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Music and poetry at Bar Redux

Bar Redux hosts Music & Poetry at 9 p.m. on Thursday, July 6, at 801 Poland Avenue. The event is a showcase of live music, fiction and poetry, hosted by Ryan Gregory Floyd. This month features music from Ryan Gregory Floyd and Dusky Waters, with spoken word & poetry readings by Zachary W. Mohr, Kataalyst Alcindor, Christopher Music and poetry at Bar Redux

Slam New Orleans Takes the National Title

Teams of performance poets from around the country converged on Charlotte, North Carolina, last month for the 23rd annual National Poetry Slam, and local team Slam New Orleans took away the top prize. Seventy-two teams competed in head-to-head bouts during the five-day event that drew more than 1,000 poets and spectators. Kataalyst Alcindor, who leads Slam New Orleans Takes the National Title

The People Say Project presents Lafcadio Hearn, late night at the Tennessee Williams Festival

Jeez, the titles of these posts are getting increasingly genius, aren’t they? It’s a rough world in this local literary blogosphere, kid. Sometimes it kills the head (and the heart … and the liver? no, we don’t have no time for drinkin’). You know who did have time for drinking? Lafcadio Hearn. His portrayal of The People Say Project presents Lafcadio Hearn, late night at the Tennessee Williams Festival