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Michael Patrick Welch debuts two new books on August 28 at the AllWays Lounge benefitting the BOOKMOBILE!

Defend New Orleans presents a launch for two new books by Michael Patrick Welch at 9 p.m. on Friday, August 28, at the AllWays Lounge (2240 St. Claude Ave.). Welch is the author of The Donkey Show and New Orleans: the Underground Guide. His new book Transport Instinct is the biography of storied 9th Ward icon, Chauncey the goat, who was born just before he … Michael Patrick Welch debuts two new books on August 28 at the AllWays Lounge benefitting the BOOKMOBILE!

#DignityInProcess: North | South

Saturday, August 22nd at Café Istanbul – 2372 St. Claude Avenue, in the New Orleans Healing Center Doors open at 6:00pm and close at 6:30pm. Suggested Donation: $10 – $20 Multidisciplinary artist/activist, and Press Street Artist-in-Residence, ChE brings ritual, dance and Mixed Race storytelling to New Orleans through #DignityInProcess! #DignityInProcess is a platform for Black … #DignityInProcess: North | South

Loyola Writing Institute Fall 2015

9 week courses for the Writing Institute start Sept 14! As part of the on-going expansion of the program into different parts of the city,  Press Street we will continue to host the fiction workshop taught by acclaimed author Michael Jeffrey Lee. Each week, Lee leads discussion on student manuscripts and the work of master writers. … Loyola Writing Institute Fall 2015

Making Do

Featuring Artists: Andrew Barco Hannah Barco & Marissa Lee Benedict Lex Brown Amanda Cassingham-Bardwell O.K. Keyes Sebura & Gartelmann Jesse Sugarmann Making Do is an exhibition of works in which artists from around the country create innovative solutions (to problems of their own creation) while equipped with ad hoc, insufficient or inappropriate materials. Image: Hannah Barco … Making Do

I began thinking about the hazards of Western people coming to the Middle East to “free” the women: An Interview with Jennifer Steil

Jennifer Steil moved to Yemen in 2006 to be editor-in-chief of the Yemen Observer and later married the British Ambassador to Yemen. Her first book, The Woman Who Fell From The Sky, is a memoir of her time in Yemen. In her new novel, The Ambassador’s Wife, Steil’s protagonist, Miranda, is an artist who moves … I began thinking about the hazards of Western people coming to the Middle East to “free” the women: An Interview with Jennifer Steil

Spillways Residency App Deadline Sept 30

The Spillways residency inspires applicants to explore the dispersion of outside thought and practice into New Orleans through the development of creative projects whose efforts question, transform, or expand the vibrant visual and literary culture of the area. Residents will be awarded: paid travel to and from New Orleans, an initial two week stay in … Spillways Residency App Deadline Sept 30

New Orleans-based Write On Press announces essay contest for young black female writers

New Orleans-based Write On Press is calling for submissions beginning Aug. 1 from black women ages 18 – 25 for essays that address the subject: What I wish someone had taught me before I graduated high school. Visit Write On Press’ website for application instructions (there’s a $35 entrance fee). Click here to sign up for updates about the … New Orleans-based Write On Press announces essay contest for young black female writers

What you were always trying to avoid was being party to an atrocity: An interview with Michael Pitre

Michael Pitre’s debut novel, Fives and Twenty-fives, delves into a war of endless tedium and Sisyphean roadwork, but there is no boredom. There is only routine, which saves lives, and a fog of death that clouds them. Each day, the soldiers—Pitre joined the Marines in 2002 and was twice deployed to Iraq—find potholes and, in … What you were always trying to avoid was being party to an atrocity: An interview with Michael Pitre