Photo Credit: J’Brionne Helaire/Courtbouillon Dr. Mona Lisa Saloy, Louisiana’s poet laureate and Dillard University English professor, addresses the 2021 Founder’s Day Convocation on Oct.17. NEW ORLEANS (November 2, 2021) – After 152 years in existence, Dillard University stands as the “jewel of Gentilly” as it continues to emancipate through education and […]
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Poet: 15 years post-Katrina, New Orleanians continue to show their fortitude
Musician Akeel Salah Muhammad performing an orginal peice for the multigenre zoom honoring the 15 anniversary of Huricane Katrina J'Brionne Helaire| Courtbouillon NEW ORLEANS (September 4, 2020) – In August 2005 before Hurricane Katrina brought its devastation, Dr. Mona Lisa Saloy recalled, the last second-line of her neighborhood before the […]
Arts journal Dillard review due out in Nov.
NEW ORLEANS (Nov. 2, 2018) – The Dillard Review, an annual scholastic publication for students to demonstrate their creative works, is scheduled for publication this month, according to its faculty mentor, Dr. Mona Lisa Saloy. Saloy, a professor of English, poet, folklorist and a recipient of the T.S. Elliot Award, […]