The 2013 Coffee and Conversation series (brought to you by the Tennessee Williams Literary Festival) begins this week at 7pm Wednesday, September 18th, at the Jefferson Parish Library. Michael Sartisky, director of the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, will discuss A Unique Slant of Light: The Bicentennial History of Art in Louisiana. According to the … 2013 Coffee and Conversation series begins this Wednesday
Yale University has selected local author and Room 220 friend Michael Jeffrey Lee as a recipient of the 2013 Yale Educator Award. Yale asks incoming freshmen to nominate teachers who particularly inspired them. Recent NOCCA graduate-cum-Yale-student Leigh Vila picked Lee, who teaches creative writing at the arts conservatory. Lee is the author of the short … Yale recognizes Michael Jeffrey Lee for his inspirational prowess
Local author Michael Patrick Welch, who writes a regular column for the VICE magazine website about New Orleans, made a “pilgrimage” to see famed New Orleans publisher “Gypsy” Lou Webb for his most recent installment. Webb was one half—with her husband, Jon—of Loujon Press, the 1960s French Quarter publishing outfit that put out books by … Michael Patrick Welch visits Gypsy Lou Webb for VICE
From Nola Defender By Derick Dupre In 1730, Marc-Antoine Caillot arrived in New Orleans to record his observations about Louisiana, or ‘New France,’ as he knew it. In ‘A Company Man,’ modern Crescent City residents get a peek into their hometown in the 18th Century and see that much of the lure of 18th Century … ‘A Company Man’ details a raucus romp through 18th-century New Orleans
The Historic New Orleans collection recently unveiled a new exhibition, “Alternative Imprints: Jon Webb, Gypsy Lou, and the Hand-Sewn World of the Loujon Press,” dedicated to the life and work of the progenitors of the esteemed 1960s New Orleans publishing project. The exhibition, which consists largely of materials donated to the HNOC by the Webbs’ … The Historic New Orleans Collection presents “Alternative Imprints: Jon Webb, Gypsy Lou, and the Hand-Sewn World of the Loujon Press”
Refugees granted asylum in the United States arrive through only a handful of cities. They often spend the first night in their new country at a hotel near the airport, where they rest and prepare for the next leg of their journey. Beginning in 2007, the first person some of these refugees would meet in … You might think sending Bhutanese people to Fargo doesn’t make sense, but it does: A Conversation About Refugees with Juliet Linderman and Susan Weishar
New Orleans novelist George Bishop, Jr. will celebrate the release of his most recent book, Night of the Comet, with two local upcoming events: at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, August 5, at the Garden District Book Shop, and at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, August 13, at Octavia Books. Night of the Comet is the story … Night of the Comet launch events Aug. 5 and 13
Stray Leaves, a monthly(ish) column of New Orleans literary obscurities by Michael Allen Zell, is a lifting up of stones and crowing about that found underneath, led by the guiding notion that we are standing on the shoulders of writers and books that deserve their names and faces returned to the public. Eighty years ago, … STRAY LEAVES: The Raven At The Gate Of The Tropics
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
Fuck Poems: An Exceptional Anthology Edited by Vincent A. Cellucci (Lavender Ink) Reviewed by Erik Vande Stowe “The poets! They’ve destabilized/explored a concept previously unspoken. We are all so proud of them.” This is the general outline of the review. As the resolution increases, individual paragraphs come into focus and we learn that, by charting … You pretend to be bold and we’ll pretend to be radical: FUCK POEMS reviewed by Erik Vade Stowe
