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Anne Babson

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Anne Babson is the author of four published collections of poetry -- The White Trash Pantheon in 2015, Polite Occasions in 2017, Messiah in 2019, and The Bunker Book in 2022. Her work has appeared in literary journals on five continents. She is president of the Women's National Book Association of New Orleans, and she teaches at Southeastern Louisiana University.

 

Schedule

9:00 am to 10:00 am

State Library, Fifth Floor, Capitol View Room

Appetizers for the Poetry Buffet

with Anne Babson, Stacey Balkun, Gina Ferrara, Kelly Harris-DeBerry, Julie Kane, Daniel W.K. Lee, Monica Mankin, Benjamin Morris, Geoff Munsterman, Kay Murphy, Biljana D. Obradović, Melinda Palacio, Jonathan Penton, Valentine Pierce, Mona Lisa Saloy, and Sandra Sarr

 

3:15 pm to 4:00 pm

Cavalier House Books Tent

Book Signing

The Poetry Buffet: An Anthology of New Orleans Poetry

The Poetry Buffet is an anthology of writing from nearly 100 poets of and near New Orleans as well as a celebration of The Poetry Buffet monthly reading series, now in its sixteenth year, hosted by Gina Ferrara at the Latter Library on Saint Charles Avenue.