Jack B. Bedell is Professor of English and Coordinator of Creative Writing at Southeastern Louisiana University where he also edits Louisiana Literature and directs the Louisiana Literature Press. Bedell’s work has appeared in HAD, Heavy Feather, Hawkeye, The Shore, Stone Circle, Psaltery & Lyre, trampset, Some Words, and other journals. His work has also been selected for inclusion in Best Microfiction and Best Spiritual Literature. His latest collection is Fight Nights. He served as Louisiana Poet Laureate 2017-2019.

Schedule

9:00 am to 10:30 am
Outside Museum, West Tent
Diving Into Nature: An Eco-Poetry Anthology of Louisiana
Ralph Adamo, Jack B. Bedell, Jordan Biggs, Toby Daspit, Malaika Favorite, Mark Folse, Dennis Formento, John Gery, Ashley Mace Havird, David Havird, Roberta Whitman Hoff, Mason Joiner, Julie Kane, Biljana D. Obradović, Ed Ruzicka, Bessie Senette, Michael S. True, and Andy Young with John P. Travis

10:45 am to 11:30 am
Cavalier House Books Tent
Book Signing

12:45 pm to 1:45 pm
Bienville Building, First Floor, Conference Center 118
Examined Lives: Writers on Craft, Memory, and the Making of a Writer
David Armand, The Roads We Travel: A Memoir on the Craft of Writing & Living
Tracy Carr, Conversations with Ellen Gilchrist
and Lawrence Wells, Backstory: A Literary Life on the Run
with moderator Jack B. Bedell

2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Bienville Building, First Floor, Conference Center 118
Fragments of the Everyday: Essays and Reflections
Bob Becker, Going South: Stories and Thoughts from a Northerner's Career as a Southerner
Jack B. Bedell, Fight Nights: Flash Essays
Thomas Beller, Degas at the Gas Station: Essays
with moderator Emily Nemens

3:15 pm to 4:00 pm
Cavalier House Books Tent
Book Signing

Fight Nights: Flash Essays

Diving Into Nature: An Eco-Poetry Anthology of Louisiana