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Los Invisibles Inmigrantes of the Post-Katrina New Orleans Reconstruction Apocalypse Blues

This is an excerpt from Immigrant Dreams and Alien Nightmares, a new collection of poetry by José Torres-Tama. Room 220 will host Torres-Tama for a reading/performance to celebrate the launch of the book from 3 – 5 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 7, at the Press Street HQ (3718 St. Claude Ave.). ++ In the summer of 2009, the … Los Invisibles Inmigrantes of the Post-Katrina New Orleans Reconstruction Apocalypse Blues

Bilingual Native Citizen of the Hemispheric Americas: Latino Immigrants & the Reconstruction

This is an excerpt from the introduction to Immigrant Dreams and Alien Nightmares, a new collection of poetry by José Torres-Tama. Room 220 will host a Post-Brunch Salon to celebrate its release from 3-5 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 7, at the Press Street HQ (3718 St. Claude Ave.). Having been born in Ecuador, South America and come … Bilingual Native Citizen of the Hemispheric Americas: Latino Immigrants & the Reconstruction

Ibrahima Seck to present BOUKI FAIT GOMBO, a history of the slave community at Whitney Plantation, Dec. 3 at Octavia Books

Ibrahima Seck, a professor of history at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, Senegal, whose work focuses on Louisiana, will present his new book, Bouki Fait Gombo: A History of the Slave Community of Habitation Haydel (Whitney Plantation) Louisiana, 1750-1860, with a reading at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 3, at Octavia Books (513 Octavia St.). Bouki … Ibrahima Seck to present BOUKI FAIT GOMBO, a history of the slave community at Whitney Plantation, Dec. 3 at Octavia Books

Poet dialog: Andy Young and Sara Slaughter interview each other

Poets Andy Young and Sara Slaughter met while in the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College. They will each present their new book at a Happy Hour Salon presented by Room 220 from 6 – 9 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 4, at the Press Street HQ (3718 St. Claude Ave.). Young’s debut collection … Poet dialog: Andy Young and Sara Slaughter interview each other

ROOM 220 Presents: A Post-Brunch Salon with José Torres-Tama

Room 220 is pleased to present a Post-Brunch Salon featuring poet and performance artist José Torres-Tama from 3 -5 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 7, at the Press Street HQ (3718 St. Claude Ave.). The event will celebrate the release of a new book of Torres-Tama’s poetry, Immigrant Dreams and Alien Nightmares, which collects 25 years of the artist’s work. … ROOM 220 Presents: A Post-Brunch Salon with José Torres-Tama

ROOM 220 Presents: A Happy Hour Salon with Andy Young and Sara Slaughter

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

Multitalented poet and performer Mong-Lan to read at UNO Nov. 19

Poet, artist, singer, tango dancer, and general creative dynamo Mong-Lan will give a reading at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 19, in room 201 of the Liberal Arts Building on UNO’s Lakeside Campus (here’s a map). Mong-Lan is the author, most recently, of One Thousand Minds Brimming: Poems and Art. Her writing has been widely anthologized … Multitalented poet and performer Mong-Lan to read at UNO Nov. 19

Jamaica Kincaid to read at Tulane Nov. 13

Esteemed author Jamaica Kincaid will give a reading at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 13, in Dixon Hall on the campus of Tulane University. The event is free and open to the public. Kincaid is the author of five novels, five nonfictions books, one story collection, and fiction and nonfiction published in the best magazines in … Jamaica Kincaid to read at Tulane Nov. 13

I learned something in the patterns and music in her voice: An interview with Catherine Lacey

John Ashbery once said, “I write with experiences in mind, but I don’t write about them, I write out of them.” This approach is not necessarily uncommon among poets or fiction writers, but Ashbery’s phrase returned to me again and again as I read Nobody Is Ever Missing, Catherine Lacey’s debut novel. In it, a … I learned something in the patterns and music in her voice: An interview with Catherine Lacey

I much prefer smaller history: An interview with Wayne Curtis

In 1909, on the afternoon his 70th birthday, Edward P. Weston set out to walk from New York to California. His feat is chronicled in journalist Wayne Curtis’ latest book, The Last Great Walk: The True Story of a 1909 Walk from New York to San Francisco and Why It Matters Today. Curtis will present this … I much prefer smaller history: An interview with Wayne Curtis