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Just Listen to Yourself 2013

Louisiana Poetry

Biography

Darrell Bourque’s books are Plainsongs; The Doors Between Us; Burnt Water Suite; The Blue Boat; Call and Response: Conversations in Verse; In Ordinary Light, New and Selected Poems; and Holding the Notes. He served as Louisiana Poet Laureate in 2007-2008 and 2009-2011. He is Professor Emeritus in English at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Program Biography:

A past Louisiana Poet Laureate, Darrell Bourque is professor emeritus in English from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. His newest poetry collection is Megan’s Guitar and Other Poems from Acadie. He lives in a bamboo grove in rural St. Landry Parish with his wife Karen, a glass artist.

Writings