The Tank Tank Reading Series presents Lucy Corin and Gabriel Blackwell at 8 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 9, at the Thank Tank (2433 St. Claude Ave.). The two prose writers will read some of their work in a comfortable home environment. Nothing will be provided but the words, possibly not even chairs. Please bring something … Thank Tank Reading Series Presents: Lucy Corin and Gabriel Blackwell
Antenna is excited to present a happy hour artist talk to with artist Mark Hosford, Sunday November 8th, 6pm at Antenna Gallery. Specializing in drawing, printmaking, and animation, Hosford’s work draws from a fascination with ghost stories, oddities, stream of consciousness, and personal narratives. His work often portrays an alternate reality where fertile and untethered … Mark Hosford: Artist Talk
Established in New Orleans in 2015, Level Artist Collective was founded by Ana Hernandez, Horton Humble, Rontherin Ratliff, John Isiah Walton and Carl Joe Williams. It is the result of an organic formation of painters, sculptors and writers whose different degrees of relations extend a multitude of connections. Through cohesion and the merging of creative … Level Artist Collective
Room 220 is pleased to present a showcase of exceptional young nonfiction writers and celebrate the release of new books on American witchcraft and Southern lit. Alex Mar is the author of the new book Witches of America, which delves deeply and lyrically into the world of modern paganism. Her writing has appeared in the Oxford American, where she’s … ROOM 220 Presents: Alex Mar, Margaret Eby, and Justin Nobel
Room 220 is pleased to present two of Mexico’s finest mid-career fiction writers (one of whom lives in New Orleans) as well as an up-and-coming New Orleans noir aficionado. The event takes place at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 29, at the Antenna Gallery (3718 St. Claude Ave.). Cristina Rivera-Garza is one of the best and best-known … ROOM 220 Presents: Cristina Rivera-Garza, Yuri Herrera, and Michael Allen Zell
The 14th Annual New Orleans Bookfair will take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 12, at Clouet Gardens (707 Clouet Street). The New Orleans Bookfair Organizing Collective is currently looking for volunteer organizers. Specifically, they are seeking a Panel Organizer, Volunteer Coordinator, help with promotions, and a liaison to media representatives. The New Orleans Bookfair Organizing … 14th Annual New Orleans Bookfair to be held Dec. 12 at Clouet Gardens
In what strikes Room 220 editors as a book that was dying to be published (har, har), longtime Times-Picayune journalist and obituary writer John Pope will celebrate the launch of his new collection of TP obits, Getting Off At Elysian Fields, at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 14, at Octavia Books (513 Octavia St.). The collection spans Pope’s long … John Pope’s collection of Times-Pic obits launches Oct. 14 at Octavia Books
Antenna is excited to present an evening with San Francisco based artist Ethan Rafal and his ongoing project, Shock and Awe. A twelve-year, autobiographical project examining the relationship between protracted war and homeland decay, Shock and Awe is a meticulously crafted image, text, and found object journal that blurs the line between author and subject, and personal … Ethan Rafal: Shock and Awe
Room 220 is pleased to present two of Mexico’s finest mid-career fiction writers (one of whom lives in New Orleans) as well as an up-and-coming New Orleans noir aficionado. Cristina Rivera-Garza is one of the best and best-known writers in the Spanish language. She is the author of six novels, three collections of short stories, five collections of … ROOM 220 Presents: Cristina Rivera-Garza, Yuri Herrera, and Michael Zell
The University of New Orleans Creative Writing Workshop will host a reading by poets Derrick Harriell and Sara Slaughter at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 7, at the UNO Lakeside Campus, Liberal Arts Building, Room 197. The reading will be followed by a Q&A, booksigning, and brief reception. Derrick Harriell was born and raised in Milwaukee … UNO presents an evening with poets Derrick Harriell and Sara Slaughter Oct. 7
