Contributors
Misty Milioto is a freelance writer and editor with 24 years of experience working with publications across the country, including Sunset; Newsweek, U.S. News & World Report; and Modern Luxury’s suite of 80+ regional publications, such as Aspen Magazine, San Francisco Magazine and Scottsdale Magazine. In her free time, she loves traveling and exploring the bounty of foodie goodness in New Orleans, where she is currently based.
Jeffrey Roedel is a producer, director and journalist focused on Southern makers, artists and creative thought. A graduate of LSU and the University of Southern California’s Production Workshop, he’s the former editor of 225 in Baton Rouge. In 2020, he released a collection of mantras for creativity called “Life’s Gonna Try to Put a Lot of Polo Shirts on You.” His album of pandemic poetry and music called “Distance” was released in 2021.
John R. Kemp writes about art for Louisiana Life, Acadiana Profile and New Orleans Magazine. He also has written and co-authored numerous books, including his most recent “Expressions of Place: The Contemporary Louisiana Landscape”; “New Orleans: The First Three Hundred Years”; and “A Unique Slant of Light: The Bicentennial History of Art in Louisiana.” For many years, John covered the New Orleans art scene for the WYES New Orleans public television show, “Steppin’ Out.”
What are you Reading?
Misty Milioto: “Brother Odd” by Dean Koontz. It’s a mix of supernatural and thriller genres, and the writing is superb. I just love how Koontz can turn a phrase to create the most interesting metaphors.
Jeffrey Roedel: “Dream Work” by Mary Oliver. As a poet, Oliver is acutely present and aware of her surroundings, taking her observations of daily life and nature and connecting those to the soul in her really strong way.
John Kemp: “An Unfinished Love Story” by Doris Kearns Goodwin is a memoir about her late husband Richard “Dick” Goodwin, a White House insider and the brilliance behind important foreign and domestic policies and speeches made during Kennedy’s New Frontier and LBJ’s Great Society.
