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Sheri Fink headlines the Jewish Book Festival Nov. 20 with a presentation of FIVE DAYS AT MEMORIAL

Author Sheri Fink will present her new book, Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital, at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 20, at the Jewish Community Center (5342 St. Charles Ave.). Five Days at Memorial provides readers an exhaustively researched and elaborately retold series of events that took place in post-Katrina … Sheri Fink headlines the Jewish Book Festival Nov. 20 with a presentation of FIVE DAYS AT MEMORIAL

Truth, meaning, and location can be lost, even in a book of maps: A review of UNFATHOMABLE CITY: A NEW ORLEANS ATLAS

Room 220 will host the New Orleans launch of Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas at a Happy Hour Salon from 4 – 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 23, at the All Ways Lounge (2240 St. Claude Ave.). More details here. Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas Edited by Rebecca Solnit and Rebecca Snedeker University … Truth, meaning, and location can be lost, even in a book of maps: A review of UNFATHOMABLE CITY: A NEW ORLEANS ATLAS

Andy Young, Khaled Hegazzi, and the Sweet Potato Boy of Tahrir Square

The Room 220 Happy Hour Salon with the creators of Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas will feature readings by contributors such as Andy Young and Khaled Hegazzi, who will jointly present their essay, “The Ibis-Headed God of New Orleans,” which corresponds to the map “The Mississippi Is (Not) the Nile: Arab New Orleans, Real … Andy Young, Khaled Hegazzi, and the Sweet Potato Boy of Tahrir Square

Nik De Dominic and Michael Tod Edgerton read poetry at UNO Nov. 20

The University of New Orleans Creative Writing Program will present two poets with three-part names, Nik De Dominic and Michael Tod Edgerton, for readings starting at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 20, at the UNO Campus Art Gallery (on Harwood Drive; map). Nik De Dominic, a Room 220 friend, has published poems and essays in … Nik De Dominic and Michael Tod Edgerton read poetry at UNO Nov. 20

Come One, Come All to the 12th Annual New Orleans Book Fair and Media Expo

The 12th annual New Orleans Book Fair and Media Expo will host more than 40 vendors from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. on Saturday, November 16, at the Contemporary Arts Center Warehouse (900 Camp Street). This marks the second year since the Book Fair jumped ship from its long-time location on Frenchman Street, where it … Come One, Come All to the 12th Annual New Orleans Book Fair and Media Expo

ROOM 220 Presents: A Happy Hour Salon with Rebecca Solnit, Rebecca Snedeker, and the creators of UNFATHOMABLE CITY: A NEW ORLEANS ATLAS

Room 220 is pleased to present a Happy Hour Salon to celebrate the local launch of Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas, edited by Rebecca Solnit and Rebecca Snedeker, from 4 – 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 23, at the All Ways Lounge (2240 St. Claude Ave). Maple Street Book Shop will be on hand … ROOM 220 Presents: A Happy Hour Salon with Rebecca Solnit, Rebecca Snedeker, and the creators of UNFATHOMABLE CITY: A NEW ORLEANS ATLAS

A mind-boggling array of personalities and perspectives to debate the ‘teachable moment’ of Katrina in a regional and global context

Tulane University’s New Orleans Center for the Gulf South will bring together a motley crew of authors, artists, academics, activists, and others to hold forth on how the “lessons” of Katrina might be deployed to think about the future—not only of New Orleans and the Gulf South, but of the world! The one-day conference, “After … A mind-boggling array of personalities and perspectives to debate the ‘teachable moment’ of Katrina in a regional and global context

Celebrated Korean-American novelist Chang-rae Lee at Tulane Nov. 14

Novelist and Princeton creative writing professor Chang-rae Lee will give a reading a book signing at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 14, at the Woldenberg Art Center on Tulane University’s campus. This event is free and open to the public. Lee is the author of four novels: Native Speaker, which won the PEN/Hemingway Award, portrays a … Celebrated Korean-American novelist Chang-rae Lee at Tulane Nov. 14

Roll With It: Brass Band Book Launch this Friday at Sweet Lorraine’s

Join artist Willie Birch, the Hot 8 Brass Band, and author Matt Sakakeeny to celebrate the launch of Roll With It: Brass Bands in the Streets of New Orleans, starting at 8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 8, at Sweet Lorraine’s (1931 St. Claude Ave.). Roll With It is a firsthand account, chronicled by Sakakeeny, of … Roll With It: Brass Band Book Launch this Friday at Sweet Lorraine’s

Stanley Crouch on Charlie Parker this Friday at the Community Book Center

Eminent jazz journalist and critic Stanley Crouch will present his new biography of Charlie “Bird” Parker, Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker, at 6 p.m. this Friday, Nov. 8, at the Community Book Center (2523 Bayou Road). Crouch’s new biography—the first half of what will become a two-part project—has been roundly … Stanley Crouch on Charlie Parker this Friday at the Community Book Center