651. Skye Jackson

651. This week we talk to Skye Jackson about her poetry. Skye was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. She writes about love, femininity and the challenges of navigating our modern world as a young Black woman. Her work has appeared in Palette Poetry, The Southern Review, RHINO, RATTLE and elsewhere. She is the author of the chapbook A Faster Grave (2019) and her debut collection of poetry, Libre, which was recently published by Regalo Press and distributed nationally by Simon & Schuster.

1. Liberty in Louisiana: A Comedy The oldest play about Louisiana, author James Workman wrote it as a celebration of the Louisiana Purchase. Now it is back in print for the first time in 221 years. Order your copy today!
2. This week in the Louisiana Anthology. Eloise Bibb. Poems. "Eliza, in Uncle Tom's Cabin."
    HER MARRIAGE.
   See! the moon is smiling
   Down her brightest beams,
   And the leaflets sleeping,
   Whisper in their dreams;
   Hear the merry music,
   And the peoples’ lays,
   Hear the happy voices
   Joining in the plays.
       There in old Kentucky,
   On a summer’s night,
   Stands a quadroon maiden,
   Clothed in robes of white;
   On her raven ringlets,
   Orange blossoms sleep,
   O’er her slender figure,
   Bridal vestments sweep.
       There we see her mistress,
   Smiling now with pride,
   On her handsome fav’rite,
   Whom she sees a bride.
   There is much rejoicing
   O’er Eliza’s match;
   Misses Shelby fancies
   George is a good “catch.”
       So the banjo’s sounding,
   And the people sing,
   Hear them gayly dancing,
   To the fiddle’s ring.
   But the dawn is breaking,
   Guests must now disperse;
   Quick the bow is silent,
   Ere the sunlight bursts.
3. This week in Louisiana history. November 8, 1893. First LSU v. Tulane football game (held in N.O.).
   
4. This week in New Orleans history. Born in New Orleans on November 8, 1876, Arthur Joseph O’Keefe, Sr., was the 48th mayor of New Orleans. A graduate of St. Aloysius High School, he operated his own coffee import company. Before becoming mayor, O’Keefe was a prominent member of the Regular Democratic Organization, the political machine that had dominated New Orleans for decades.
   
5. This week in Louisiana.
   The City of Kenner's 4th Annual Food Truck Festival
   Sunday, November 16, 2025
   11:00 am - 7:00 pm
   hkenner.la.us/384/Kenner-Food-Truck-Festival-2025
   List of Vendors
   Kenner's Laketown (by the Kenner Boat launch) from 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM. Admission is free. Live musical performances by Amber Drive, The Wiseguys, Rock Show Nola, and Timothy Wayne. Experience Arts & craft vendors, a kids' activity zone, and the delicious cuisine of over 30 local food trucks! Stay tuned for more updates.
   
6. Postcards from Louisiana. Delfeyo Marsalis. Snug Harbor. 

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