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DELTA MOUTH LITERARY FESTIVAL

Now in its fourteenth year, the Delta Mouth Literary Festival is an entirely volunteer-run effort, made possible by generous donations from arts organizations, publications, and ordinary people just like you. So join us in enriching the Baton Rouge arts scene by supporting the 2025 Delta Mouth Literary Festival.

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BIG NEWS! For the first time ever, Delta Mouth is welcoming a 10th author to Baton Rouge, and we couldn’t be more thrilled that it’s Deesha Philyaw! 🎉 Author of the award-winning The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, Deesha’s work exp

And the lineup keeps growing! Our 9th author for Delta Mouth 2025 is Dr. Taylor Byas! 🎉 A Chicago native and award-winning poet, Taylor’s debut, I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times, has won the Maya Angelou Book Award, the Chicago Review of Bo

We’re not done yet! Our 8th author on our lineup is Jami Nakamura Lin! 📖 Author of the award-winning The Night Parade, Jami’s work blends memoir and mythology, earning recognition from Boston Globe, New York Magazine, and more. She&rsquo

We’re thrilled to welcome Alejandro Heredia to Delta Mouth 2025! A Bronx-born writer and LAMBDA Literary fellow, he’s received support from the Dominican Studies Institute and Black Mountain Institute. His debut novel, Loca, is on the way

Denne Michele Norris is coming to Delta Mouth 2025! 🎉 Editor-in-chief of Electric Literature and the first Black, openly trans woman to lead a major literary publication, Denne is a 2021 Out100 honoree with work in McSweeney’s, American Short

Love, laughter, and lessons in heartbreak—Minda Honey is joining Delta Mouth 2025! A powerhouse essayist, her work has appeared in Harper’s Bazaar, The Washington Post, The Guardian, Oxford American, Teen Vogue, and more. Her debut memoir

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