Press Street is proud to host another installment of The Waves, one of the fastest-growing and most popular queer reading series in the nation, for an event at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 22, at the Press Street HQ (3718 St. Claude Ave.). This event celebrates the release of The Queer South: LGBTQ Writers on … THE WAVES presents: THE QUEER SOUTH, a book launch this Thursday, Jan. 22
What follows is an email I received yesterday from John Craun, poet, carpenter, and one half of HAWN [slightly edited]; Joseph Bradshaw is moving to Chicago: Hi Nate! Hope you’re doing well here on the other side of the holidays. 2015! Besides looking forward to the new Congress and Senate, I’ve been making some recordings … John Craun and Joseph Bradshaw present FUCKTOWN ORCHESTRA this Saturday at the Thank Tank
Around town, I kept hearing that the editors of UNO Press, Abram Himelstein and G.K. Darby, were really excited about a new book of short stories the press had recently released, Death By Pastrami, by octogenarian New Yorker Leonard S. Bernstein (not that Leonard Bernstein). I’ve still yet to see the book, though G.K. and Abram assure me … UNO Press releases Death By Pastrami by Leonard S. Bernstein
A few weeks ago, I knew only the basics: a young woman died of a heroin overdose in March; she was only 19. She was a student of the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts and Loyola University who wrote prolifically, and a collection of her work was going to be published. I had … A Soul Under Construction: A posthumous book release and remembrance of Kendall Daigle
Announcing the first installment of the Thank Tank Reading Series, at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 11, at the Thank Tank (2433 St. Claude Ave.). Three poets and one fiction writer—all male, unfortunately—read some of their work to you in a comfortable home environment. Nothing will be provided but the words, possibly not even chairs, … Thank Tank Reading Series: Pale Male Edition
This is an excerpt from Immigrant Dreams and Alien Nightmares, a new collection of poetry by José Torres-Tama. Room 220 will host Torres-Tama for a reading/performance to celebrate the launch of the book from 3 – 5 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 7, at the Press Street HQ (3718 St. Claude Ave.). ++ In the summer of 2009, the … Los Invisibles Inmigrantes of the Post-Katrina New Orleans Reconstruction Apocalypse Blues
This is an excerpt from the introduction to Immigrant Dreams and Alien Nightmares, a new collection of poetry by José Torres-Tama. Room 220 will host a Post-Brunch Salon to celebrate its release from 3-5 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 7, at the Press Street HQ (3718 St. Claude Ave.). Having been born in Ecuador, South America and come … Bilingual Native Citizen of the Hemispheric Americas: Latino Immigrants & the Reconstruction
Ibrahima Seck, a professor of history at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, Senegal, whose work focuses on Louisiana, will present his new book, Bouki Fait Gombo: A History of the Slave Community of Habitation Haydel (Whitney Plantation) Louisiana, 1750-1860, with a reading at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 3, at Octavia Books (513 Octavia St.). Bouki … Ibrahima Seck to present BOUKI FAIT GOMBO, a history of the slave community at Whitney Plantation, Dec. 3 at Octavia Books
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 is pleased to present a Post-Brunch Salon featuring poet and performance artist José Torres-Tama from 3 -5 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 7, at the Press Street HQ (3718 St. Claude Ave.). The event will celebrate the release of a new book of Torres-Tama’s poetry, Immigrant Dreams and Alien Nightmares, which collects 25 years of the artist’s work. … ROOM 220 Presents: A Post-Brunch Salon with José Torres-Tama
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This October, Antenna invites artists, writers, culture bearers, cultural workers, neighbors, partners, and audiences to join a series of Critical Response Process (CRP) sessions around our emerging Values + Pathways Framework.