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Laura Mullen reads May 5th!

Don’t forget that tomorrow night is 1718’s last event of the semester!
And it’s a big one! The esteemed Laura Mullen, LSU Professor, will be reading at the Columns this Cinco de Mayo at 7 pm. She’s published five books, three of poems and two of hybrid text, including the critically acclaimed “Murmur.” Her poems have [...]

February: Tom Piazza Wrap-Up

 
Despite frequent cloudbursts on Tuesday night, many faces both familiar and new attended Mr. Tom’s reading.  1718’s Lesley Lucas began the evening with a lovely reading from Frank O’Hara’s collection “Lunch Poems.”  Tom read from an extended non-fiction piece describing a boxed set of Charley Chan mystery movies as his saving grace in the “oceanic” [...]