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The Waves features Alma Mathijsen, Megan McHugh, Sven Davisson, Poets Reading the News, and more!

The Waves returns at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 24, at Antenna (3718 St. Claude) featuring Alma Mathijsen, Megan McHugh, Sven Davisson, Poets Reading the News, and more. Alma Mathijsen was born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. She earned her Bachelors Degree in Image & Language at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie and Creative Writing at Pratt Institute in … The Waves features Alma Mathijsen, Megan McHugh, Sven Davisson, Poets Reading the News, and more!

When New Orleans Dreams About Itself: An Interview with Brian Boyles

As Vice President of Content at the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, publisher of Louisiana Cultural Vistas magazine, and author of 2015’s One Book One New Orleans selection New Orleans Boom & Black Out: 100 Days in America’s Coolest Hotspot, Brian Boyles knows a thing or two about examining our local history for enlightening nuance. … When New Orleans Dreams About Itself: An Interview with Brian Boyles

RM220’s Picks for the Best Panels and Events at the 2018 Tennessee Williams Festival (March 21 – 25)

The Tennessee Williams Festival takes place from March 21 – 25, here in New Orleans. The festival celebrates its thirty-second year in 2018, and these are RM220’s picks for best panels and events this year: Thursday, March 22 Compassion and Personal Narrative with Lara Naughton. Personal narrative can be challenging. It’s painful to dredge up a pivotal experience and can … RM220’s Picks for the Best Panels and Events at the 2018 Tennessee Williams Festival (March 21 – 25)

Translating the Green Power Box: An Interview with Christopher Romaguera

Christopher Romaguera, a Miami native, has been writing fiction and poetry in New Orleans since 2011. He has reported for NOLA Defender, The Daily Beast, and Curbed, among others. Chris is the new co-editor of Antenna’s Room 220 blog, an online space that he plans to repopulate with un-heard voices and languages that lives outside … Translating the Green Power Box: An Interview with Christopher Romaguera

RM220 presents Michael Martone & Rodney Jones

RM220 will host Michael Martone and Rodney Jones at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 18, 2018, at Saturn Bar, 3067 St. Claude Ave. We will have free broadsides featuring words from Martone’s latest book, BROODING, designed and printed by Friedrich Kerksieck and Small Fires Press. Octavia Books will be on hand to sell copies of Brooding. Michael … RM220 presents Michael Martone & Rodney Jones

The Power of Transgressing the Confines: A Review of Matchbook Vol. 4 from Small Fires Press

Matchbook Vol. 4 (Small Fires Press, 2017) Guest edited by Jessica Elsaesser Especially for poets, communicating ideas on the page often becomes the work of compression—beginning with multitudes of disparate yet interconnected images, and then paring them down to their essential elements. Typically, this process takes place on the blank field of an 8.5″ x … The Power of Transgressing the Confines: A Review of Matchbook Vol. 4 from Small Fires Press

“That would be fun:” An Interview with George Saunders

From geophysicist in Sumatra to winner of the Man Booker Prize, author George Saunders has made quite a bit of his 59 years on the planet. At 7 p.m. on Tuesday, February 20 at the New Orleans Advocate (840 St. Charles), he’ll add “reading from my book in New Orleans” to the list. WRBH’s David … “That would be fun:” An Interview with George Saunders

As it once was, in this very spot: An Interview with Cassie Pruyn

Poet and educator Cassie Pruyn kept herself quite busy last year, publishing and releasing two books: a heavily researched, non-fiction manuscript entitled Bayou St. John: A Brief History and her first collection of poetry, Lena. Earlier this month, WRBH’s David Benedetto sat down with Cassie to talk about the process behind her work, what it … As it once was, in this very spot: An Interview with Cassie Pruyn

“Walk when you walk, talk when you talk, die when you die” – An interview with Nik De Dominic and Michael Jeffrey Lee

Rm220 will host Nik De Dominic and Michael Jeffrey Lee on Tuesday, February 6, at 7 p.m. at Saturn Bar (3067 St. Claude). A former resident of New Orleans, Nik De Dominic is the author of Your Daily Horoscope. His work has appeared in DIAGRAM, Harpur Palate, Exquisite Corpse, The Los Angeles Review, Drunken Boat, Sonora Review, and elsewhere. He is a graduate of the University … “Walk when you walk, talk when you talk, die when you die” – An interview with Nik De Dominic and Michael Jeffrey Lee

RM220 presents: Antonia Crane, Stephen Elliott, & Zachary Lazar

Rm220 presents Antonia Crane, Stephen Elliott, and Zachary Lazar at 7 p.m. on Sunday, March 18, at Saturn Bar (3067 St. Claude). This event is free and open to the public. Antonia Crane is the author of the memoir, Spent (Barnacle Books, Rare Bird Lit). She is a writing instructor, stripper and performer in Los Angeles. She … RM220 presents: Antonia Crane, Stephen Elliott, & Zachary Lazar