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Sundays@4 with Gina Ferrara, Louisiana's Current Poet Laureate

  • Baton Rouge Gallery Center for Contemporary for Art 1515 Dalrymple Drive Baton Rouge, LA, 70808 (map)

Join us Sunday, Feb. 22, from 4–6 p.m. as we welcome Louisiana Poet Laureate Gina Ferrara who will be reading from collections with a Louisiana focus (Amber Porch Light and Weight of the Ripened) as well as some ekphraistic poems inspired by visual art.

As always Sundays@4 are FREE & Open to All.


About Gina ferrara

Gina Ferrara is an Associate Professor of English at Delgado Community College. She lives in New Orleans and has five poetry collections. Her latest, Amiss, was published by Dos Madres Press in 2023. Her work has appeared in many journals including Callaloo, The Poetry Ireland Review, Tar River, The Southern Review and was nominated for a Best of the Net and a Pushcart in 2024.  Since 2007, she has curated The Poetry Buffet, a monthly reading series in New Orleans.


Funding for this Louisiana Poet Laureate program has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.