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
The New Orleans Museum of Music and Cultural Arts will host Dr. Jerry Ward at 6 p.m. on Thursday, November 3, at their 124 Baronne Street location, which is adjacent to Crescent City Books. Ward will read from and sign his new book of poems, Fractal Song. Reception at 6 p.m. Event begins at 6:30. By special request, Dave Brinks will open. Jerry … Jerry Ward book release: Fractal Song
New Orleans poets M’Bilia Meekers and Geoff Munsterman will present their work at a reading beginning at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 9, at Crescent City Books (223 Chartres St.). Meekers is the author of Wish for a Drowned Daughter, a collection of poetry that won the 2011 Faulkner-Wisdom Literary Competition. She is also a singer … M’Bilia Meekers and Geoff Munsterman read at Crescent City Books Oct. 9
A map of Dublin, drawn by Vladimir Nabokov, based on Ulysses. New Orleanians will celebrate the (fictional) life and times of James Joyce’s protagonist Leopold Bloom with a communal marathon reading of the famous novel that features Bloom’s antics, Ulysses, at this year’s Bloomsday, sponsored by Crescent City Books, beginning at 6 p.m. on Monday, June 16, … Bloomsday 2014: New Orleans does Dublin via Joyce – Again!
The Black Widow Salon, a regular showcase of local and visiting writers, will host five “emerging” writers from 7 – 9 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 18, at Crescent City Books (230 Chartres St.). This event—which showcases young-ish, littler-known local writers new and veteran to the city—is a follow-up to another BWS event one year ago … Writers emerge yet again from the Black Widow Salon Feb. 18
The Black Widow Salon continues its docket of literary events next month with presentations by Mark Yakich from 7 – 9 p.m. on Oct. 1 and Carolyn Hembree from 2 – 4 p.m. on Oct. 6. Both events will take place at Crescent City Books (230 Chartres St.) and the latter will also celebrate the … Crescent City Books hosts October authors, celebrates 20 years
Crescent City Books will host a 12-hour marathon reading of James Joyce’s Ulysses this Saturday, June 16, at the Irish House (1432 St. Charles Ave.) in celebration of your favorite literary nerd holiday and mine, Bloomsday! The event encourages folks young and old, bookish and barely literate, to take part in the reading of one … Saturday is Bloomsday!
By Michael Allen Zell Bill Zavatsky is a New York poet who has had two of his own books published since 1975. Why so few? He’s been busy running SUN press and magazine for fifteen years, translating Surrealist poets, teaching, and playing jazz piano. Zavatsky graciously took time to answer a few questions last week … “You publish too much!” An interview with Bill Zavatsky
M’Bilia Meekers reads with accompaniment at the Columns Hotel; Room 220 editors refrain from editorializing for fear of seeming creepy; Meekers will perform at the next Black Widow Salon. The Black Widow Salon continues its monthly literary event series at Crescent City Books in February with a group of “emerging” local writers: Christopher Hellwig, Jenna … Writers “Emerge” at the Black Widow Salon
