Welcome to My Name is New Orleans: 40 Years of Poetry & Other Jazz by Arthur Pfister aka Professor Arturo. "Arthur Pfister is one of the finest poets in the new world, the old one too. My Name is New Orleans sets a new standard, to which all of the lodge must address themselves too." -- Amiri Baraka About Professor Arturo Spoken word artist, educator, performer, editor and speech writer, he is a poet and fiction writer of his native New Orleans. He has performed his poetry, fiction, toasts and “jazz poems” solo or with musical accompaniment at dozens of New Orleans venues and clubs, including the Contemporary Arts Center, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, and a performance series at the Edgelake Bar. Since evacuating for Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the professor relocated to Stamford, CT where he teaches college English, performs in local clubs and also in poetry and jazz clubs in New York City. His work has appeared in periodicals as diverse as the NEW YORK Quarterly, the American Poetry Review, Ebony, and the New Orleans Tribune. ISBN 978-0-9616377-7-4; trade paperback, 320 pp. ISBN 978-0-9824551-0-4; audio CD Merrittorious Action, 61 minutes.