Poet Laureate Alison Pelegrin to Use $50,000 Prize to Bring Poetry to Prisons, Community Centers New Orleans / Aug. 12, 2024 — The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (LEH) is thrilled to announce that the Academy of American Poets (AAP) has awarded Louisiana’s Alison Pelegrin a Poet Laureate Fellowship. The Academy’s Poet Laureate Fellowship, which is […]
Dr. Mona Lisa Saloy has been named Louisiana’s Poet Laureate for 2021-2023 by The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities and Governor John Bel Edwards. John Warner Smith served as poet laureate from 2019 through August 13th of this year. Saloy will assume the post beginning August 14th. A native New Orleanian, Mona Lisa Saloy is […]
LEH-developed program will be hosted by ten libraries across the state New Orleans, Louisiana / Feb. 18, 2021 The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities has launched Who Gets to Vote? Conversations on Voting Rights in America, a new book club program focused on fostering conversations about the history of votingand efforts to suppress the votein […]
The Helis Foundation Partners with Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities to Contribute to Emergency Relief Grants Program Major gift allows LEH to support more cultural organizations in the New Orleans area during critical time of need May 21, 2020 / New Orleans, Louisiana — The Helis Foundation has joined forces with the Louisiana Endowment for […]
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