Nicole reads alongside Carolyn Hembree!

Poets Raina Zelinski, Andy Young, Beverly Rainbolt, Valentine Pierce, Kay Murphy, Skye Jackson, Gina Ferrara and Nicole Eiden will read poems about mothers and mothering.

Join us for a very, very special Poetry & Pie this month. It will be full of laughter and tears and champagne. And, of course, pie. See you there ❤️

Nicole is a writer and baker. She is the 2023 LMNL Poetry Broadside Contest winner with her poem, “The Bridge.” Additionally, her poem “Embodiment” was the 2021 Words and Music Writing Contest co-runner-up. “Mortgage” appeared in the 2019 New Poetry From the Midwest (New American Press) and won third place in the 2016 Women’s National Book Association Writing Contest. Kirkus Reviews selected her debut collection, I Am One of You (Mississippi Sound Publishing, 2016), as a featured book in their Indie category. Originally from Ohio, Nicole co-owns Windowsill Pies, a Southern-style pie and tart company in New Orleans, where she lives with her husband and daughter.

Andy Young's second full-length collection, Museum of the Soon Departed, was chosen for the inaugural Patricia Spears Jones Award and will be published by Camperdown NYC. She is also the author of All Night It Is Morning (Diálogos Press, 2014) and four chapbooks. She holds an MFA from the Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College and teaches at New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. Her work has recently appeared, or is forthcoming, in such journals as The Southern Review, Pank, and The Journal of the American Medical Association. Her translations from the Arabic, with Khaled Hegazzi, were included in the Norton anthology Language for a New Century.

Gina Ferrara lives and writes in New Orleans. She has five poetry collections including her latest, Amiss. Her work has appeared in numerous journals including Callaloo, The Poetry Ireland Review and Tar River Poetry. Since 2007, she has curated The Poetry Buffet, a monthly reading series in New Orleans.

In her vivid and intimate memoir, Planting Dandelions: Field Notes from a Semi-Domesticated Life, Kyran Pittman opens her front door and walks us through the first twelve years in the life of a family. Through it all, she offers moving and hopeful musings on parenting and marriage and more. The result is an extraordinary book about ordinary life.

LMNL Winter Fest is a 2-day showcase and celebration, featuring New Orleans writers, performers, and artisans. 

A bit of comedy. A bit of poetry. Alternating.

A fantastic group of Louisiana women writers will join forces for an afternoon of compelling food, wine, and lit at a lovely Lower Garden District home.

Amy Turn Sharp hosts a compelling literary reading series.  Nicole will be headlining, followed by an open mic. 

Come hear Nicole read at the Kable Chapel, located in the Kerns Religion Life Center.

Come hear Nicole read at The Book Loft in German Village!

Join Nicole at Smith & Lens Gallery as she reads poems from her debut book, "I Am One of You." Enjoy the art of Debra Riffe: I Ain't Fixin' Ta Sit Down inside the gallery and live music and refreshments on the patio.

Mississippi Sound Publishing is pleased to announce the book launch for Nicole Eiden's debut book, "I Am One of You." Nicole will read from her book and sign copies. And of course, there will be wine and more drinks at the nearest bar afterwards. Join us!

Tune in to WWNO 89.9 to hear Susan Larson and Nicole talk about pie and poetry.   

Tune in to WWNO 89.9 to hear Susan Larson and Nicole talk about pie and poetry.