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Mark Folse is a poet and former prolific blogger on Hurricane Katrina/The Federal Flood, and his home, New Orleans. Before retiring, he worked in IT management, on Capitol Hill, and as a newspaper reporter and editor. His poetry has appeared in The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature, New Delta Review, Metazen, New Laurel Review, Ellipsis, Trampoline, Unlikely Stories, Dog Water Magazine, Alien Buddha, and Peauxdunque Review. His Wet Bank Guide prose is anthologized in What We Know, Please Forward, and A Howling in the Wires.

 


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.