Garden District Book Shop will host Jesmyn Ward to celebrate the release of her latest novel Sing, Unburied, Sing at 6 p.m. on Thursday, October 12, at their storefront (2727 Prytania Street). Ward will be in conversation with Nathaniel Rich. Sing, Unburied, Sing grapples with the ugly truths at the heart of the American story and the … Jesmyn Ward at Garden District Book Shop
Octavia Books will host Jesmyn Ward for the release of her new novel Sing, Unburied, Sing at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, October 10, at their storefront (513 Octavia Street). In Jesmyn Ward’s first novel since Salvage the Bones, this singular American writer brings the archetypal road novel into rural twenty-first-century America. Drawing on Morrison and Faulkner, … Jesmyn Ward at Octavia Books
The Poetry Buffet will host poets Karen Maceira, Valentine Pierce, and Trisha Rezende at 3 p.m. on Saturday, October 7, at Latter Library (5120 St. Charles Avenue).
WNBA of New Orleans hosts an event for National Reading Group Month. Words & Society: Women Poets Resist will take place at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 7, at the Mid-City Library (4140 Canal Street). The event’s lineup includes Louisiana’s former state poet laureate Julie Kane and Chapter members Stacey Balkun, Gina Ferrara, Melinda Palacio, Andrea … WNBA of NOLA presents Words & Society: Women Poets Resist
Bar Redux will host Music & Poetry at 6 p.m. on Sunday, October 22, at 801 Poland Avenue. This month features music with Guest Host Jonathan Brown. Spoken word & poetry readings by Christopher Hefferman, Briana Augustus, Amanda Emily Smith, Toby O’Brien, Simon Taylor, and Russ Mercado. There is a signup sheet for poets wishing … Music & Poetry at Bar Redux
Newcomb College Institute hosts Jorie Graham at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 9, at Tulane’s Freeman Auditorium. Jorie Graham is the 2017 Florie Gale Arons Poet. She has published more than a dozen books of poetry, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Dream of the Unified Field: Selected Poems 1974-1994 (1996) and Fast (2017). She has … Jorie Graham at Tulane University
A Studio in the Woods and the New Orleans Center for the Gulf (Nola Gulf South) will host Edward Ball’s discussion of his book Slave Trail of Tears: The Forgotten Journey of a Million at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, October 10, at Tulane’s Freeman Auditorium. Ball tells the story of a migration twice as large as … Slave Trail of Tears: The Forgotten Journey of a Million
Garden District Book Shop hosts Isabel Allende in conversation with Anne Gisleson at 7 p.m. on Friday, November 17, at the Academy of the Sacred Heart (4521 Saint Charles Avenue). Tickets are available here, and each ticket includes one signed copy of In the Midst of Winter, Allende’s new book. Books will be distributed to ticket … An Evening with Isabel Allende at Academy of the Sacred Heart
Crescent City Books hosts Mary Ann Caws at 7 p.m. on Thursday, October 5, at their storefront (124 Baronne Street). Caws will read and discuss the Poetry of Surrealism. She will be touching on the works of Andre Breton, Paul Eduard, Rene Char, and others. Mary Ann Caws is Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature, English, … Mary Ann Caws at Crescent City Books
Big Class and DJ Soul Sister host the annual event, A Dark and Stormy Night, at 6 p.m. on Thursday, October 5, at Felicity Church (1220 Felicity Street). Sip spirits during a cocktail contest featuring eight critically-acclaimed mixologists, enjoy small bites from top culinary local talent, shop a pop-up Haunting Supply Company, and bid on … A Dark and Stormy Night 2017
