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<p>Room 220 Literary Archive: includes essays, reviews, poetry and prose published by Antenna’s RM220 as well as literary events around town.</p>

ROOM 220 Presents: A Happy Hour Salon with the winners and judges of the 2015 Tennessee Williams Literary Festival Prizes

Room 220 is delighted to host a Happy Hour Salon honoring the winners of the 2015 Tennessee Williams Literary Festival’s fiction and poetry contests from 6 – 9 p.m. on Thursday, March 26, at the Press Street HQ (3718 St. Claude Ave.). This official TWF event will feature readings by the fiction and poetry contest … ROOM 220 Presents: A Happy Hour Salon with the winners and judges of the 2015 Tennessee Williams Literary Festival Prizes

Francisco Goldman reading canceled

While it’s a blustery 40 degrees here in New Orleans, apparently the northeastern part of the country is a snowy shitshow. Sadly, among the casualties of this frigid mayhem—which included a Delta plane that slid off the runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport today—is one of the week’s most anticipated literary events, the reading by Francisco Goldman that … Francisco Goldman reading canceled

Dave Hickey speaks!

at The Front 4100 St. Claude Ave. New Orleans, LA 70117 Press Street is excited to partner with The Front and the Newcomb Art Department at Tulane University to present an evening at the Front with legendary art and culture critic Dave Hickey. He has written for numerous American publications including Rolling Stone, Art News, Art in America, … Dave Hickey speaks!

A strong week for N.O. book events: Lorrie Morrie, Jesmyn Ward, Francisco Goldman, and more!

Lorrie Moore kicks of a strong week of literary events in New Orleans with a reading at 7 p.m. tonight, Monday, March 2, in the Lavin-Bernick Student Center on Tulane University’s campus. Moore is the author of five collections of short stories and two novels. Her most recent collection, Bark, was nominated for the 2014 Story Prize. Her … A strong week for N.O. book events: Lorrie Morrie, Jesmyn Ward, Francisco Goldman, and more!

Authors John M. Barry and Jed Horne (and others!) to discuss Post-Katrina Rapture culture March 1 at Indywood

Alright, alright. This post really isn’t about a literary event—it’s about a film screening, the New Orleans premiere of Good People Go To Hell, Saved People Go To Heaven at 7 p.m. on Sunday, March 1 at Indywood (628 Elysian Fields). But since the Room 220 editors had a hand in organizing the event, it will also … Authors John M. Barry and Jed Horne (and others!) to discuss Post-Katrina Rapture culture March 1 at Indywood

Most of the New Orleanians I met were working: An interview with Brian Boyles

I’ve worked with Brian Boyles since we met at Handsome Willy’s in 2008. We’ve worked City Council DJ Happy Hours, cross-generational panel discussions, yard parties, music festivals, and many, many Saints games. His new book, New Orleans Boom and Blackout: 100 Days in America’s Coolest Hotspot, is a nonfiction account of the 100 days preceding the … Most of the New Orleanians I met were working: An interview with Brian Boyles

ROOM 220 Presents: A Happy Hour Salon with Brian Boyles and Jami Attenberg

Room 220 is pleased to host a Happy Hour Salon to celebrate the launch of New Orleans Boom and Blackout: One Hundred Days in America’s Coolest Hotspot by Brian Boyles from 6 – 9 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 26, at the Press Street HQ (3718 St. Claude Ave.). The event will also feature best-selling novelist Jami Attenberg.New Orleans Boom and … ROOM 220 Presents: A Happy Hour Salon with Brian Boyles and Jami Attenberg

If only we didn’t try to be bigger than our hearts with our hearts: An interview with Jenn Marie Nunes

Jenn Marie Nunes will publish her first full-length book, AND/OR, this spring with Switchback Books after winning the feminist press’ inaugural Queer Voices contest, judged by Dawn Lundy Martin. Jenn and I both graduated from LSU’s Creative Writing MFA program in 2009. We were each other’s first friends as we tried to navigate the weirdness … If only we didn’t try to be bigger than our hearts with our hearts: An interview with Jenn Marie Nunes

ROOM 220 officially endorses NEW ORLEANS BOOM AND BLACKOUT for next year’s One Book One New Orleans

After being hounded for weeks by lobbyists from all sides vying for our literary-political clout in the race to determine which book will be selected as the coveted “One Book” of the 2015 One Book One New Orleans campaign, Room 220 has made a decision. By any measure imaginable, of the three finalists being considered, there can be … ROOM 220 officially endorses NEW ORLEANS BOOM AND BLACKOUT for next year’s One Book One New Orleans