This week on the Arts Hour, Lauren talks with poet and fiction writer Olivia Clare Friedman whose most recent collection of poetry, AN ARM FIXED TO A WING, was published by LSU Press. The episode airs on MPB Think Radio on Sunday, April 6, at 5 p.m. CT. You can also listen on your favorite podcasting app.
Susan Marquez has written over 3500 articles about MS arts and culture for The Bluegrass Standard, Our South, Okra, Country Roads, Delta magazine, and many others. She is the culture […]
Teresa Marita McGuire is an independent author and spoken word performing artist with experience in Mississippi and Tennessee. She currently writes and performs original poetry. She was a small press […]
This week on the Arts Hour, Lauren Rhoades talks with Louis Bourgeois, founder of the Mississippi Prison Writes Initiative, whose goal is to teach and encourage creative writing and the arts in prisons across Mississippi. The episode airs on MPB Radio on Sunday, December 15, at 5 p.m. CT. You can also listen on your favorite podcasting app.
For Sandra Measels, the best part of storytelling is the sense of community she feels when telling or hearing a good story. Twice she has told at the National Storytelling […]
The Mississippi Shakespeare Festival exists to provide professional arts experiences that focus on the classics of world literature, with a special emphasis on the works of Shakespeare. Our mission is […]
Amie Clark is a long-time living historian with over 25 years of experience traveling the country portraying historic figures and presenting first-person demonstrations. This has led her to a career […]
I’m a lifelong poet and storyteller through verse who brings an aggressive style and mastery of wordplay to the poetry experience. I am a poet for hire through spoken and […]
Mark Maharrey is an actor, singer, musician, and teacher. Musical theatre is his passion, but Mark is just as comfortable working the ukulele and blues harmonica into a lesson. Mark […]
Eliot Parker is the author of the recent thriller novel, A Final Call, which was named Best Book to Discover in 2022 by Kirkus Reviews and Kirkus Magazine. His short […]
