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Every single adult literacy program in New Orleans has a wait list: One Book One New Orleans addresses a citywide desire to read

Megan Holt doubts many people are surprised to learn that New Orleans’ adult literacy rate is lower than the national average—the New Orleans Community Data Center estimates the city has a 26 percent low-literacy rate among 18- to 64-year olds, compared to 23 percent nationally. Stereotypical perceptions of the city are informed by a legacy … Every single adult literacy program in New Orleans has a wait list: One Book One New Orleans addresses a citywide desire to read

Of Folk and Form: An interview with Thomas Sayers Ellis

By jewel bush When friend and fellow MelaNated Writers Collective member Kelly Harris suggested we bring poet, photographer, and word provocateur Thomas Sayers Ellis—cofounder of the Dark Room Collective—to New Orleans, I said: “Fuck yeah!” I jumped at the chance to hear TSE, the co-founder of the Dark Room Collective, read his work live: … … Of Folk and Form: An interview with Thomas Sayers Ellis