I’m delighted to be joining poets Whitney Mackman and Marian Moore this coming Saturday at the beloved Poetry Buffet reading series, held at the Latter Library on St Charles Avenue. The reading starts at 2pm; I’ll be reading from Ecotone as well as presenting more recent work. All are welcome.

For anyone interested in Room 220, the publishing wing of Antenna, they’re throwing a party on Thursday, January 3rd, from 7-9pm at the main gallery on St. Claude Avenue. From their December newsletter:

Are you a current, past, or interested in being a RM220 contributor? If so, RM220 welcomes you to a New Year’s literary celebration and reading. Bring work to share and/or ears to listen. RM220 is a multi-genre online arts journal and program of Antenna. We are looking for writers, visual artists musicians, audio/sound artists, and filmmakers for both the journal and our interactive event series, SHRINE AND SOUND. All members of the community are welcome to attend.

This coming Saturday, Main Street Books will host their 15th (!) annual author extravaganza, which is always a blast — readers, writers, book lovers, and book sellers come together for a relaxed evening of conversations, signings, and most importantly, snickerdoodles. It’s always a joy to represent the Hattiesburg history book, as every year folks with deep roots in the area (or ancestors involved in its founding) show up and chew the fat. The party runs from 4-7pm on Saturday, December 8.

For anyone interested in submitting a manuscript to Antenna, the deadline for their collaboration series (among other open calls) is November 30. Details on Submittable.

As part of their closing series of essays and interviews this month, Pelican Bomb has a brief piece on the future of arts criticism in New Orleans.