"Libre" Book Launch with Skye Jackson

Award-winning poet Skye Jackson will launch her debut full-length poetry collection, Libre, published by Regalo Press with distribution by Simon & Schuster, at the historic New Orleans landmark, the Marigny Opera House. Jackson is honored to be the first author to hold a book launch in the space. The evening will be filled with music, poetry and art with readings by Penda Smith and Alex Jennings and live painting by local artist, Jason Rodriguez.

Skye Jackson was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. She is a graduate of the UNO Creative Writing Workshop. Her work has appeared in RHINO, The Southern Review, Palette Poetry, RATTLE and elsewhere. Her poetry has been a finalist for the Iowa Review Poetry Award, the RATTLE Poetry Prize, the RHINO Founders' Prize, and in 2021 she received the AWP Intro Journals Award. Jackson’s work was also selected by Billy Collins for inclusion in the Library of Congress Poetry 180 Project. She has received support for her work from The Frost Place, The Key West Literary Seminar & Cave Canem. This summer, she will serve as Writer-in-Residence of the Jack Kerouac House. She currently teaches at Xavier University.

This event is free and open to the public. Suggested Donation - $5.00

Donations will be distributed directly to tonight's readers.

Seating will be provided.

Links to the participants websites:

Skye Jackson – www.skyejackson.com
Alex Jennings - https://www.alexjennings.net/
Penda Smith – https://www.instagram.com/pendambaye_writes/
Jason Rodriguez – https://www.thewonderlandgallery.com/...

Host or Publisher Blue Cypress Books