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© Petar Gery

© Petar Gery

John Gery’s seven poetry collections include The Enemies of Leisure, A Gallery of Ghosts, Have at You Now!, and Davenport’s Version. He has received fellowships from the NEA, Fulbright Foundation, University of Minnesota, Louisiana Division of the Arts, and others. As a critic, he has written extensively on modernist and contemporary poetry. A Research Professor at LSU New Orleans, he directs the Ezra Pound Center for Literature and edits the EPCL Book Series at Clemson University Press.

 


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


Diving Into Nature: An Eco-Poetry Anthology of Louisiana

A collection of 70 nature-based poems, several by Louisiana State Poet Laureates, focused on the wondrous but endangered environment of Louisiana.