New Orleans novelist George Bishop, Jr. will celebrate the release of his most recent book, Night of the Comet, with two local upcoming events: at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, August 5, at the Garden District Book Shop, and at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, August 13, at Octavia Books. Night of the Comet is the story … Night of the Comet launch events Aug. 5 and 13
Stray Leaves, a monthly(ish) column of New Orleans literary obscurities by Michael Allen Zell, 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 that deserve their names and faces returned to the public. Eighty years ago, … STRAY LEAVES: The Raven At The Gate Of The Tropics
Among the most legitimate voices that weigh in on issues related to prisons and prisoners belongs to Wilbert Rideau. Rideau served 44 years in the Louisiana State Penitentiary for manslaughter, during which time he edited The Angolite, a revolutionary prisoner-run magazine, for 25 years. He co-edited a collection of articles from that magazine, Life Sentences: … Wilbert Rideau on Prison Protests
By now I feel most literate adults have had some sort of discussion about the dynamic time in which we find ourselves in terms of reading—the way we read is changing, has changed, exponentially, magnificently. Not since the invention of the printing press has there been such an insane shove in accessibility of information. The … A Lament for Maple Street
Fuck Poems: An Exceptional Anthology Edited by Vincent A. Cellucci (Lavender Ink) Reviewed by Erik Vande Stowe “The poets! They’ve destabilized/explored a concept previously unspoken. We are all so proud of them.” This is the general outline of the review. As the resolution increases, individual paragraphs come into focus and we learn that, by charting … You pretend to be bold and we’ll pretend to be radical: FUCK POEMS reviewed by Erik Vade Stowe
By Ari Braverman Sheila Heti’s third book, How Should a Person Be? is about Sheila. The character is a Toronto-based writer grappling with a play she can’t seem to finish, stuck in a marriage that stifles her. Enter Margaux, a peroxide-blonde painter who “looked at the same time like a little girl, a sexy woman, … No One Lines Up That Simply: An Interview with Sheila Heti
Poet and native New Orleanian Brenda Marie Osbey will read from History and Other Poems, her newest collection, at 6 p.m. on Thursday, June 27, at the Uptown location of Maple Street Book Shop (7529 Maple St.). She will be on hand after the reading to sign copies of her book. Osbey writes in English … Brenda Marie Osbey at Maple Street Books June 27
Room 220 is pleased to present the first installment of “Stray Leaves,” 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 … STRAY LEAVES: A Tomb for Marcus Christian
Pick up the current issue of the Oxford American to read a feature-length essay by Press Street co-founder Anne Gisleson, “Condolences from Death Row.” The essay, an early draft of which Gisleson read at a Room 220 event in May 2012, uses the author’s receipt of a letter from a death row inmate, who her … Contributor Hype: Anne Gisleson’s “Condolences from Death Row”
Join a bevy of local writers and James Joyce enthusiasts as New Orleans celebrates Bloomsday with a marathon reading of Ulysses beginning at 2 p.m. this Sunday, June 16, at the Irish House (1432 St. Charles Ave.). The event will last for at least two hours, with a docket of readers that includes local literati … Thick giblet soup, nutty gizzards, a stuffed roast heart: New Orleans celebrates Bloomsday this Sunday with a marathon reading of Ulysses
