Sandra Sarr, a poet and writer, manages communications and edits UPROAR magazine at LSU School of Veterinary Medicine. She launched LSU Vet Med’s Artist-in-Residence Program, the first in the nation. Her poem, “Strange Currency,” appears in Alone Together, winner of the Washington State Book Award in 2021. Her poems and novel, The Road to Indigo, have won awards, entrance into Tin House, and led to new poems in the voices of her novel’s characters.

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