The 2013 Coffee and Conversation series (brought to you by the Tennessee Williams Literary Festival) begins this week at 7pm Wednesday, September 18th, at the Jefferson Parish Library. Michael Sartisky, director of the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, will discuss A Unique Slant of Light: The Bicentennial History of Art in Louisiana. According to the … 2013 Coffee and Conversation series begins this Wednesday
By Ari Braverman New Orleans Review will celebrate the release of its new issue with readings from the magazine and literary mingling beginning at 7 p.m. this Friday, September 13, at Maple Street Book Shop (7529 Maple St.). This is the magazine’s second issue under new editor Mark Yakich, a poet and professor at Loyola. … New Orleans Review unveils its newest issue this week
Yale University has selected local author and Room 220 friend Michael Jeffrey Lee as a recipient of the 2013 Yale Educator Award. Yale asks incoming freshmen to nominate teachers who particularly inspired them. Recent NOCCA graduate-cum-Yale-student Leigh Vila picked Lee, who teaches creative writing at the arts conservatory. Lee is the author of the short … Yale recognizes Michael Jeffrey Lee for his inspirational prowess
The Walker Percy Center has announced its community writing courses for Fall 2013, offering aspiring writers a great way to hone skills (at whatever level) and a reason to keep writing in their spare time. The classes cater to a wide range of genre and writing styles, including fiction, flash fiction, creative essay writing, and … Fall 2013 community writing courses at the Walker Percy Center
Local author Michael Patrick Welch, who writes a regular column for the VICE magazine website about New Orleans, made a “pilgrimage” to see famed New Orleans publisher “Gypsy” Lou Webb for his most recent installment. Webb was one half—with her husband, Jon—of Loujon Press, the 1960s French Quarter publishing outfit that put out books by … Michael Patrick Welch visits Gypsy Lou Webb for VICE
Poets Joel Dailey and Mark Statman will read from their new books at 7 p.m. this Thursday, September 5, at McKeown’s Books and Difficult Music (4737 Tchoupitoulas). Dailey, a New Orleans poet, and Statman, who will be visiting from New York, both have new titles out from local small press Lavender Ink. Dailey, who might … Poets Joel Dailey and Mark Statman read at McKeown’s Books and Difficult Music Sept. 5
From Nola Defender By Derick Dupre In 1730, Marc-Antoine Caillot arrived in New Orleans to record his observations about Louisiana, or ‘New France,’ as he knew it. In ‘A Company Man,’ modern Crescent City residents get a peek into their hometown in the 18th Century and see that much of the lure of 18th Century … ‘A Company Man’ details a raucus romp through 18th-century New Orleans
The Historic New Orleans collection recently unveiled a new exhibition, “Alternative Imprints: Jon Webb, Gypsy Lou, and the Hand-Sewn World of the Loujon Press,” dedicated to the life and work of the progenitors of the esteemed 1960s New Orleans publishing project. The exhibition, which consists largely of materials donated to the HNOC by the Webbs’ … The Historic New Orleans Collection presents “Alternative Imprints: Jon Webb, Gypsy Lou, and the Hand-Sewn World of the Loujon Press”
Daniel Wolff’s book, The Fight For Home: How (Parts of) New Orleans Came Back, comes out in paperback today. Wolff, who the Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame honored last weekend with a Scribe Award, crafted his book over the course of six years, beginning just months after Hurricane Katrina, out of interviews and research … Daniel Wolff’s “The Fight for Home” out in paperback today
Refugees granted asylum in the United States arrive through only a handful of cities. They often spend the first night in their new country at a hotel near the airport, where they rest and prepare for the next leg of their journey. Beginning in 2007, the first person some of these refugees would meet in … You might think sending Bhutanese people to Fargo doesn’t make sense, but it does: A Conversation About Refugees with Juliet Linderman and Susan Weishar
