This poem is based on the death of Agnes Sampson. She was one of the first people burned at the stake for witchcraft in early modern Scotland.
Category: Weekly
On a Bench in the Metro
August 29, 2018Alex Van Geffen is a 25 year old graduate student who was born, raised and resides in New Orleans. This piece marks his return to creative writing after not doing very much of it since high school.
Big Easy Magazine’s 2018 Saints Regular Season Prediction
August 28, 2018Other than the team that won the Super Bowl back in 2009, I don’t think that I can ever recall a Saints team that has the potential to be very good on both sides of the football in the same season as this 2018 unit does.
New Orleans Stands Up Against Radical Pro-Life Movie
August 28, 2018The fight for female reproductive freedom is far from over. In fact, as Republicans fight to whip up enough votes to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, the larger fight over reproductive freedoms may be just beginning.
Neaux Reel Idea: FORGOTTEN BAYOU Review
August 28, 2018Being a Cajun myself – one associated with the culture through last name and my father’s past memories – the story of Bayou Corne, LA as presented in Forgotten Bayou is particularly heartbreaking. It represents a community that’s getting farther and farther away from me and a way of life I’ll never quite understand.
THE Events! for August 24th – 26th
August 24, 2018Is it Friday? Again? Indeed. The end of the work week for a few, just another day for those over-worked folks who work weekends and/or unemployed folks. The artifice of “the weekend” gets us through with the promise of relaxation, despite the fact that we could just be mellow all the time, for that is within us all along.
New Orleans Record Store Roundup
August 24, 2018What’s a good way to spend a weekend in New Orleans, or more specifically, what’s a great way to use your time this weekend in the city of New Orleans? No matter what your plans are, make time in your day to check out one of New Orleans many locally owned record stores!
Red
August 22, 2018Joao Amos is a New Orleans Raised writer who evacuated to New York for Hurricane Katrina. There they discovered Slam poetry at the Urban Word Writing Workshop. Upon returning to New Orleans to graduate from Lusher Charter with a concentration in creative writing, Joao received the Scholastic Silver Medal.
No Daylight – 2
August 22, 2018Adam Albaari is a writer, originally hailing from Columbia, Maryland. He attended Loyola University New Orleans, graduating with a BA in English with a Writing Concentration. He resides in the Uptown area and has spent over five years writing both journalism and serial fiction for local publications.
Even Though It Was Over a Year Ago, Saints Draft Class of 2017 Keeps Paying Off One Player at a Time
August 21, 2018The New Orleans Saints got back more in return for their investment in their 2017 NFL Draft class, than any other team NFL team did last year for any one particular group of rookies.
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