Lucie Monk Carter
While not a poet, performance artist Tim Youd made great literary use of the Louisiana State Capitol in 2016, when his "100 Novels" series brought him to Baton Rouge to retype "All the King's Men" by Robert Penn Warren.
Are you well versed in Baton Rouge? The Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge seeks a Poet Laureate who will promote a love of literature and culture in the city through outreach, programs, teaching, and the craft of poetry.
The perfect poet will have lived in Baton Rouge for five years and have an interest in promoting the art form to non-traditional or underserved audiences. In addition, the Baton Rouge Poet Laureate—whose name will be announced by Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome on May 7 at the East Baton Rouge Parish Main Library and who will serve until May 2020—will engage with the city through social media platforms, create an anthology entitled Baton Rouge's Favorite Poems (which might reasonably include Robert Penn Warren and "Hey Fightin' Tigers," among other rhymes), and engineer community performance poetry videos that highlight various Baton Rouge neighborhoods.
Essentially, the right candidate will be poetic, present, and porous to the city at large. (And here, on the basis of this alliteration alone, and also that one, I announce my candidacy. Vote for Lucie!)
It's a quick search, with applications closing on April 26. Details at artsbr.org/community-engagement.
