Dogfish Reading Series hosts John Pope and Jon Padgett at 7 p.m. on Thursday, October 19, at 2448 N. Villere St. JON PADGETT’s first short story collection, The Secret of Ventriloquism, was named the Best Fiction Book of 2016 by Rue Morgue Magazine. He has work out or forthcoming in PseudoPod, Lovecraft eZine, A Walk … Dogfish presents John Pope and Jon Padgett
Blood Jet Poetry Series hosts Jade Hurter and Andrew Ketcham at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, October 11, at BJs in the Bywater (4301 Burgundy). Jade Hurter is the author of the chapbook Slut Songs (Hyacinth Girl Press, 2017). She was a finalist in the 2016 Tennessee Williams Poetry Contest, judged by Yusef Komunyakaa, and her … Jade Hurter and Andrew Ketcham at Blood Jet
Blood Jet Poetry Series hosts fiction night with Neil Ranu and Alex B. Johnson at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, October 18, at BJs in the Bywater (4301 Burgundy). Neil Ranu grew up in Fresno, California, and lived there until he moved to New Orleans to attend the MFA program at UNO in 2010. He got … Fiction Night: Neil Ranu and Alex B. Johnson
Garden District Book Shop hosts C. Morgan Babst to celebrate the launch of her book The Floating World at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, October 17, at their storefront (2727 Prytania Street). The Floating World tells the story of the Boisdorés, a Creole family whose roots stretch back nearly to the foundation of New Orleans, as they … C. Morgan Babst at Garden District Book Shop
Garden District Book Shop will host Jesmyn Ward to celebrate the release of her latest novel Sing, Unburied, Sing at 6 p.m. on Thursday, October 12, at their storefront (2727 Prytania Street). Ward will be in conversation with Nathaniel Rich. Sing, Unburied, Sing grapples with the ugly truths at the heart of the American story and the … Jesmyn Ward at Garden District Book Shop
Octavia Books will host Jesmyn Ward for the release of her new novel Sing, Unburied, Sing at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, October 10, at their storefront (513 Octavia Street). In Jesmyn Ward’s first novel since Salvage the Bones, this singular American writer brings the archetypal road novel into rural twenty-first-century America. Drawing on Morrison and Faulkner, … Jesmyn Ward at Octavia Books
The Poetry Buffet will host poets Karen Maceira, Valentine Pierce, and Trisha Rezende at 3 p.m. on Saturday, October 7, at Latter Library (5120 St. Charles Avenue).
WNBA of New Orleans hosts an event for National Reading Group Month. Words & Society: Women Poets Resist will take place at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 7, at the Mid-City Library (4140 Canal Street). The event’s lineup includes Louisiana’s former state poet laureate Julie Kane and Chapter members Stacey Balkun, Gina Ferrara, Melinda Palacio, Andrea … WNBA of NOLA presents Words & Society: Women Poets Resist
Bar Redux will host Music & Poetry at 6 p.m. on Sunday, October 22, at 801 Poland Avenue. This month features music with Guest Host Jonathan Brown. Spoken word & poetry readings by Christopher Hefferman, Briana Augustus, Amanda Emily Smith, Toby O’Brien, Simon Taylor, and Russ Mercado. There is a signup sheet for poets wishing … Music & Poetry at Bar Redux
Newcomb College Institute hosts Jorie Graham at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 9, at Tulane’s Freeman Auditorium. Jorie Graham is the 2017 Florie Gale Arons Poet. She has published more than a dozen books of poetry, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Dream of the Unified Field: Selected Poems 1974-1994 (1996) and Fast (2017). She has … Jorie Graham at Tulane University
What should Antenna carry forward? What can evolve? What does our creative ecology need from Antenna now & what pathways can we build together to get there?
This October, Antenna invites artists, writers, culture bearers, cultural workers, neighbors, partners, and audiences to join a series of Critical Response Process (CRP) sessions around our emerging Values + Pathways Framework.