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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 LaRue, Patrice Melnick, and Thomas Parrie. The presentation will be recorded and accessible on YouTube and Facebook on Tuesday, April 20, beginning at 12:00 p.m.
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 passionate pursuit of justice, equity and truth and his tireless efforts to improve the lives of all Titans, Jon Bruschke is the recipient of this year’s Faculty Leadership in Collegial Governance Award.
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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.
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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 in books, anthologies, literary journals or magazines.
A $4,500-a-year stipend is intended to cover travel costs and honoraria.