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LIVE PROSE: Matt Sumell, Anne Gisleson, and Yuri Hererra at the Antenna Gallery Outdoor Auxiliary (AOA)

Room 220 is pleased to present an evening of live prose with three outstanding writers on Thursday, May 3, at 7 p.m., at the Antenna Gallery Outdoor Auxiliary (2116 St. Claude Ave., at Frenchmen Street, next door to Melvin’s). Matt Sumell, Anne Gisleson, and Yuri Herrera will read, music will be played, and complimentary libations … LIVE PROSE: Matt Sumell, Anne Gisleson, and Yuri Hererra at the Antenna Gallery Outdoor Auxiliary (AOA)

The Antenna Gallery Outdoor Auxiliary (AOA)

The Antenna Gallery Outdoor Auxiliary (AOA) is a multi-purpose reclaimed urban cultural space that functions at the intersection of blight and art, offering an ideal collaborative event venue for the burgeoning St. Claude Arts District… Aw, who am I kidding? It’s a fucking concrete slab with some crumbling brick walls around it. This is what … The Antenna Gallery Outdoor Auxiliary (AOA)

Room 220 Presents: Live Poetry at the Antenna Gallery

Andy Young and Jessica Henricksen celebrate the release of new books along with poet and THERMOS co-editor Andy Stallings! 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 17, at the Antenna Gallery (3161 Burgundy St.) Andy Young, author of The People is Singular (Press Street, 2012), will give an intimate presentation of poems to follow-up the multimedia performance extravaganza … Room 220 Presents: Live Poetry at the Antenna Gallery

Another John Kennedy Toole biography, this one with a cooler cover

Seven years after the publication of Ignatius Rising: The Life of John Kennedy Toole–which I seem to vaguely remember picking up, leafing through, and putting down, underwhelmed–Da Capo Press and author Cory MacLauchlin have brought us the hipper-sounding and -looking Butterfly in the Typewriter: The Tragic Life of John Kennedy Toole and the Remarkable Story … Another John Kennedy Toole biography, this one with a cooler cover

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

Coffee Colored Dreams – POSTPONED

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO THE ILLNESS OF THE AUTHOR. Please join us for a special book event: COFFEE-COLORED DREAMS by Louisiana Native, Pamela Davis-Noland Author/Playwright, Pamela Davis-Noland will Sign and Read from her book, COFFEE-COLORED DREAMS as part of her Thursday Nights in April Book Crawl around the Crescent City. As smooth and … Coffee Colored Dreams – POSTPONED

Beyond the light of the jukebox: An interview with Dean Paschal

By Pia Z. Ehrhardt Dean Paschal grew up in a small town in southwest Georgia called Albany. Upon sensing the twilight of his official childhood in the seventh grade, he began to read every children’s book he could get his hands on while they were still, by society’s regard, age-appropriate. He was an indiscriminate reader, … Beyond the light of the jukebox: An interview with Dean Paschal

“You publish too much!” An interview with Bill Zavatsky

By Michael Allen Zell Bill Zavatsky is a New York poet who has had two of his own books published since 1975. Why so few? He’s been busy running SUN press and magazine for fifteen years, translating Surrealist poets, teaching, and playing jazz piano. Zavatsky graciously took time to answer a few questions last week … “You publish too much!” An interview with Bill Zavatsky

He has a publicist who probably dreams about him every night

Author Jami Attenberg attended the Jonathan Franzen event last night at Tulane, and wrote a blog post based on her notes that’s getting trafficked around the interwebs, particularly because of Franzen’s negative comments about Twitter. From Attenberg’s post: [Franzen] on social media: “It’s a free country. People can do whatever they want within the law, … He has a publicist who probably dreams about him every night

Michael J. Lee Book Launch, with Dean Paschal

Read the Room 220 interview with Michael J. Lee by Nathan C. Martin. Read the Room 220 interview with Dean Paschal by Pia Z. Ehrhardt. Room 220‘s Live Prose at the Antenna Gallery reading series is pleased to present the book launch for Michael Jeffrey Lee’s Something in My Eye, which was selected by Francine … Michael J. Lee Book Launch, with Dean Paschal