MONA LISA SALOY was Louisiana Poet Laureate from 2021-2023. She is an author, folklorist, Louisiana Folklife Commissioner, and educator. A scholar of Creole culture, she has written articles, poems, and documentaries about Black New Orleans before and after Katrina. She is the Conrad N. Hilton Endowed Professor of English at Dillard University. Her poetry book Red Beans & Ricely Yours won the T.S. Eliot Prize and the PEN/Oakland Josephine Miles Award. Second Line Home celebrates New Orleans Black Creole culture. Black Creole Chronicles: Poems, her newest collection, was chosen as the 2024 One Book One New Orleans selection. Saloy writes for those who don't or can't tell Black Creole cultural stories . Visit monalisasaloy.com to learn more, or follow her on Twitter, @redbeansista.
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