By Tori Bush While New Orleans has a rich history of literature and art, there are few places where these two media can cross-fertilize. Angela Driscoll, a member of the Antenna Gallery collective, and Yuka Petz have formed a new arts organization called SIFT in order to fill this gap in our community. SIFT—which stands … SIFT launches books arts collective with a Happy Hour Salon!
The Knox Writers’ House documents a literary field-recording road trip of sorts. Three enthusiasts drive across the country, interviewing and recording readings by writers along the way. They’ve made dozens of mp3s and transcripts (along with crude line-drawing portraits) available on a map that plots their route. They’ve mostly stuck to the Midwest thus far, … New Orleans Literary Audio on the Knox Writers’ House
Note: I stupidly omitted The Definition of Bounce (see above), a fantastic book by 10th Ward Buck , from the Room 220 holiday gift guide. It was sitting on my filing cabinet, instead of on my bookshelf, from which I pulled the guide’s selections. Room 220 featured an excerpt of text and photos from The … Happy Holidays from Room 220
By Nathan C. Martin Mutual obsession can make strange bedfellows. For Christopher Schaberg and Mark Yakich, it made a multimedia publishing project. The two professors of English at Loyola University New Orleans share a common infatuation with flight and its cultural and psychological accoutrements. Yakich, an accomplished poet (and previous Room 220 interviewee), possesses a … Travel, security, death, the mundane, strangers, boredom, home, geography: A talk about airports and air travel with Christopher Schaberg and Mark Yakich
Maple Street Book Shop has opened its second satellite store in six months, this time on Ponce de Leon Street, a few doors down from Fair Grinds Coffee Shop, and Canseco’s on the other side. Unlike Maple Street’s Healing Center branch on St. Claude Avenue—which is fairly sprawled, sparse, and awkward—the Bayou Saint John branch … Maple Street Books opens another location, and this one is good
By Nathan C. Martin My bookshelf is full of books I’ve never read. Books are the only things I buy on impulse, and I rarely enter a bookstore I like without buying something. Not only that, but if I like a book I’ve read, I’ll often give it away to a friend. I also move … From the Editor’s Bookshelf: A Room 220 Holiday Gift Guide
PhotoNOLA’s IN PRINT book signing event focuses on the publishing side of photography and highlights books by photographers features in the week-long annual photography festival (is PhotoNOLA a festival? I just get used to everything being a festival). IN PRINT takes place from 5 — 7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 9, at the Historic New … PhotoNOLA’s IN PRINT Book signing this Friday
Apologies to any Room 220 readers who showed up to Shaq’s book signing on Saturday after he had left. According to sources at the Garden District Book Shop, his handlers called the evening beforehand to notify the store that Shaq would be appearing from 10:30 a.m. — 12:30 p.m. instead of 12 — 2 p.m., … Mission Accomplished
Shaquille O’Neal’s outsized persona and multitudinous forays into everything from acting to law enforcement sometimes overshadow what an incredible basketball player he was. He ranks fifth in all-time scoring in the NBA, he’s won four national championships (including three consecutive with the Los Angeles Lakers), and he is one of only three players to earn … Shaq Attacks the Garden District Book Shop!!!
Thanks to everyone who came out Friday, Nov. 18, and Monday, Nov. 21, for readings at the Antenna Gallery. On Nov. 18, twelve writers associated with PANK Magazine from New Orleans and beyond “invaded” the gallery for the most raucous reading Room 220 has hosted. Over 130 people showed up (that’s more than ten folks … Reading Roundup — PANK Invasion + John Jeremiah Sullivan
