March 3 Muses, 2 Readers, 1 Mic
March 22 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Free
On March 22nd, I have the pleasure of presenting two amazing writers, Skye Jackson and Stacey Balkun. So please come out to Three Muses, 536 Frenchmen Street, on March 22nd, from 2-4 PM, and enjoy these amazing writers.
A brief Open Mic to start, followed by these two amazing features.
Please read below for some short bios. And please come to Three Muses and enjoy some amazing food, cocktails, and beautiful readings.
Skye Jackson was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. She is a graduate of the UNO Creative Writing Workshop. Her work has appeared in RHINO, The Southern Review, Palette Poetry, RATTLE and elsewhere. Her poetry has been a finalist for the Iowa Review Poetry Award, the RATTLE Poetry Prize, the RHINO Founders’ Prize, and in 2021 she received the AWP Intro Journals Award. Jackson’s work was also selected by Billy Collins for inclusion in the Library of Congress Poetry 180 Project. She has received support for her work from The Frost Place, The Key West Literary Seminar & Cave Canem. This summer, she will serve as Writer-in-Residence of the Jack Kerouac House. Her debut poetry collection, Libre, has just been published by Regalo Press and distributed by Simon & Schuster. She currently teaches at Xavier University.
Stacey Balkun is the author of Sweetbitter and co-editor of Fiolet & Wing. Her work has appeared in Best New Poets, Mississippi Review, Pleiades, and several other anthologies and journals. Stacey holds a PhD from the University of Mississippi, Oxford and an MFA from Fresno State. She lives in New Orleans and teaches online at The Poetry Barn.
