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New Orleans in Passing: DON DELILLO

Room 220‘s unfortunately infrequent series of excerpts from literary works whose subjects pass through New Orleans continues with an excerpt of an interview and a passage from a novel by American literary giant Don DeLillo. Previous “New Orleans in Passing” entries featured excerpts from Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy and Naked Lunch by William S. New Orleans in Passing: DON DELILLO

I am a little less afraid of the world because I know you are never more than a phone call away: A conversation between Jackie and Matt Sumell

I’ve been exchanging emails with Matt and Jackie Sumell for over a month now, hammering out details of the reading Matt will headline this Thursday, May 3, at 7 p.m. at the Antenna Gallery Outdoor Auxiliary (2116 St. Claude Ave.). Matt is coming from Los Angeles, and the idea to bring him out began in I am a little less afraid of the world because I know you are never more than a phone call away: A conversation between Jackie and Matt Sumell

It’s not a car chase so much as an escalating argument: An interview with Antonya Nelson

By Sara Slaughter Antonya Nelson is always the first to admit that she’s not good with plot. Her latest novel, Bound, begins with a car crash, and centers around characters who live in the same time and place as the serial killer known as BTK (Bind, Torture, and Kill). The action slowly escalates, but never quite It’s not a car chase so much as an escalating argument: An interview with Antonya Nelson