Readings in Alabama and Louisiana
Readings in Alabama and Louisiana
In October 2019, Jeff Weddle (author of Citizen Relent, Unlikely Books, 2019), Wendy Taylor Carlisle (author of The Mercy of Traffic, Unlikely Books, 2019), and dan raphael (author of Manything, Unlikely Books, 2019), read their poetry on a five-city mini-tour in Birmingham and Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Lafayette, Louisiana. The footage in this video is from Jeff Weddle's performances in Baton Rouge and Tuscaloosa.
Jeff Weddle is a poet, short story writer and small press historian living in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Among his thirteen books are the Welty Prize winning Bohemian New Orleans: The Story of the Outsider and Loujon Press (University Press of Mississippi, 2007), When Giraffes Flew: Short Stories (Southern Yellow Pine, 2015), and poetry collections Comes to This (Nixes Mate, 2017) Heart of the Broken World (Nixes Mate, 2017) Citizen Relent (Unlikely Books, 2019), A Puncher’s Chance (Rust Belt Press, 2019) and others. His most recent volume is Advice for Cannibals (Poetic Justice Books, 2022).
