Louisiana at 2025 National Book Festival

Paul Siefken’s “Vernon Poche & the Ghosts of New Orleans” and

Ken Wells’s “Gumbo Life: A Journey Down the Roux Bayou” to be

featured as state’s “Great Reads” September 6 in Washington, DC

BATON ROUGE, La. – Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser and

the Louisiana Center for the Book in the State Library of Louisiana

are pleased to announce the two books representing the state’s rich

literary heritage at the National Book Festival in Washington, DC,

on September 6, 2025.