Media
Interview with David Benedetto at WRBH Reading Radio for the Blind.
Interview with Ava by Bruce Magee for Louisiana Anthology Podcast
Interview with Ava by Barbara Varanka
Ava Leavell Haymon and Julie Kane on Poetry and Literature Center at the Library of Congress’s “The Poet and the Poem” series by Grace Cavalieri. Click here for all podcasts in the series.
Listen to the podcast
Interview with Ava on WRKF “Poet Laureate Spreads the Word About Louisiana Poetry” by Ann Marie Awad (Visit WRKF.org for the original interview)
Introduction
“In Which I Forgive My Mother Her Intentions”
Discussion of “In Which I Forgive My Mother Her Intentions”
“The Witch Has Told You a Story”
Discussion of “The Witch Has Told You a Story”
Listen to audio recordings from Ava’s new collection, Eldest Daughter.
“Louie’s: Home of the Veggie Omelet”
The Center Cannot
Woman In The Middle
Ava reads September 2014 at the Louisiana Review Reading Series
Listen to Jim Engster’s interview with Ava on the Jim Engster Show, NPR, 3 Sept, 2013.
Interview with Ava Leavell Haymon
Courtesy of the Knox Writer’s House, listen to Ava read “The First Wish” and other poems below. Also, available is Chancelier Xero Skidmore’s interview of Ava.
The First Wish
The Questions Women Ask
How One Became Two
Pied Beauty by Gerard Manley Hopkins
At the Poetry By Candlelight Fundraiser in Patterson, LA