The Blood Jet Poetry Series presents Clare Welsh and Todd Cirillo at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, March 29, at BJ’s in the Bywater (4301 Burgundy). Clare Welsh is a native of Pennsylvania. She has published poems, stories and photographs in McSweeny’s, Nailed Magazine, The Susquehanna Review, Salt, Viator, and other places in print and online. She … Blood Jet Poetry Series presents Clare Welsh and Todd Cirillo
The Dogfish Reading Series presents poet, song-writer, singer, and writer, Tarriona “Tank” Ball at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 18, at Dogfish Headquarters (2448 N Villere Street). A New Orleans native, Tarriona “Tank” Ball has been writing poetry since she was young and was a prominent member of the Slam New Orleans team. She released a … Dogfish presents Tarriona “Tank” Ball
Poet Dan Beachy-Quick will read at Tulane University at 7p.m. on Monday, March 13, in Freeman Auditorium. Dan Beachy-Quick teaches poetry workshops and literature courses at Colorado State University. He is the author of five books of poetry, North True South Bright (2003), Spell(2004), Mulberry (2006), This Nest, Swift Passerine (2009), and Circle’s Apprentice (2011, … Dan Beachy-Quick at Tulane University
The UNO Creative Writing Workshop will host a reading by poets Biljana D. Obradovi? and Chris Shipman on Wednesday, March 15, at 8 p.m., at the UNO Lakeside Campus, Liberal Arts Building, Room 197. The reading will be followed by a Q&A, booksigning, and brief reception. This event is supported in part by Poets & … UNO Creative Writing Workshop Presents Biljana D. Obradovi? and Chris Shipman
The Blood Jet Poetry Series’s fiction night, hosted by Tom Andes, will feature Katy Simpson Smith and Julia Carey on Wednesday, March 15, at 8 p.m. at B.J.’s (4301 Burgundy). Katy Simpson Smith was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi. She attended Mount Holyoke College and received a PhD in history from the University of North Carolina … Blood Jet Fiction Night: Katy Simpson Smith and Julia Carey
Dr. Alexis De Veaux will give the Custard Lecture and Audra Lorde Days Keynote at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 14, at Tulane University’s Stone Auditorium in the Woldenberg Art Center. Dr. De Veaux is the author of Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde, which won the Gustavus Meyers Outstanding Book Award, the Lambda … Dr. Alexis De Veaux at Tulane University
Pass It On presents the March installment of its ongoing series. This month’s featuring artist is the New Orleans Youth Open Mic team. The event will take place at 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 11, at the Joan Mitchell Center (2275 Bayou Road).
Hosted by the Historic New Orleans Collection, journalist Gwen Tompkins, host of public radio’s “Music Inside Out” and a contributor to the new edition of Danny Barker’s “A Life in Jazz” (THNOC 2016), will discuss the book and sign copies. The event will take place at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 15, at Maple Street … A Life in Jazz
A brand new indie literary festival makes its debut in New Orleans this March. Tenderness, Yea and 2fast2house come together to present 2tender4house, a three-day poetry festival throughout New Orleans. The festival showcases local queer, trans, and POC poets to foster a more inclusive poetry community. Local readers include: Jo Gehringer, Zoë Blair-Schlagenhauf, Laura Theobald, … 2tender4house
In a conversation titled, “Black Women Writers and the Re-imagincation of American Culture,” the Amistad Research Center hosts Bernice L. McFadden with Alexis De Veaux to discuss black women’s literature and its shaping of American culture. The event will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 16, at the Ashé Cultural Arts Center (1712 … Conversations in Color: Bernice L. McFadden and Alexis De Veaux
