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This is actually an inkling of a truly anti-anthropocentric thought: Five questions for Timothy Morton

By Nathan C. Martin and Christopher Schaberg Timothy Morton, an author and intellectual whose work largely examines ecology through the lens of posthuman philosophy, will give a talk at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 4, in the Whitney Presentation Room in Thomas Hall on the campus of Loyola University New Orleans (6363 St. Charles Ave.). … This is actually an inkling of a truly anti-anthropocentric thought: Five questions for Timothy Morton

Its arrival was a bloody birth: Kalamu ya Salaam on the New New Orleans

This article refers to a speech given by Kalamu ya Salaam as a keynote address during the conference “After Katrina: Transnational Perspectives on the Futures of the Gulf South,” which took place at Tulane University on November 15, 2013. Click here to listen to Salaam’s speech It’s easy to drink the elixir of the “New … Its arrival was a bloody birth: Kalamu ya Salaam on the New New Orleans

A bird, a cage, a song, a warble: THE OBLIVION ATLAS

The Oblivion Atlas By Michael Allen Zell, with images by Louviere + Vanessa (Lavender Ink) Reviewed by Derick Dupre The only time a movie moves is when a shutter keeps you from seeing the picture change. What you perceive as continuous motion is actually an illusion. Persistence of vision is a tricky theory, which is … A bird, a cage, a song, a warble: THE OBLIVION ATLAS

While we were slacking: A holiday recap

It seems we at Room 220 can’t avert our gaze even for a moment from the riveting world of books and literature in New Orleans without missing exciting new stories and developments. While we were busy stuffing our faces with Christmas fudge, playing with our shiny new toys, and sleeping in airports on the eastern … While we were slacking: A holiday recap

Ambiguous hues: (1)ne Drop by Yaba Blay

The New York Times highlighted yesterday a new book by New Orleans native Yaba Blay, (1)ne Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race. The book features essays exploring questions of race by 60 contributors from 25 countries who self-identify, at least partly, as black, even if they are not always seen as such because of light … Ambiguous hues: (1)ne Drop by Yaba Blay

Photo Books at PhotoNOLA: A roundup

This year’s PhotoNOLA festival includes a panoply of offerings for lovers of photography books. The PhotoNOLA Education Day: Focus on Photo Books kicks things off on December 12 at the International House Hotel with a series of discussions and presentations. Mary Virginia Swanson, who co-authored Publish Your Photography Book (Princeton Architectural Press), will lead the … Photo Books at PhotoNOLA: A roundup

STRAY LEAVES: Portrait of the Artist with Two Heads

“Stray Leaves” is a monthly(ish) series of articles written by Michael Allen Zell that illuminate oddities and rarities from New Orleans’ literary history. ”Stray Leaves,” in Zell’s words, is “a lifting up of stones and crowing about that found underneath, led by the guiding notion that we are standing on the shoulders of writers and books … STRAY LEAVES: Portrait of the Artist with Two Heads

Horacio Castellanos Moya at the Faulkner Words and Music Festival Dec. 6

Horacio Castellanos Moya, one of the most important Latin American writers of his generation, will give a reading at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 6, at the Hotel Monteleone (214 Royal St.) as part of the Faulkner Society’s Words and Music Festival. Moya is the author of more than a dozen books, four of which … Horacio Castellanos Moya at the Faulkner Words and Music Festival Dec. 6

You are the conduit to the book: An interview with translator Susan Bernofsky

By Clark Allen Susan Bernofsky hails from Louisiana and is an alumna of the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts. Now living in New York, she is a German language translator, a teacher at the Columbia University School of the Arts, and she holds a chair at the PEN American Center. Room 220 caught … You are the conduit to the book: An interview with translator Susan Bernofsky

Coming back around: Robert Stone returns to New Orleans

By Derick Dupre Robert Stone’s visionary fiction has led readers across the globe, from Vietnam to Central America to Hollywood, and now to a small New England mill town in his first novel in ten years, Death of the Black-Haired Girl. But the journey started here in New Orleans, where Stone lived for some time … Coming back around: Robert Stone returns to New Orleans