i’ll be at New Orleans Poetry Festival @nolapoetry.bsky.social for my first time this weekend! on a dance poetics panel & wandering about with copies of We Contain Landscapes 🖤 hope to see you there eating beignets, taking in poems, flowers in the air

All events originally scheduled at St. Roch Tavern have been smoothly moved to Siberia, just a 6-minute walk from the New Orleans Healing Center. Vibes are equally great!! 😌

It's time for the Tenth Annual 2025 New Orleans Poetry Festival, and Unlikely Stories will represent! This time, we're featuring Tobey Hiller, Xander Bilyk, Wendy Taylor Carlisle, Aileen Bassis, and Marc Vincenz! Come join us at 1pm on Saturday, April 12 at St. Roch Tavern! @nolapoetry.bsky.social

The entire schedule for the Tenth Annual 2025 New Orleans Poetry Festival is LIVE at www.nolapoetry.com ! Check it out! (The last version of the poster we uploaded contained a typo! Whoops! Let's try this again...)

The NOPF Road Show returns this year with stops across Louisiana at Lafayette (Cavalier House Books), Thibodaux (Nicholls State University), and Uptown New Orleans (Tulane University). (1/3)

Thanks to @fineprintpaper.com for inviting us to join them at our first @nolapoetry.bsky.social! We can't wait. Check out Issue Fifteen during The Small Press Fair 4/13-14 4/14 @ 1 PM find us on the panel Publishing on the Margins: Print Formats Beyond the Book www.nolapoetry.com/index.php/no...

Subscribe at thewaxpaper.com Or find us in person #AWP25 March 27-29 & @nolapoetry.bsky.social April 12-13

it’s official! Pitymilk and @bathmatics.bsky.social will be making our way down south for @nolapoetry.bsky.social april 12th & 13th!! we’re pinching ourselves over this opportunity and CANNOT wait to connect with so many impressive poets, makers and doers. see you s(w)on🫐💛

If you are not a part of any group readings at the Tenth Annual New Orleans Poetry Festival (April 10-13, 2025) you can now apply to be an individual reader! 25 poets will get eight-minute sets. Check out nolapoetry.com/node/248

The features for the Tenth Annual New Orleans Poetry Festival (April 10-13, 2025) have been ANNOUNCED! Ariana Reines and Tongo Eisen-Martin will headline on Saturday night. Our Friday Night International Feature and Locals Night Opening Gala are lined up! Please see www.nolapoetry.com for more info!

We are excited to announce that we will be at @nolapoetry.bsky.social again this year. More details to come.

I loved attending this festival this year, and met a lot of wonderful poets and presses. A great one to add to your 2025 plans, as a participant or as a presenter -- apply by 12/15.

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We are delighted to report on the 10th Annual New Orleans Poetry Festival! The Festival will take place April 10-13, 2025, and will showcase local poets, poets from across the US, and international poets. Event Proposals are open until December 15, 2024 at nolapoetry.com youtu.be/SkuxUQzOMuY?...

We are delighted to report on the 10th Annual New Orleans Poetry Festival! The Festival will take place April 10-13, 2025, and will showcase local poets, poets from across the US, and international poets. Event Proposals are open until December 15, 2024 at nolapoetry.com youtu.be/SkuxUQzOMuY?...

NOPF Sizzle Cento

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Last night's opening gala was fantastic! Tonight, get ready for our focus on Korean translation! We'll have three Korean poets and two translators in Café Istanbul in the New Orleans Healing Center reading and discussing their work. It starts at 6:30! Hope to see you there!

It all kicks off TONIGHT! Check us out at Saturn Bar where five local poets read for the Opening Gala of the New Orleans Poetry Fest 2024! Tomorrow night we'll be at Café Istanbul, then on Saturday and Sunday we'll be at the New Orleans Healing Center and St. Roch Tavern all day!

Are you ready for the New Orleans Poetry Festival? Friday, April 19 we'll present a night of Korean poetry and translation at Cafe Istanbul, starting with a discussion at 6:30pm. Hope to see you there!

On Wednesday, April 17, at 7pm, the New Orleans Poetry Festival will be at the East Bank Regional Library in Metairie, Louisiana. Come see us there!

In the wake of the collapse of Small Press Distribution, the New Orleans Poetry Festival has put together a panel with representatives from Asterism Books, Lavender Ink / Diálogos, Madhat Press, and Crescent City Books. Come discuss what's next for poetry publishing. www.facebook.com/events/37124...

What Comes After SPD?

Event in New Orleans, LA by New Orleans Poetry Festival and Jonathan Penton on Saturday, April 20 2024

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The @nolapoetry.bsky.social is coming up fast! Unlikely Stories will be there all Saturday and Sunday, celebrating with Tara Campbell, Kenning JP García, Michael Ruby, Christopher Shipman, and Jeff Weddle! We hope to see you at 1pm, Saturday, April 20, at St. Roch Tavern in New Orleans!

TONIGHT! Come hear amazing poetry by Valentine Pierce, Tiana Nobile, Caroline Rowe, and David Rowe at your favorite place for wings and fries, Bar Redux! Cheap drinks, great food, free cupcakes, and some of the best gosh-darn poetry around! Hope to see you there!

On Wednesday, April 17, at 1pm, the New Orleans Poetry Festival will be at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana. Come see us there!

On Tuesday, April 16, at 7pm, the New Orleans Poetry Festival will be at Yes We Cannibal in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Come see us there!

On Tuesday, April 16, at 12:30pm, the New Orleans Poetry Festival will be at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, Louisiana. Come see us there!

Thursday, April 18 kicks off the main leg of the New Orleans Poetry Festival with our Locals Night Opening Gala and Fundraiser! Come hear from Nikki Ummel, Cid Galicia, Gabrielle Octavia Rucker, Ian U Lockaby, and Lauren Burgess at the historic Saturn Bar! It's a great night!

Join us at 7pm on April 20th for the main event of the 2024 New Orleans Poetry Festival! Come hear Latasha N. Nevada Diggs, Carolina Ebeid, and the Cornelius Eady Trio! It all takes place at Cafe Istanbul in the New Orleans Healing Center! Hope to see you there!

Ever been to the NEW ORLEANS POETRY FESTIVAL? On your way? Just curious? Check out their new Bluesky account @nolapoetry.bsky.social , or learn all about 2024's amazing lineup at www.nolapoetry.com !

Are you ready for the New Orleans Poetry Festival? We've got events for days, but most of them are on Saturday, April 20 and Sunday, April 21. Check out www.nolapoetry.com for the full and exciting schedule!

The New Orleans Poetry Festival is coming soon, and Unlikely Stories will represent! Come see poets Tara Campbell, Kenning JP García, Michael Ruby, Christopher Shipman, and Jeff Weddle in the Festival's new expansion location: St. Roch Tavern! It's going to be a gas!

Let's Goooooo!

Bar Redux and Unlikely Books present four Unlikely Saints: local poets Valentine Pierce, Tiana Nobile, David Rowe, and Caroline Rowe! And cupcakes of an unpredictable variety! It'll be another great night of poetry, literature and fun at Bar Redux at 8pm on Wednesday, April 3!