510. Mona Lisa Saloy

510. Mona Lisa Saloy returns to the porch to talk about her service to the state as Poet Laureate of Louisiana 2021-2023. We spend a lot of time talking about her poem, "Louisiana Log." Author & Folklorist, Educator, and Scholar, Mona Lisa's work appears in many anthologies and journals. An active Educator and Scholar, Mona Lisa is a noted speaker and storyteller, who consults to the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (LEH), the Louisiana Division of the Arts (LDOA), and is an active member of the Louisiana Folklore Society.  Also, Saloy has performed for two presidents.

1. This week in Louisiana history. February 24, 1843. Bossier Parish created out of Natchitoches District, named for Pierre E. Bossier.
2. This week in New Orleans history. February 24, 1807, the legislature legalized all marriages that had been made in the Territory of Orleans by a county judge, justice of the peace, minister, or commandant, if these marriages had been "contracted agreeably to the laws and usages of the country.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   Black History Month Literary Jazz Brunch.
   Dooky Chase Restaurant
   Saturday, Feb. 29
   10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
   Tickets start at $50.
   Celebrate past and present African-American writers at the fourth annual  The event showcases published, self-published, local, and independent authors, and introduces young authors to a new literary world. Guest speakers include Minister Bobbye Mathews of Franklin Avenue Baptist Church. Strate Notes Jazz Band will perform live jazz at brunch. Literary lovers, don your best ivory or cream outfit and join this celebration of some of the best and brightest. 
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. The Big Dixie Swingers on Frenchmen St.

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