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Room 220 & NOCCA present: An evening with the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program

Room 220 is delighted to continue its longstanding relationship with the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program by presenting a distinguished cadre of its writers for a reading at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 8, in the Black Box Theater on the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts’ Bywater campus (2800 Chartres St.). This event, which is co-hosted … Room 220 & NOCCA present: An evening with the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program

New Orleans Review launches multi-chapbook issue

The New Orleans Review will unveil its newest issue, comprised of seven chapbooks by individual authors, at the Ogden Museum’s After Hours event series this Thursday, Sept. 25, with a reading at 5:30 p.m. and loitering, music, and cocktails as part of the After Hours from 6 – 8 p.m. (925 Camp St.). As part of a continuing conceit under new-ish … New Orleans Review launches multi-chapbook issue

Cinema Babylon at The Front

Cinema Babylon Outdoor Screening at The Front Gallery Backyard at The Front 4100 St Claude Ave. Rain location: Press Street HQ 3718 St. Claude Ave. Cinema Babylon is a program of shorts by emerging artist who are exploring both the tropes and excesses of narrative form, and the unraveling structure of avant garde film. … Cinema Babylon at The Front

An Imperfect Force

R. Eric McMaster Using the structures of competitive sport, R. Eric McMaster’s work feature themes of obedience, vulnerability, resistance, and eventual acceptance. While all of these traits are apparent in sporting events, they can also be found in societal situations; as such his work mixes both easily read, ever-insistent sport regulations and the veiled societal … An Imperfect Force

Featured in the Reading Room 220: THE PERPETUAL MOTION MACHINE by Paul Scheerbart

Last spring, Press Street unveiled in a soft opening the new Reading Room 220 on the first floor of our headquarters on St. Claude Avenue. The community space—which hosts events, adult writing workshops, Big Class activities, and more—includes a collection of quality books and periodicals that span subject, format, and genre. Many are from independent publishers and … Featured in the Reading Room 220: THE PERPETUAL MOTION MACHINE by Paul Scheerbart

Fall 2014 Walker Percy Center community writing workshops

Loyola’s Walker Percy Center has released its slate of community writing workshops for Fall 2014. Taught by experienced, published writers, these workshops provide aspiring writers of all skill levels a small, constructive environment to discuss their work and a reason to hurry up and get back on that daily writing regimen. Instruction will be offered … Fall 2014 Walker Percy Center community writing workshops

The Neighborhood Story Project presents TALKING BACK TO HISTORY book launch Sept. 10

Local publishing outfit extraordinaire The Neighborhood Story Project will celebrate the release of its newest installment, Talking Back to History, with a reception and reading from seven high school contributors at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 10, at the Neighborhood Story Project Offices (2202 Lapeyrouse St.). Talking Back to History is a collection of essays by students at Lake Area … The Neighborhood Story Project presents TALKING BACK TO HISTORY book launch Sept. 10

Room 220 Presents: The Waves reading series

The Waves, a new quarterly LGBTQ reading series, will hold its inaugural reading at 7 p.m. on Thursday, August 28, at Antenna Gallery (3718 St. Claude Ave.) The series will present local and visiting writers alongside emerging and student voices to encompass a multigenerational LGBTQ perspective. This edition of The Waves will present an all-local cast … Room 220 Presents: The Waves reading series

One Book, One New Orleans launches a month and a half of literacy-focused events Sept. 11

The 10th annual One Book, One New Orleans event series focusing on adult literacy will launch with a kickoff party from 5:30 – 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 11, at the PubliQ House (4528 Freret St.). The party will celebrate the beginning of this year’s “reading season,” during which the entire city is invited to read … One Book, One New Orleans launches a month and a half of literacy-focused events Sept. 11

UNO Press seeks submissions for an anthology of online post-Katrina writing

The University of New Orleans Press—in collaboration with editor, journalist, and former New Orleanian Cynthia Joyce—is seeking recommendations for content to include in a new anthology of some of the best Hurrican Katrina-related blogging and online writing. “If you wrote, or remember reading, blogs/posts that should not be missed—because they crystallized the particular challenges of … UNO Press seeks submissions for an anthology of online post-Katrina writing