Linda Taylor was one of the most infamous figures of the 20th century. She’s now a forgotten woman, having faded from public view four decades ago. But while the real Taylor vanished from our collective memory, her nickname, the “welfare queen” persisted. In THE QUEEN: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth, Slate national editor, … An Evening With Josh Levin
Well known author Judith Viorst will speak about her newest work, NEARING NINETY. She is known for ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY and many other works. Book will be available for purchase and signing after the event, thanks to Octavia Books. Free and open to the community New Orleans JCC … An Evening With Judith Viorst
Author Sheri Fink will present her new book, Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital, at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 20, at the Jewish Community Center (5342 St. Charles Ave.). Five Days at Memorial provides readers an exhaustively researched and elaborately retold series of events that took place in post-Katrina … Sheri Fink headlines the Jewish Book Festival Nov. 20 with a presentation of FIVE DAYS AT MEMORIAL
