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A strong week for N.O. book events: Lorrie Morrie, Jesmyn Ward, Francisco Goldman, and more!

Lorrie Moore kicks of a strong week of literary events in New Orleans with a reading at 7 p.m. tonight, Monday, March 2, in the Lavin-Bernick Student Center on Tulane University’s campus. Moore is the author of five collections of short stories and two novels. Her most recent collection, Bark, was nominated for the 2014 Story Prize. Her … A strong week for N.O. book events: Lorrie Morrie, Jesmyn Ward, Francisco Goldman, and more!

Poet dialog: Andy Young and Sara Slaughter interview each other

Poets Andy Young and Sara Slaughter met while in the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College. They will each present their new book at a Happy Hour Salon presented by Room 220 from 6 – 9 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 4, at the Press Street HQ (3718 St. Claude Ave.). Young’s debut collection … Poet dialog: Andy Young and Sara Slaughter interview each other

ROOM 220 Presents: A Happy Hour Salon with Andy Young and Sara Slaughter

Room 220 is pleased to present a Happy Hour Salon with poets Andy Young and Sara Slaughter from 6 – 9 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 4, at the Press Street HQ (3718 St. Claude Ave.). The event will celebrate new publications by both poets, and they will be reading from these works. Andy Young‘s debut poetry collection, … ROOM 220 Presents: A Happy Hour Salon with Andy Young and Sara Slaughter

A bird, a cage, a song, a warble: THE OBLIVION ATLAS

The Oblivion Atlas By Michael Allen Zell, with images by Louviere + Vanessa (Lavender Ink) Reviewed by Derick Dupre The only time a movie moves is when a shutter keeps you from seeing the picture change. What you perceive as continuous motion is actually an illusion. Persistence of vision is a tricky theory, which is … A bird, a cage, a song, a warble: THE OBLIVION ATLAS

Photo Books at PhotoNOLA: A roundup

This year’s PhotoNOLA festival includes a panoply of offerings for lovers of photography books. The PhotoNOLA Education Day: Focus on Photo Books kicks things off on December 12 at the International House Hotel with a series of discussions and presentations. Mary Virginia Swanson, who co-authored Publish Your Photography Book (Princeton Architectural Press), will lead the … Photo Books at PhotoNOLA: A roundup

Poets Joel Dailey and Mark Statman read at McKeown’s Books and Difficult Music Sept. 5

Poets Joel Dailey and Mark Statman will read from their new books at 7 p.m. this Thursday, September 5, at McKeown’s Books and Difficult Music (4737 Tchoupitoulas). Dailey, a New Orleans poet, and Statman, who will be visiting from New York, both have new titles out from local small press Lavender Ink. Dailey, who might … Poets Joel Dailey and Mark Statman read at McKeown’s Books and Difficult Music Sept. 5