Poet Laureate & Co.

In celebration of National Poetry Month, the State Library of Louisiana’s Center for the Book announces its third annual program “Just Listen to Yourself: The Louisiana Poet Laureate Presents Louisiana Poets - 2015."  Poet Laureate Ava Leavell Haymon has selected poets from across the state to read their work this afternoon. Participants include Ralph Adamo, Jack B. Bedell, Darrell Bourque, Carlos Colón, Peter Cooley, Dorothy Early Davis, Gina Ferrara, Ashley Mace Havird, Julie Kane, Madeleine LeCesne, Melinda Palacio, Alison Pelegrin, Chancelier “Xero” Skidmore, Afton Wilky, and Andy Young. Lend them your ears from noon until 1:30 pm in the State Library's Seminar Center. Guests are invited to bring their lunches and come and go as their schedules allow. 701 North Fourth Street. Free. (225) 342-4923.