Octavia Books hosts the inaugural New Orleans reading of Why There Are Words at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 14, at their storefront (513 Octavia). Hear from wonderful local writers in one of New Orleans’s most beloved independent bookstores, Octavia Books. Books will be on sale and authors will be signing. Maggie Pahos is the curator and host. $10 … Why There Are Words: Inaugural New Orleans Reading
Garden District Book Shop hosts their March book club meeting to discuss Dave Eggers’ Heroes of the Frontier at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 14, at their storefront (2727 Prytania Street).
Backatown hosts One Mic at 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 11, at 301 Basin Street. Backatown invites the wordsmiths, political savants, writers, and lyricists to take the mic to share their verses, vibe, & vision in a 3 to 5 minute presentation. To present, register at backatownnola.com or walk-in. Hosted By: Exodus the Poet. Music/Words: Emancipation Orchestra with … One Mic at Backatown
Garden District Book Shop hosts their July Book Club Meeting to discuss Lisa Ko’s The Leavers at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, July 11, at their storefront (2727 Prytania Street).
Garden District Book Shop presents Raynard Sanders at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 24, at their storefront (2727 Prytania St). Charter schools once promised a path toward educational equity, but as the authors of this powerful volume show, market-driven education reforms have instead boldly reestablished a tiered public school system that segregates students by race … Raynard Sanders at Garden District Book Shop
Poets Kathy D’Arcy and Cassie Pruyn will read from their work at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 16, at 4300 Annette St. The evening will also feature an Open Mic Lotto, in which one winner will have the chance to kick the night off by reading 5-10 minutes of their own original work. Interested individuals should … A Reading with Kathy D’Arcy and Cassie Pruyn
RM220 will host Michael Martone and Rodney Jones at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 18, 2018, at Saturn Bar, 3067 St. Claude Ave. We will have free broadsides featuring words from Martone’s latest book, BROODING, designed and printed by Friedrich Kerksieck and Small Fires Press. Octavia Books will be on hand to sell copies of Brooding. Michael … RM220 presents Michael Martone & Rodney Jones
Matchbook Vol. 4 (Small Fires Press, 2017) Guest edited by Jessica Elsaesser Especially for poets, communicating ideas on the page often becomes the work of compression—beginning with multitudes of disparate yet interconnected images, and then paring them down to their essential elements. Typically, this process takes place on the blank field of an 8.5″ x … The Power of Transgressing the Confines: A Review of Matchbook Vol. 4 from Small Fires Press
From geophysicist in Sumatra to winner of the Man Booker Prize, author George Saunders has made quite a bit of his 59 years on the planet. At 7 p.m. on Tuesday, February 20 at the New Orleans Advocate (840 St. Charles), he’ll add “reading from my book in New Orleans” to the list. WRBH’s David … “That would be fun:” An Interview with George Saunders
Reading Room 220 March April show features Chandler O’Leary and Jessica Spring, artists and writers who combine text and imagery in their work, and who collaborate together on the Dead Feminists series of broadsides. Their series features quotes by historical women tied to current political and social issues. Since 2008 they have produced 26 limited-edition … conTEXT Pop-up Shop and Book Signing
