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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 Smith to read their work. They include David Armand, Kelly Harris-DeBerry, William J. Jefferson, Dorie...

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 Hoven Stohs, professor of finance and member of the CSUF Academic Senate Executive Committee For his ...

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 and engage with poetry. Poets must be born in or living in Louisiana, and must have published works i...