Nick Perere reads his poem, “Coach O,” for the Louisiana Words Tour 2025 at George's Place in Baton Rouge, LA .

  Louis Toliver Jr. reads his short story, “Sincerely George,” for the Louisiana Words Tour 2025 at George's Place in Baton Rouge, LA.

The Louisiana Words Tour 2026 comes to Allways Lounge & Cabaret in New Orleans, LA on Sunday, July 5th at 5:00pm! LouisianaWords.com is the home of Louisiana's LGBTQIA+ writers and our allies! We help market new and seasoned writers for FREE! We primarily promote poetry and fiction! Our featured writers will include TQ Sims, Fritz Westenberger, Paige McRae, Sam Ray, Khary Wilson, Chris Anton, J. Michael Norris, and Louis Toliver Jr. We will also have an open mic for anyone who attends the show and has the passion to read any of their work. If you are interested in doing an open mic, all you have to do is show up! Fritz Westenberger will be reading from his new novel: The St. Charles Bible. Info for the novel and how to purchase is here: https://marsandpanbooks.com/store/p/the-st-charles-bible TQ Sims will also be reading from his 1st novel: Godspeed, Lovers - from his The Lovers Trilogy. Info for the novel and how to purchase is here:  https://marsandpanbooks.com/store/the-love...

  Get an up-close-and-personal look into the life of Ted A Richard - Author/Activist, who survived homophobia, addiction, abuse, and HIV/AIDS, in THE 16th SECOND: https://bit.ly/3VEpsLV . Summary: The 16th Second is the autobiography of a small-town gay boy from Deep South Louisiana who survived homophobia, alcohol and drug addiction, sexual abuse, rape, and HIV/AIDS to become somebody that no one, not even he, expected.   The story winds through his childhood, where Ted had become accustomed to coming in second. Weaving a tale of drama, heartache, and failure to the path led him to figure out what it takes to come in first and why it mattered.   His childhood recollection of “never being good enough” morphs into a world of delusions of grandeur as his search for fame seems never to materialize, which causes him to create his own definition of fame.   It is a story of redemption and success after years of searching helped him realize that he had to let go of th...

  The Louisiana Words Spring 2026 season is officially over and we are on summer break! No worries though, because we'll still be posting lives readings from last year's Louisiana Words Tour until we get to July 3rd - 5th! The Louisiana Words Tour 2026 is coming July 3rd - 5th, 2026! Please keep following us as we provide more promotions and information as we get closer the the tour! New content for Louisiana Words starts later this summer: July 19th!  

The Louisiana Words Tour 2026 comes to George’s Place in Baton Rouge, LA on Saturday, July 4th at 3:00pm LouisianaWords.com is the home of Louisiana's LGBTQIA+ writers and our allies! We help market new and seasoned writers for FREE! We primarily promote poetry and fiction! Our featured writers will include Sam Harty, Sinisa Juncan, Nick Perere, John Chenvert, Lance Wise, Khary Wilson, J. Michael Norris, and Louis Toliver Jr. We will also have an open mic for anyone who attends the show and has the passion to read any of their work. If you are interested in doing an open mic, all you have to do is show up! Siniša Jančan will be reading from his novel: Silence in the Quiet of Peace. Info for the novel and how to purchase is here: https://tinyurl.com/bdfadx6w/ All shows of the Louisiana Words Tour 2026 will be recorded and shared online for your friends, family, and the world to see! If you have any questions, please e-mail us at louisianawords@gmail.com; or message Louis Toliver Jr....