Author Aimee Bender, who is currently the 28th Zale-Kimmerling Writer-in-Residence at Tulane, will read from her work and field interview questions at 7 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 28, in the Freeman Auditorium at Tulane. Bender is the author of four books, and her short fiction has been published in Granta, GQ, Harper’s, Tin House, McSweeney’s, … Aimee Bender reads at Tulane Jan. 28
Phillip Lopate, whose writing has done more to keep the personal essay a vibrant and viable form than perhaps any of his peers in the past several decades, will present a reading at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 17, at the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts (2800 Chartres St.). His reading is part … The inimitable Phillip Lopate at NOCCA – Thurs., Jan. 17
By Ari Braverman In Moira Crone’s new sci-fi parable, The Not Yet, coastal flooding has turned the Gulf South into a wild archipelago. The New Orleans Islands are mostly a playground for Heirs, the decadent ruling class whose lives have been artificially extended for centuries and revolve around entertainment and vapid ritual. Naturals—or “Nats,” the … Any System of Thinking Holistically has been Totally Abandoned: An interview with Moira Crone
Poet Katherine Soniat will read from her new collection of poetry, A Raft, A Boat, A Bridge, at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 1, at the University of New Orleans Sandbar (inside The Cove, on Founders Avenue, directly across from the Education Building). Soniat is a contributor to the current issue of Bayou Magazine, which … University of New Orleans hosts poet Katherine Soniat
The New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts will host authors Jamey Hatley and Brad Richard at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 24, in the Kirschman Artspace room on NOCCA’s Bywater campus (2800 Chartres) for the fall installment of its 2012 – 2013 Creative Reading Series. Jamey Hatley is a Memphis native whose fiction and … NOCCA Presents Jamey Hatley and Brad Richard
The MelaNated Writers Group will present the second installment of its three-part summer reading series this Saturday, July 14, at 4 p.m. at Cafe Treme (1501 St. Philip St., at Villere). Fiction writer Danielle Gilyot, poet Kelly Harris, fiction writer (and photographer) L. Kasimu Harris, poet Ayanna Molina, and poet-playwright Geryll Robinson will each present … MelaNated Writers present: THE LITERARY JOOK JOINT
By Cate Czarnecki Like most things in New Orleans, the men and women of the MelaNated Writers collective aren’t simply just writers—among them you will find musicians, students, journalists, lawyers, professors, activists, and citizens who live and work in a city where some were born but ultimately all have chosen to call home. As one … Preview: The MelaNated Writers summer reading series
NOTE: SAM MCPHEETERS HAS CANCELED HIS TOUR. READ THE INTERVIEW ANYWAY. By Clark Allen Sam McPheeters is best known as the frontman for 90s hardcore bands Born Against and Men’s Recovery Project, and more recently Wrangler Brutes. He has put out a number of cult-classic zines, and in the past few years he has gained … Pure rage on the page: An interview with Sam McPheeters
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
