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Darrell Bourque

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© Akasha Rabut

© Akasha Rabut

Former Louisiana Poet Laureate, Darrell Bourque is the recipient of the Louisiana Writer Award and the LEH Humanist of the Year Award. His poetry collections include The Blue Boat, Megan’s Guitar, In Ordinary Light, migrare’, and Until We Talk. Pont d’Amour: Love Songs for Anna Akhmatova will be released by UL Press in Spring 2027.

 

Schedule

2:00 pm to 2:45 pm
Outside Museum, West Tent
Second Sight: Poets Laureate Write Through Vision Loss
Darrell Bourque and Peter Cooley
with moderator Benjamin Morris

Pont d'Amour: Love Songs for Anna Akhmatova  -- FORTHCOMING 2027