literature

OPP ENGLISH, Part I: The Instigator

Inside Orleans Parish Prison—one of the worst jails in the country—an English class takes place, not to help inmates fulfill GED requirements, but simply to facilitate their study of literature and books. In this three-part series, Room 220‘s Ari Braverman explores the parts of the program that make it work—and make it worthwhile—from the founder OPP ENGLISH, Part I: The Instigator

The 2012 Culture Collision!

Join Press Street’s Antenna Gallery at The Fourth Annual Culture Collision– A City-Wide Celebration to Kick-Off the Cultural Season in New Orleans! 5:30 – 8:00PM:  Network with over 50 Performing and Visual Arts organizations – including Antenna, ROOM 220 and NOLA MIX Youth DJ Program!  All participating organizations will be prepared to sell you tickets The 2012 Culture Collision!

The Artistry of Loujon Press: Part 2

Pelican Bomb, an online comrade, has posted Part 2 of the two-part series I wrote about the publications of Loujon Press, a fine-press publisher based in the French Quarter in the 1960s. Loujon published two of Bukowski’s first books, four issues of its literary magazine, The Outsider, and two of Henry Miller’s books, which are The Artistry of Loujon Press: Part 2