New Orleans Poetry Festival, April 20-22

I’m not a poet, but I’m looking forward to attending the New Orleans Poetry Festival, April 20-22, at the Healing Center here in, of course, New Orleans.

Saturday evening, I’ll be on a panel with writers Katy Simpson Smith, Kalamu Salaam, and Kristina Kay Robinson, talking about “Lonely Voices: Storytelling, Character, and Place.”

And then much later that night, if you’re lucky, you might catch me playing drums at the “Poets with Bands” after-hours party at Siberia Lounge down the street on St. Claude.

Here’s a picture of my drums: