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A Lament for Maple Street

By now I feel most literate adults have had some sort of discussion about the dynamic time in which we find ourselves in terms of reading—the way we read is changing, has changed, exponentially, magnificently. Not since the invention of the printing press has there been such an insane shove in accessibility of information. The A Lament for Maple Street

LIVE PROSE: Shade Ashani and Kristina Robinson to read as part of the New Orleans Loving Festival

Room 220 is pleased to present writers Kristina Robinson and Shade Ashani for an evening of live prose as part of the New Orleans Loving Festival at 6 p.m. on Saturday, June 9, at the New Orleans Healing Center (2372 St. Claude Ave.). The reading will coincide with the opening of Mixed Messages.2, a showcase LIVE PROSE: Shade Ashani and Kristina Robinson to read as part of the New Orleans Loving Festival

The People Say Project presents Lafcadio Hearn, late night at the Tennessee Williams Festival

Jeez, the titles of these posts are getting increasingly genius, aren’t they? It’s a rough world in this local literary blogosphere, kid. Sometimes it kills the head (and the heart … and the liver? no, we don’t have no time for drinkin’). You know who did have time for drinking? Lafcadio Hearn. His portrayal of The People Say Project presents Lafcadio Hearn, late night at the Tennessee Williams Festival