Lifelines Lunch

Join Louisiana Poet Laureate Alison Pelegrin over a complimentary lunch to learn about the Lifelines Poetry Project which has brought poetry workshops to prisons and communities across the state. Louisiana is the incarceration capital of the world, and arts education and experiences for the incarcerated are rare to nonexistent. Learn about the various prompts and bits of inspiration that worked well in the carceral environment, and listen to Pelegrin and those who worked with her recall snippets of poetry and conversation still on their minds after these poetry workshops. This program is made possible by the generous support of the Academy of American Poets and the Mellon Foundation.