This is my second interview with Frank. The first was for a story I did for the Lake Charles American Press more than a year ago. He and I have since became friends. This interview was recorded January 2011 in his workshop in Iowa, La. 

Raw Interview with Frank McDonald

After a little arm-twisting, Frank entertained me with a couple of songs.

Frank-sings 1

From my January 2011 interview with Frank McDonald

Frank Sings2

Jan2011 interview with artist Frank McDonald

Interview-Frank_McDonald

Recorded live at the 24th annual Cajun Music and Food Festival at Burton Coliseum on Sunday, July 17, 2011.

French Mass

Louisiana Poet Laureate Julie Kane reads her poetry including poems inspired by the Louisiana Bicentennial and Lake Charles history at the Imperial Calcasieu Museum on Saturday, May 12. The event was presented by the Lake Charles Convention & Visitors Bureau and the Arts Council of SWLA. 

Louisiana Poet Laureate gives a Bicentennial Reading

freight train rolling through Reeves, LA in August

Train

Editorial and documentary photographer based in Atlanta, GA 

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