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The newest Beyond Books initiative for the Jefferson Parish Library will let cardholders check out "Experience Passes" to regional cultural institutions. Current partners include the Jefferson Performing Arts Society, New

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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...

Jon Bruschke, ‘CSUF’s Socrates,’ Receives Faculty Leadership in Collegial Governance Award April 8, 2021 Jon Bruschke, chair and professor of human communication studies “Every university needs at least one Socrates — a faculty member who has the best interest of the university at heart and is not afraid to voice those interests, rattle cages or play the devil’s advocate with the intent of arriving at reasonable outcomes. Jon Bruschke is Cal State Fullerton’s Socrates.” Mark H...

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...