Southeastern’s Bedell nominated as State Poet Laureate



Contact: Rene Abadie
Date: March 12, 2013 Jack Bedell

 

     HAMMOND - Southeastern poet and editor Jack Bedell has been nominated as one of three candidates to serve as Louisiana's next poet laureate.

     A professor of English and author of seven collections of poetry, Bedell is also the editor of the Southeastern-based journal Louisiana Literature. This is the second time he has been nominated to serve as the state's poet laureate. Gov. Bobby Jindal is expected to make the final selection later this year.

     A winner of the Governor's Art Awards in 2007, he has also been recognized by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities with its special Humanities Award and Southeastern's President's Award for Artistic Excellence. Among his works are "Come Rain, Come Shine," "What Passes for Love" "Greatest Hits," and "At the Bonehouse."

     Bedell is a native of Houma and resident of Hammond. His work generally focuses on his native Louisiana and the Acadian culture.

 

 

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