R.I.P. Jeanne Leiby, 1964-2011
Jeanne Leiby, editor of The Southern Review, died in a car accident near Baton Rouge yesterday. Our sincere condolences to those who loved and who will miss her. More at HTMLGIANT.
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The Tribes of Burning Man: Scribe the Mad Chronicler Bares His Fantastical Tales
A couple friends of mine went to Burning Man in 2005, just to see what it was all about. They crammed five in a sedan and drove to Nevada from Kansas armed with drugs, costumes, and sunscreen. I can’t remember if they said anything was remarkable about the experience besides the things one usually hears, … The Tribes of Burning Man: Scribe the Mad Chronicler Bares His Fantastical Tales
NOLA book-related spoof rap music video of the day
(from 2-cent.com: You don’t read books, you’ll end up the dumbest—I promise. I don’t need Hooked on Phonics.)
Author Banter: Pia Z. Ehrhardt in Conversation with Dylan Landis
The dynamic of an author interview can be radically altered if it’s conducted by a person the author knows well—most often for the better. This conversation between authors Pia Z. Ehrhardt and Dylan Landis takes that dynamic to another level, since they’re mutually inquiring about each other’s works. Each occasionally tries to out-humble or out-flatter … Author Banter: Pia Z. Ehrhardt in Conversation with Dylan Landis
TONIGHT: Bryan Charles and Saïd Sayrafiezadeh at Tulane
Bryan Charles and Said Sayrafiezadeh will read from and discuss their work tonight from 6-8 p.m. in Cudd Hall on Tulane’s campus. Somehow I slept on this reading until a friend tipped me off a couple weeks ago. I acquired and read both of their recently released memoirs so fast my eyes bled (I enjoyed … TONIGHT: Bryan Charles and Saïd Sayrafiezadeh at Tulane
Deb Olin Unferth Brings Knowledge to the Children
The fantastic Deb Olin Unferth will give a reading and teach a masterclass this Saturday at NOCCA as part of the New Orleans New Writers Literary Festival. Unfortunately, unless you’re a high school student who attends either NOCCA or Lusher, you don’t get to partake. As a salve for your pain from the realization of … Deb Olin Unferth Brings Knowledge to the Children
The Happy Hour Salon Series at Antenna Continues!
Join Room 220 this Thursday as we partake in the second installment of the Happy Hour Salon Series at Antenna Gallery (last week’s salon with the editors of Pelican Bomb was a smashing success). This time, Brad Richard and his dad, Jim, will discuss the latter’s influence on Brad’s writing, a theme he explores in … The Happy Hour Salon Series at Antenna Continues!
No Longer Just a Name: Exquisite Corpse is a Corpse
Apparently, Exquisite Corpse, the online “journal of letters and life” edited by Andrei Codrescu, stopped publishing things in January. I didn’t notice. A did a quick survey of friends who read literary journals and none of them had noticed, either. Maybe this phenomenon had something to do with the website’s demise. You can still access … No Longer Just a Name: Exquisite Corpse is a Corpse
You Won’t See Me at the Tennessee Williams Festival
The smiling couple in the photograph above is my parents. They’re visiting from Wyoming and are very excited to attend the Stella Yella competition tomorrow at the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival. The festival, which has positioned itself as the premier large-scale annual literary event in our fair city, manages to draw at least one … You Won’t See Me at the Tennessee Williams Festival
Happy Hour Salon: Pelican Bomb
This month we’re celebrating our fifth anniversary of making books by local artists that combine word and image by featuring Happy Hour Salons highlighting local art/writing endeavors. Join us for free drinks, presentation and dicusssion with Cameron Shaw and Rami Sharkey of Pelican Bomb. Pelican Bomb is New Orleans’ first online contemporary arts review and … Happy Hour Salon: Pelican Bomb
