The Poet Laureate of the United States and author of the book “Life on Mars” visited Southeastern Louisiana University on March 26 as part of the university’s Common Read program. I had the honor of interviewing her for a craft talk. She was very generous with her advice and just a joy to be around. Her visit included a talk and Q/A with high school students for various parishes in Louisiana, a craft talk with me and an evening reading for the public. Her most recent book is

OMG. Being an editor is a lot of work. Currently, I am guest poetry editor of Bayou Magazine at the University of New Orleans. It's not a cakewalk. I've been reading stacks and stacks of submissions while managing two grad assistants and my own life. I've probably read over 300 poems over the last 2 months. My grad assistants are a tremendous help, but the responsibility of making sure the poetry section of the journal is on schedule and publishes worthy poems is a bit of a

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