Room 220 is pleased to present a Happy Hour Salon with poets Andy Young and Sara Slaughter from 6 – 9 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 4, at the Press Street HQ (3718 St. Claude Ave.). The event will celebrate new publications by both poets, and they will be reading from these works. Andy Young‘s debut poetry collection, … ROOM 220 Presents: A Happy Hour Salon with Andy Young and Sara Slaughter
Room 220 will host the New Orleans launch of Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas at a Happy Hour Salon from 4 – 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 23, at the All Ways Lounge (2240 St. Claude Ave.). More details here. Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas Edited by Rebecca Solnit and Rebecca Snedeker University … Truth, meaning, and location can be lost, even in a book of maps: A review of UNFATHOMABLE CITY: A NEW ORLEANS ATLAS
The Room 220 Happy Hour Salon with the creators of Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas will feature readings by contributors such as Andy Young and Khaled Hegazzi, who will jointly present their essay, “The Ibis-Headed God of New Orleans,” which corresponds to the map “The Mississippi Is (Not) the Nile: Arab New Orleans, Real … Andy Young, Khaled Hegazzi, and the Sweet Potato Boy of Tahrir Square
Room 220 is pleased to present a Happy Hour Salon to celebrate the local launch of Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas, edited by Rebecca Solnit and Rebecca Snedeker, from 4 – 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 23, at the All Ways Lounge (2240 St. Claude Ave). Maple Street Book Shop will be on hand … ROOM 220 Presents: A Happy Hour Salon with Rebecca Solnit, Rebecca Snedeker, and the creators of UNFATHOMABLE CITY: A NEW ORLEANS ATLAS
By Nathan C. Martin Just as Room 220 was getting on its feet about a year ago, another breathtaking development of historical significance was taking place—the Egyptian revolution. One of the very first Room 220 posts was an interview I conducted with Andy Young and Khaled Hegazzi, co-editors of Meena Magazine, a bi-lingual literary journal … I Can’t Discount the Factor of Helplessness: Andy Young’s New Book on Watching the Egyptian Revolution
