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I may be the only person I know born and raised in New Orleans who didn’t have the famous New Orleans accent.

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Poet Donna Vorreyer comes to grips with aging, grief, and longing in her fourth poetry collection, “Unrivered.”

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As he began to write the manuscript that became his historical novel Brookhaven, author Glynn Young knew he would use a 19th century poet as a kind of infusion into the story.

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Get your favorite steep (or brew) and join us in writing a poem based on Maggie Smith’s “I Think of You, Eréndira.” What will turn in your poem?

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