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The asking is never idle: A review of Carolyn Hembree’s Rigging a Chevy into a Time Machine and Other Ways to Escape a Plague

Room 220 will host the New Orleans launch of Carolyn Hembree’s Rigging a Chevy into a Time Machine and Other Ways to Escape a Plague, a collection of her poetry published by Trio House Press. The book won the 2015 Trio Award, selected by Neil Shepard, and the 2015 Marsh Hawk Press Rochelle Ratner Memorial Award, selected by Stephanie … The asking is never idle: A review of Carolyn Hembree’s Rigging a Chevy into a Time Machine and Other Ways to Escape a Plague

Astrophysicist and author Janna Levin to speak at Tulane on April 5

Astrophysicist and author Janna Levin will deliver a talk titled “Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space” at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 5, at Tulane University’s Freeman Auditorium in the Woldenberg Art Center. The event is free and open to the public. A book signing and reception will follow Levin’s talk. A Guggenheim … Astrophysicist and author Janna Levin to speak at Tulane on April 5

Team Slam New Orleans celebrates National Poetry Month on April 3

Team Slam New Orleans will celebrate National Poetry Month with a Youth Poetry Showcase and Adult Cash Slam on Sunday, April 3, from 1 – 4 p.m. at the New Orleans Museum of Art (1 Collins Diboll Cir.). The Youth Showcase will take place from 1 – 2:30 p.m. Those interested in participating can find more … Team Slam New Orleans celebrates National Poetry Month on April 3

ROOM 220’s Picks for the Best Panels and Other Events at the 2016 Tennessee Williams Festival (March 30 – April 3)

One of the highlights of New Orleans’ literary calendar, the Tennessee Williams Festival (March 30 – April 3) is celebrating its thirtieth year of festivities in 2016. Over its three decades, the festival has faithfully brought acclaimed poets, writers and playwrights from across the country down to the French Quarter, at once celebrating the rich … ROOM 220’s Picks for the Best Panels and Other Events at the 2016 Tennessee Williams Festival (March 30 – April 3)

Every one of these pieces is absolutely sincere: An interview with Adam Tipps Weinstein

Editor’s note: Room 220 will host contributing writer Michael Jeffrey Lee alongside Adam Tipps Weinstein and Laurence Ross at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 18, at the Antenna Gallery (3718 St. Claude Ave.). I first met Adam Weinstein in Tuscaloosa, that notorious Alabama town with the famous athletics program. Adam and I had come seeking Master in Fine Arts degrees … Every one of these pieces is absolutely sincere: An interview with Adam Tipps Weinstein

Eduardo C. Corral reads at Tulane on March 15

Eduardo C. Corral will give a reading at Tulane University at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 15, at Freeman Auditorium in the Woldenberg Art Center, room 205 (6832 St. Charles Ave.). This event is sponsored by the Poetry Society of America and Tulane University. Admission is free. After the reading, Corral will sit for questions with Peter Cooley, who … Eduardo C. Corral reads at Tulane on March 15

Poet and translator Sarah Riggs hosts film screening at Tulane on March 14

Poet and translator Sarah Riggs will host a film screening of Six Lives: A Cinepoem and The Tangier 8 from 4 – 6:30 p.m. on Monday, March 14, at Tulane University’s Newcomb Hall, Room 403. Six Lives: A Cinepoem revolves around six writers, six texts by Virginia Woolf, and six seaside landscapes. The multiplication of people and texts opens the film … Poet and translator Sarah Riggs hosts film screening at Tulane on March 14

Room 220 Presents: A Happy Hour Salon with the Official 2016 Tennessee Williams Festival Fiction Contest Winner and Contest Judge Claire Vaye Watkins

Room 220 is delighted to host a Happy Hour Salon honoring the winner of the 2016 Tennessee Williams Literary Festival’s fiction contest from at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 31, at the Antenna Gallery (3718 St. Claude Ave.).This official Tennessee Williams Festival event will begin with a book launch for the inaugural winner of the UNO Press Laboratory Award, Each … Room 220 Presents: A Happy Hour Salon with the Official 2016 Tennessee Williams Festival Fiction Contest Winner and Contest Judge Claire Vaye Watkins

Room 220 Presents: A Reading with Adam Tipps Weinstein, Laurence Ross, and Michael Jeffrey Lee

Room 220 will host contributing writer Michael Jeffrey Lee alongside Adam Tipps Weinstein and Laurence Ross at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 18, at the Antenna Gallery (3718 St. Claude Ave.). Adam Tipps Weinstein is a PhD candidate in Creative Writing, and Steffensen-Cannon fellow at the University of Utah. His first book, Some Versions of the Ice, was chosen by Fanny … Room 220 Presents: A Reading with Adam Tipps Weinstein, Laurence Ross, and Michael Jeffrey Lee

We need to be able to see each others’ wounds: An interview with Rickey Laurentiis

Rickey Laurentiis was named one of the top ten debut poets of 2015 by Poets & Writers Magazine and one of 31 contemporary poets to read by Buzzfeed. His poems have appeared in several journals, including Boston Review, Callaloo, Feminist Studies, Fence, Indiana Review, jubilat, The Kenyon Review, The New Republic, The New York Times, Oxford American and Poetry. Born and raised in … We need to be able to see each others’ wounds: An interview with Rickey Laurentiis