398. David and Ashley Havird, part 1

398. Part 1 of our interview with poets David and Ashley Havird. David and Ashley join us to read and discuss some of their poetry.

The Havirds are poets from Shreveport in North Louisiana. David, Professor Emeritus of English at Centenary, has published several collections of poetry, including Map Home (2013) and Penelope’s Design (2010). His work has also appeared in The New Yorker, Shenandoah, Southwest Review, Texas Review, Yale Review, and online at Poetry Daily. Ashley Mace Havird has published widely in journals, including The Southern Review, Shenandoah, Calyx, and Southern Humanities Review. Her chapbook, Dirt Eaters, was published in 2009, and this year she won the X.J. Kennedy Prize for poetry with her book The Garden of the Fugitives, published in 2014.

1. This week in Louisiana history. January 2 1860. The Seminary of Learning of the State of Louisiana near Pineville, Louisiana opened with Col. William Tecumseh Sherman as superintendent, would later become LSU, Seminary opens with five professors and 19 cadets.
2. This week in New Orleans history. George Adrian Paoletti is born January 2, 1867. According to the Times Picayune, "We dare assert that no one man during his lifetime has occupied a fuller place in our city's music, or in the sum total has been of more service to the cause of music, or has given more enjoyment to a greater number of citizens." The article went on the note that Paoletti had dedicated 25 years of winters to the French Opera House (where he also led ballets) and 30 summers travelling with Liberiti's Band and that he was "prominently connected with important musical movements in the city for more than 35 years."
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   Visit City Park in New Orleans.
   New Orleans City Park is filled with iconic oak trees, alligators, birds, beautiful art, and so much to do that you could spend an entire vacation exploring the city's largest green space. This guide lists 10 things to do in City Park.
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Tuba Skinny at dba.

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