The 2023 New Orleans Poetry Festival is open for business: with new dates (April 13-16, 2023), a new website, and a new call for proposals, we’d love to hear from any poets and poetry lovers out there who are interested to join us next year. Details are on the website: www.nolapoetry.com.

With the launch of today’s interview with Darren Edwards, Crime Capsule has officially begun its second season of broadcasts. We’re looking forward to bringing more true crime books from Arcadia Publishing and the History Press to our listenership, featuring new interviews with expert authors every week. This season will start off with a two-month series on the paranormal, so turn down the lights and tune in — and don’t blame us if you end up hiding under the bed!

Crime Capsule is available for listening on all major platforms and on EvergreenPodcasts.com.

After a pandemic-induced hiatus, the Mississippi Book Festival returns at long last to the grounds of the state capitol in Jackson on Saturday, August 20. It looks, in a word, spectacular. Details here.

I’m delighted to be returning to Lafayette next Wednesday, August 10, to read once more at Beausoleil Books, in their wonderful monthly series of Pour It and Poet. As always, the reading starts at 7pm (ish), with a fantastic open mic afterwards. For more information, visit Beausoleil Books online, or better yet, stop in one of the best independent bookstores in Louisiana for more details.

byFaith Magazine has a new essay on the intersection of beauty and theology, available in both the print edition and online.