Poets Andy Young and Sara Slaughter met while in the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College. They will each present their new book at a Happy Hour Salon presented by Room 220 from 6 – 9 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 4, at the Press Street HQ (3718 St. Claude Ave.). Young’s debut collection … Poet dialog: Andy Young and Sara Slaughter interview each other
Room 220 is pleased to present a Post-Brunch Salon featuring poet and performance artist José Torres-Tama from 3 -5 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 7, at the Press Street HQ (3718 St. Claude Ave.). The event will celebrate the release of a new book of Torres-Tama’s poetry, Immigrant Dreams and Alien Nightmares, which collects 25 years of the artist’s work. … ROOM 220 Presents: A Post-Brunch Salon with José Torres-Tama
Room 220 is pleased to present a Happy Hour Salon with poets Andy Young and Sara Slaughter from 6 – 9 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 4, at the Press Street HQ (3718 St. Claude Ave.). The event will celebrate new publications by both poets, and they will be reading from these works. Andy Young‘s debut poetry collection, … ROOM 220 Presents: A Happy Hour Salon with Andy Young and Sara Slaughter
Poet, artist, singer, tango dancer, and general creative dynamo Mong-Lan will give a reading at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 19, in room 201 of the Liberal Arts Building on UNO’s Lakeside Campus (here’s a map). Mong-Lan is the author, most recently, of One Thousand Minds Brimming: Poems and Art. Her writing has been widely anthologized … Multitalented poet and performer Mong-Lan to read at UNO Nov. 19
Self-published writers, illustrators, and artists—and those who love their work—will gather today and tomorrow (and yesterday; whoops!) for a series of (chap)bookish gatherings and merrymaking under the banner of the 2014 New Orleans Comic and Zine Fest. Now, when we say “self-published,” we’re not talking about your romance novel-writing aunt with 15 e-books on Amazon ($0.99/ea.) … Today and Saturday: The New Orleans Comic and Zine Fest
Esteemed author Jamaica Kincaid will give a reading at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 13, in Dixon Hall on the campus of Tulane University. The event is free and open to the public. Kincaid is the author of five novels, five nonfictions books, one story collection, and fiction and nonfiction published in the best magazines in … Jamaica Kincaid to read at Tulane Nov. 13
John Ashbery once said, “I write with experiences in mind, but I don’t write about them, I write out of them.” This approach is not necessarily uncommon among poets or fiction writers, but Ashbery’s phrase returned to me again and again as I read Nobody Is Ever Missing, Catherine Lacey’s debut novel. In it, a … I learned something in the patterns and music in her voice: An interview with Catherine Lacey
We are proud to present If I Knew You Were Coming, I’d Have Baked A Cake in Press Street’s Reading Room 220, November 19-23, with a Reception for the show Saturday, November 22nd from 6-9pm. This exhibition will feature the work of Sarah Keough and Put A Egg On It: Tasty Zine. If I Knew You Were Coming, … Put A Egg On It Presents: “If I knew you were coming I’d have baked you a cake
Local and regional print-smiths will converge for the annual New Orleans Bookfair this Sunday, November 9 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center (1618 Oretha Castle .Haley Blvd), with a kickoff presentation on French land occupation movement ZAD occurring on Saturday at 2 p.m. Available for perusal and purchase will be … NOLA Bookfair Goes Radical
In 1909, on the afternoon his 70th birthday, Edward P. Weston set out to walk from New York to California. His feat is chronicled in journalist Wayne Curtis’ latest book, The Last Great Walk: The True Story of a 1909 Walk from New York to San Francisco and Why It Matters Today. Curtis will present this … I much prefer smaller history: An interview with Wayne Curtis
