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"Scream on Paper" - Sam Harty (Louisiana Words Tour - Baton Rouge)

Sam Harty reads her poem, "Scream on Paper," for the Louisiana Words Tour at George's Place in BatonRouge, LA.
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The St. Charles Bible by Fritz Westenberger (Available for Purchase)

Purchase here:  https:// marsandpanbooks.com/store/p/ the-st-charles-bible Summary Sixteen-year-old Ree Osterberg is drawn into the fading grandeur—and dark secrets—of his grandmother Margarethe’s ancestral home on New Orleans’ famous St. Charles Avenue. According to family legend, Emperor Napoleon himself entrusted her ancestors with a priceless treasure hidden somewhere within Maison de l’Ange. And only Margarethe’s tyrannical father Henri Delacoeur II knows where. When the cruel patriarch dies under mysterious circumstances while celebrating his hundredth birthday, Ree believes the worst of the Delacoeur legacy has finally ended. But Henri’s final act is one last cruelty: he leaves Margarethe nothing, willing the crumbling mansion she has lived in for forty years to a rival niece. With eviction looming, Ree vows to help the grandmother who has proven his only ally in his struggles to understand his own emerging identity as a young gay man in a world that feels increasingly hosti...

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Silence in the Quiet Peace by Sinisa Jancan (Available for Purchase)

Please support Siniša Jančan's novel, Silence in the Quiet of Peace . Info for the novel and how to purchase is here: https://tinyurl.com/bdfadx6w/ Summary For years, Bosnia drowned in blood and tears as Serb forces ravaged our land, razed our homes to the ground, and forced us into concentration camps, servitude, and hiding. The ethnic cleansing resulted in tens of thousands of deaths of innocent civilians and the displacement of several million people from their homes. From the siege of Sarajevo to the Srebrenica Massacre (the second greatest loss of life on European soil since WW2), the world watched as they laid waste to everything we knew, but in the ashes of their hate we found the strength to survive in the place we once called home!

“Untitled” - by Noah Tapper (Louisiana Words Tour - New Orleans)

  Noah Tapper reads his poem, “Untitled,” for the Louisiana Words Tour 2025 at Allways Lounge & Cabaret in New Orleans, LA.

“Coach O” - by Nick Perere (Louisiana Words Tour - Baton Rouge)

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

“Sincerely, George” - by Louis Toliver Jr. (Louisiana Words Tour - Baton Rouge)

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