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Most of the New Orleanians I met were working: An interview with Brian Boyles

I’ve worked with Brian Boyles since we met at Handsome Willy’s in 2008. We’ve worked City Council DJ Happy Hours, cross-generational panel discussions, yard parties, music festivals, and many, many Saints games. His new book, New Orleans Boom and Blackout: 100 Days in America’s Coolest Hotspot, is a nonfiction account of the 100 days preceding the Most of the New Orleanians I met were working: An interview with Brian Boyles

ROOM 220 Presents: A Happy Hour Salon with Brian Boyles and Jami Attenberg

Room 220 is pleased to host a Happy Hour Salon to celebrate the launch of New Orleans Boom and Blackout: One Hundred Days in America’s Coolest Hotspot by Brian Boyles from 6 – 9 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 26, at the Press Street HQ (3718 St. Claude Ave.). The event will also feature best-selling novelist Jami Attenberg.New Orleans Boom and ROOM 220 Presents: A Happy Hour Salon with Brian Boyles and Jami Attenberg

ROOM 220 officially endorses NEW ORLEANS BOOM AND BLACKOUT for next year’s One Book One New Orleans

After being hounded for weeks by lobbyists from all sides vying for our literary-political clout in the race to determine which book will be selected as the coveted “One Book” of the 2015 One Book One New Orleans campaign, Room 220 has made a decision. By any measure imaginable, of the three finalists being considered, there can be ROOM 220 officially endorses NEW ORLEANS BOOM AND BLACKOUT for next year’s One Book One New Orleans