Event Type
Five poets discussing and reading from the works of five poets with significant New Orleans roots who have left us for greener pastures (ie, the oblivion our memories will keep them from).
A discussion & reading of six deceased poets with strong connections to the city: Everette Maddox, Bob Borsodi, Leon Stokesbury, Lee Grue, Amos Zu Bolton and Bob Sabatier, a celebration of their lives and work, as well as an examination of their various poetic styles and their varying approaches to being poets and making their way in the world. The participants all knew one or, in most cases, several of the poets under consideration. Discussion of at least one poem by each of these poets who are gone but—because we will continue to read and celebrate them— not forgotten.