Loyola’s Walker Percy Center has released its slate of community writing workshops for Fall 2014. Taught by experienced, published writers, these workshops provide aspiring writers of all skill levels a small, constructive environment to discuss their work and a reason to hurry up and get back on that daily writing regimen. Instruction will be offered … Fall 2014 Walker Percy Center community writing workshops
Local publishing outfit extraordinaire The Neighborhood Story Project will celebrate the release of its newest installment, Talking Back to History, with a reception and reading from seven high school contributors at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 10, at the Neighborhood Story Project Offices (2202 Lapeyrouse St.). Talking Back to History is a collection of essays by students at Lake Area … The Neighborhood Story Project presents TALKING BACK TO HISTORY book launch Sept. 10
The Waves, a new quarterly LGBTQ reading series, will hold its inaugural reading at 7 p.m. on Thursday, August 28, at Antenna Gallery (3718 St. Claude Ave.) The series will present local and visiting writers alongside emerging and student voices to encompass a multigenerational LGBTQ perspective. This edition of The Waves will present an all-local cast … Room 220 Presents: The Waves reading series
The 10th annual One Book, One New Orleans event series focusing on adult literacy will launch with a kickoff party from 5:30 – 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 11, at the PubliQ House (4528 Freret St.). The party will celebrate the beginning of this year’s “reading season,” during which the entire city is invited to read … One Book, One New Orleans launches a month and a half of literacy-focused events Sept. 11
The University of New Orleans Press—in collaboration with editor, journalist, and former New Orleanian Cynthia Joyce—is seeking recommendations for content to include in a new anthology of some of the best Hurrican Katrina-related blogging and online writing. “If you wrote, or remember reading, blogs/posts that should not be missed—because they crystallized the particular challenges of … UNO Press seeks submissions for an anthology of online post-Katrina writing
Last spring, Press Street unveiled in a soft opening the new Reading Room 220 on the first floor of our headquarters on St. Claude Avenue. The community space—which hosts events, adult writing workshops, Big Class activities, and more—includes a collection of quality books and periodicals that span subject, format, and genre. Many are from independent … Featured in the Reading Room 220: MOTORMAN by David Ohle
There are lots of things to discover within the glossy pages of Phillip Collier’s newest book, Making New Orleans: Products Past and Present, many of which have already left an indelible impression on New Orleanians. The beautifully crafted oversized book is chock full of photos and advertisements of companies both active and extinct. While the collection … Canned frogs, exquisite cigs, Tabasco, beignets, and all the heart desires: Phillip Collier’s MAKING NEW ORLEANS: PRODUCTS PAST AND PRESENT
Local author Allison Alsup was among the winners of the 2014 O’Henry Prize, which honored her short story “Old Houses” published in issue 38.1 of the New Orleans Review. Alsup’s story will be included in the anthology The O. Henry Prize Stories 2014, to be released in September by Random House. The annual O’Henry anthology … Allison Alsup wins a 2014 O’Henry Prize for a story published in the New Orleans Review
A map of Dublin, drawn by Vladimir Nabokov, based on Ulysses. New Orleanians will celebrate the (fictional) life and times of James Joyce’s protagonist Leopold Bloom with a communal marathon reading of the famous novel that features Bloom’s antics, Ulysses, at this year’s Bloomsday, sponsored by Crescent City Books, beginning at 6 p.m. on Monday, June 16, … Bloomsday 2014: New Orleans does Dublin via Joyce – Again!
By Jeri Hilt Richard Campanella’s newest book, Bourbon Street: A History, provides an impressive historiography of the street, from genesis to its present-day manifestation, and attempts to unpack the role that the “adaptive commodification of culture” has had on its longevity and success. Bourbon Street is described in the book as both a phenomenon and … A walk down Cultural Fascination Street with Richard Campanella
