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Delta Mouth will soon be 4 years old!

Curious about the previous three installments? Visit our old blog here!

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Thanks, EGSA of LSU!

Huge thanks go out to the English Graduate Student Association at LSU for holding a booksale and donating 100% of the profits (over $400!) to Delta Mouth Literary Festival. We love you, EGSA!

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Delta Mouth’s DRAG BALL is back this Saturday!

This Saturday is a literary extravaganza–and it all ends at the Delta Mouth Drag Ball! The ball is Delta Mouth Literary Festival’s biggest fundraising event of the year, and just $5/$7 gets you into an...

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Will Delta Mouth become a reality? Why, that’s up to YOU!

Tonight’s fundraiser at Chelsea’s isn’t your last chance to support Louisiana’s ONLY free literary festival! To make a donation (and get a sweet reward) just visit our Kickstarter page by Friday at...

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You did it!

Delta Mouth’s first-ever Kickstarter campaign was a smashing success: thanks to more than 70 of you–giving an average donation of more than $40–we reached our $3000 goal! Because of you, Louisiana will...

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Delta Mouth is a WEEK away!

Hey, Louisiana! Check out (and share) our kickass lineup below! Throughout the week, keep returning for profiles of each visiting (or local) writer. Remember: everything is free, thanks to the...

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Delta Mouth is almost here–but it’s already in the news!

Everything’s turning up Delta Mouth! There’s a big, beautiful profile of the festival over at DIG, a hat tip from the good folks at Coldfront, and a nice preview from NOLA lit blog Room 220, too. Huge...

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Delta Mouth Indiegogo Campaign – 7 days left!

Delta Mouth Indiegogo Campaign – 7 days left! Last year, there were over 70 donors, averaging more than $40 per donation, and we met our goal of $3000! We have a a fabulous, talented group of artists...

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24 hours left to raise $1160!

24 hours left to raise $1160! We have only $1160 to go in order to bring a fantastic, talented roster of artists and writers to Baton Rouge. Thank you all to those who have donated and clicked “Share”...

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Fifth Annual Delta Mouth Literary Festival (March 14-16, 2013)

3 nights! 11 readers! ALL FREE! Click here to RSVP on Facebook. Thursday, March 14 – 7pm Haven Gallery and Listening Room (651 Laurel St) featuring Harmony Holiday Cathy Park Hong Aaron Kunin &...

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FALL 2017 SCRABBLE TOURNEY PT. 2

Thank you to everyone who turned out to play Scrabble and support Delta Mouth! And a big thank you, as well, to Radio Bar for hosting our event. Congratulations to local Scrabble players Eric, who won...

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Introducing Brandon Hobson

I’ve been following Brandon’s work for years, and time and again he surprises me with his odd and lonely characters, his dark comedy, and the strangeness of his settings and situations. And yet his...

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Introducing M. Mack

I recently read M. Mack’s chapbook MINE, a collection made up of scraps borrowed from a cable TV shopping channel, and I was struck by hir ability to transform the most artificial of formulas into...

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Introducing Lydia Conklin

If you’re not already familiar with Lydia Conklin’s work, go read her immediately. Her stories are often irreverent, deeply attuned to the mundane absurdities of daily life, and awake to the painful...

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Introducing Chen Chen

Of all the amazing writers who will be gracing the Delta Mouth stage this year, I’m most looking forward to Chen Chen’s reading. It’s great to have so much LGBT representation at the festival, and as a...

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Introducing Kiese Laymon

I’m thrilled that Kiese Laymon is coming to Delta Mouth this year. His essays in How to Slowly Kill Yourselves and Others in America were some of the first that got me interested in reading and writing...

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Introducing Siaara Freeman

As a queer Black woman writing my way through life, it’s going to be an absolute joy to engage with Siaara Freeman’s work off the page, up-close and personal. Siaara Freeman also moves through life as...

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Introducing R. O. Kwon

Having R. O. Kwon attend Delta Mouth this year is a tremendous honor! Her book, The Incendiaries, has an unheard-of strict economy of words that renders everything poetic, visceral, and at hyper...

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Introducing WordCrew

WordCrew is a spoken-word youth cohort based in Baton Rouge. In watching a number of videos of their past performances, I was struck by the sheer lyrical talent of these young poets. Hailing from the...

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Delta Mouth 2018

Delta Mouth 2018 was a huge success! Thank you to everyone who came out for our readings and panels. Left to Right: Donney Rose, Lydia Conklin, Emily Nemens, R.O. Kwon, Brandon Hobson, Garrett...

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