The launch of Dan Bright and Justin Nobel’s The Story of Dan Bright will take place at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, November 18, at Octavia Books (513 Octavia Street). Justin Nobel writes about science and culture for publications like Oxford American, Orion, Audubon, Tin House, Nautilus, and Newsweek. His story, “The Last Inuit of Quebec,” was published in Best American … Octavia Books hosts the release of The Story of Dan Bright
Piper Kerman will speak on Thursday, November 17, from 3:30 – 4:45 p.m. at Tulane University’s Freeman Auditorium on their uptown campus. Piper Kerman is the author of the memoir Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison from Spiegel & Grau. The book has been adapted by Jenji Kohan into an Emmy Award-winning original … Tulane University hosts Piper Kerman for a conversation on women in prison
The Blood Jet Poetry Series will host Peyton Burgess and Alison Barker for their Fiction Night on Wednesday, November 16, at 8 p.m. at B.J.’s (4301 Burgundy). Peyton Burgess lives with his wife and son in New Orleans where he teaches composition and creative writing at Loyola and works in the Monroe Library. He is the author … Blood Jet Fiction Night with Peyton Burgess and Alison Barker
The launch of Rm220 contributor Nicholas Mainieri’s The Infinite will take place at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 15, at Octavia Books (513 Octavia Street). Nicholas Mainieri’s debut novel, The Infinite, will be published by Harper Perennial in November of 2016. Born in Miami, Florida, in 1983, Nicholas has also lived in Colorado and Indiana. After graduating from the … Octavia Books presents the launch for Nicholas Mainieri’s The Infinite
The Dogfish Reading Series presents Sam Ligon and Kate Lebo at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 17, at Dogfish headquarters (2448 N. Villere St). The event is free and open to the public. Sam Ligon is the author of two novels–Among the Dead and Dreaming and Safe in Heaven Dead–and two collections of stories, Wonderland, illustrated by Stephen … Dogfish presents Sam Ligon and Kate Lebo
Team Slam New Orleans will host their November Slam featuring Kenneth Something at 7 p.m. on Sunday, November 6, at the Ashe Cultural Arts Center (1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd). The monthly slam and open mic returns this month, and it will held at the Ashe Cultural Arts Center on the first Sunday of every month. … Slam New Orleans November Slam Featuring Kenneth Something
Justin Nobel and Maurice Ruffin will host a Gatecrashers Publishing Panel at 5 p.m. on Sunday, November 6, at Envie Espresso Bar & Cafe (1241 Decatur Street). This event is a call out to writers of all stripes. This is not a writing workshop, but a pitching session. You may have a great essay or short … Gatecrashers Publishing Panel
Christopher Louis Romaguera will read from poetry and prose he has written while living in New Orleans before he spends most of the next year traveling and writing in South America. Sara Jacobelli will introduce Romaguera at the event, which will take place at 7 p.m. on Saturday, November 5, at BJ’s in the Bywater (4301 … Christopher Louis Romaguera Reading at BJ’s
LadyFest New Orleans Literary Readings will host a reading at 2 p.m. on Saturday, November 5, at a Garden District home (1432 Magazine Street). Organizers promise great food, great wine, and great fun. The reading will feature women writing literature in New Orleans and Louisiana, including: Andrea Panzeca, Lauren Burgess, The Witness, Anna Young, Sara Jacobelli, Jade Hurter, … LadyFest Lit 2016: Saturday Afternoon
The UNO Creative Writing Workshop hosts English Alumni Night at 6 p.m. on Friday, November 4, at the Homer L. Hitt Alumni Center (Campus map here). Dine and reminisce with fellow graduates, as well as present and former faculty to help mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Creative Writing Workshop. RSVP by Oct. 14, at this link. … UNO English Alumni Night
What should Antenna carry forward? What can evolve? What does our creative ecology need from Antenna now & what pathways can we build together to get there?
This October, Antenna invites artists, writers, culture bearers, cultural workers, neighbors, partners, and audiences to join a series of Critical Response Process (CRP) sessions around our emerging Values + Pathways Framework.