Thoughts from the desk Anthony Watkins,

I know it won’t go far in New Orleans, especially on the MLA week, but I would put up $100 sponsorship from Better Than The Times, for an alternative venue featuring unapproved panels and maybe throw in one for either outsider poets (like myself) or radical left politics in contemporary literature (the heart and soul of our new publication).

No idea if this is at all practical, but anything that is a good excuse to get myself back to New Orleans as well as getting our publication’s name out there.

We would NOT be part of the MLA event, as I doubt I will even spring for the several hundred dollars to attend. It would likely be a one day event, held wherever we could find and afford space.

If you have had any experience in this sort of thing, I would love to hear from you.

If you would be interested in attending, I would love to hear from you.

If you have a New Orleans venue and might be interested in hosting, I would love to hear from you.

If you would consider paying a small fee or actually helping underwrite such an event, I would love to hear from you.

The 2025 MLA Annual Convention will be held from 9 to 12 January in New Orleans.

We would be off-site and completely unaffiliated.