Maple Street Book Shop will host Vernon Smith on Saturday, March 11, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at their uptown storefront (7529 Maple Street). He will be signing copies of and reading from The Littlest Streetcar. Author and illustrator Vernon Smith takes his love of iconic New Orleans streetcars to another level in this … Maple Street Book Shop presents Vernon Smith
The Community Book Center hosts the book signing and reception for Shaune Bordere’s Action Words: Journey of a Journalist/Ora M. Lewis – Desegregation Novel 1935 – 1936. The event will take place at 6 p.m. on Friday, March 10, at 2523 Bayou Road.
On Sunday, March 12 at 2 p.m., The Brave New World Book Club will meet at Tubby & Coo’s Mid-City Book Shop (631 N. Carrollton Avenue) to discuss this month’s book: The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez. In theme with the book, the discussion will focus on race and the immigrant experience in America. … Brave New World Book Club: The Book of Unknown Americans
Join the Blood Jet Poetry Series for a reading and signing of works by three poets. This event also features as a release for Jessica Fiorini’s new collection, Make It Rain. The event will be held at 6p.m. on Wednesday, March 22, at BJ’s in the Bywater (4301 Burgundy). Jessica Fiorini is the author of … Blood Jet Poetry Series: Jessica Fiorini, Prairie M. Faul, Elle Magnuson
The Dogfish Reading Series presents Ed Skoog and Marc Nieson at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 16, at Dogfish headquarters (2448 N. Villere St). The event is free and open to the public. Ed Skoog is the author of three books of poems: Mister Skylight, Rough Day (winner of the Washington State Book Award), and the forthcoming … Dogfish Presents: Ed Skoog and Marc Nieson
Since 1986, the Tennessee Williams Literary Festival, coinciding with his birthday, has celebrated the playwright’s legacy and the city he made his home. From March 22 to March 26, multiple New Orleans locations will host incredible speakers, contests, and events. This year’s speakers include Rick Bragg, Bryan Batt, Wally Lamb, Bev Marshall, John S. Bak, … Tennessee Williams Literary Festival 2017
Friends of the Jefferson Public Library takes over Kenner’s Pontchartrain Center for its semi-annual sale of over 60,000 used books, puzzles, DVDs, CDs, vinyl LPs and more. All proceeds benefit the Jefferson Public Library. Free admission and parking. Credit cards accepted. Pontchartrain Center 4545 Williams Blvd. Kenner, LA Thursday-Saturday, 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. Sunday, … Friends of Jefferson Public Library’s Big Book Sale
Maple Street Book Shop hosts Melissa Dickey and Andy Stallings at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 14, at their uptown storefront (7529 Maple Street). Both authors will read from and sign copies of their books. Melissa Dickey is the author of Dragons (2016) and The Lily Will (2011), both published by Rescue Press. Her poems … Melissa Dickey and Andy Stallings at Maple Street Book Shop
The Platforms Fund is excited to host an evening with three incredible organizers, Roya Amirsoleymani, Tanya D Garcia, and Imani Jacqueline Brown. Roya and Tanya will give brief presentations about their community focused practices in Portland, OR and Baltimore, MD and then will have a discussion around community engagement and it’s role within their … In Dialog: Roya Amirsoleymani, Tanya D Garcia, & Imani J Brown
In “Can the Subaltern Speak?”, Gayatri Spivak critiques Deleuze and Guattari’s Anti-Oedipus; she writes: “theories of ideology cannot afford to overlook the category of representation in two senses…[t]hey must note how the staging of the world in representation…dissimulates the choice of and need for “heroes,” paternal proxies, agents of power.” Spivak’s distinction between these simultaneously … Confronting the surrounding, unbearable silence: A review of Lauren Levin’s The Braid
