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Ardoin’s life went from stardom to tragedy.

Accordion virtuoso Amede Ardoin recorded a series of songs between 1929-34

The Louisiana Center for the Book in the State Library of Louisiana is celebrating National Poetry Month Wednesday, April 19 with “Just Listen to Yourself: Louisiana’s Poet Laureate Presents Louisiana Poets.” 

The Louisiana Center for the Book in the State Library of Louisiana is celebrating National Poetry Month Wednesday, April 19 with “Just Listen to Yourself: Louisiana’s Poet Laureate Presents Louisiana Poets.” 

Jady Regard was nine-years-old when his father brought home the first pecans to start a new family business in Darby Lane of New Iberia.

The Louisiana Book Festival is honored to have been selected for the tenth anniversary celebrations of two esteemed organizations, Narrative 4 and the National Student Poets Program, on Saturday, October 29, in Baton Rouge.

A poetry reading by Louisiana's Poet Laureate took place yesterday at the Episcopal Church of Ascension on Johnson Street.

My New Orleans 04/16/2021   BATON ROUGE, La (press release) – The Louisiana Center for the Book in the State Library of Louisiana will celebrate the 25th annual National Poetry Month with a virtual edition of its “Just Listen to Yourself: Louisiana’s Poet Laureate Presents Louisiana Poets” and an additional event to celebrate the past decade of this series. Louisiana Poet Laureate John Warner Smith will host the eleventh annual program with six poets from across the state invited by Sm...

Louisiana taking nominations for state poet laureate Follow Us Question of the Day NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Louisiana is taking nominations for state poet laureate. John Warner Smith’s two-year term ends in August, and Louisiana’s poets laureate cannot serve two straight terms. People can send nominations through Feb. 24 to the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. TOP STORIES The position requires traveling the state for two years, encouraging people to explore an...

Louisiana is taking nominations for state poet laureate and interested individuals can send nominations through Feb. 24 to the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.