grape in the risograph; a butterfly in a net. Issue 3 features work by Virginie Poitrasson (tr.