© Brian Pavlich

Louisiana Poet Laureate Alison Pelegrin’s latest book of poems is Our Lady of Bewilderment. The recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and an ATLAS Grant from the Louisiana Board of Regents, she is Writer-in-Residence at Southeastern Louisiana University. In 2024, Pelegrin was awarded a Poet Laureate Fellowship by the Academy of American Poets to support her Lifelines Poetry Project, which brings poetry workshops to prisons and communities. 

Schedule

10:15 am to 11:15 am

State Library, Fifth Floor, Capitol View Room

Louisiana Poet Laureate Presents Louisiana Poets

with Nicole Cooley, Peter Cooley, J. Bruce Fuller, Dylan Krieger, Ed Ruzica, and host Alison Pelegrin

12:30 pm to 1:30 pm

State Library, Fifth Floor, Capitol View Room

Louisiana Poet Laureate Presents Louisiana Poets, Part 2

with Jack B. Bedell, Catharine Savage Brosman, Ariel Francisco, Barbara Hamby, Carolyn Hembree, Andy Young, and host Alison Pelegrin

Louisiana Poet Laureate