Stepping away from our usual format, the Hammond Regional Arts Center podcast welcomes Louisiana Poet Laureate 2023 - 2025 Alison Pelegrin to the stage for a live reading of her work on October 12, 2024 in celebration of Tangipahoa Parish's Literary Day. In addition, Alison Pelegrin talks about her ⁠Lifelines Poetry Project ⁠ where she brings poetry writing workshops to prisons and community centers, and by doing so emphasizes poetry’s tendency to prod humanity to the surface under any conditions.

Click to find out more about Alison Pelegrin and her work: alisonpelegrin.com or Lifelines Poetry Project .