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ROOM 220 PRESENTS: A Happy Hour Salon with Ed Skoog, Lydia Cutrer, Geoff Munsterman, Hallie Rundle, Blake W. Encalarde, Chanel Clarke, and Marlo Barrera

Room 220 is pleased to present a Happy Hour Salon featuring readings by poet Ed Skoog and a cadre of his former students from NOCCA: Marlo Barerra, Chanel Clarke, Lydia Cutrer, Geoff Munsterman, Hallie Rundle, and Blake W. Encalarde. The event will take place from 7 – 9 p.m. on Wednesday, April 30, at the … ROOM 220 PRESENTS: A Happy Hour Salon with Ed Skoog, Lydia Cutrer, Geoff Munsterman, Hallie Rundle, Blake W. Encalarde, Chanel Clarke, and Marlo Barrera

In broadcast begins responsibilities: The UNO/WWNO program Storyville needs to step it up

By Taylor Murrow Storyville, for those who don’t know, was a regulated vice district (brothels, gambling, booze—the whole shebang) at the edge of the French Quarter in the early 20th century. It was shut down in 1917, but was memorialized in photographs by E.J. Bellocq and has made its footprint on the city’s cultural legacy. … In broadcast begins responsibilities: The UNO/WWNO program Storyville needs to step it up

Taymika G. Byrd presents CRESCENT CITY CONNECTION at the Community Book Center April 19

Local author Taymika G. Byrd will present and sign copies of her new book, Crescent City Connection, during an event from 4 – 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 19, at the Community Book Center (2523 Bayou Road). Crescent City Connection follows a young protagonist through the milieu of Mardi Gras and the traumatic and terrifying … Taymika G. Byrd presents CRESCENT CITY CONNECTION at the Community Book Center April 19

Long Live the Neighborhood Story Project

The Neighborhood Story Project, a collaborative community publishing endeavor that uses oral histories, photography, and storytelling to create books that document facets of New Orleans’ civic and cultural tapestry, was recently awarded a $240,000 grant from the Surdna Foundation to continue its wonderful projects. The grant will be awarded over a period of three years … Long Live the Neighborhood Story Project

Violence, alcohol abuse, racism, sex, extreme weather, and finally, a sort of liberalism: An interview with Nancy Dixon on her anthology of 200 years of New Orleans literature

By C.W. Cannon An ambitious new volume, N.O. Lit: 200 Years of New Orleans Literature, collects short fiction and plays that reflect the city’s literary history, from Paul Louis LeBlanc de Villeneufve’s 18th-century play The Festival of the Young Corn, or The Heroism of Poucha-Houmma to Fatima Shaik’s 1987 short story “Climbing Monkey Hill,” with … Violence, alcohol abuse, racism, sex, extreme weather, and finally, a sort of liberalism: An interview with Nancy Dixon on her anthology of 200 years of New Orleans literature

The Delta Mouth Literary Festival chips away at Baton Rouge’s doldrums April 3 – 6

LSU’s graduate creative writing program and its cohorts will try very hard to make our normally dull state capital appealing (to book nerds) for at least one weekend this year by hosting the Delta Mouth Literary Festival April 3 – 6 at venues throughout Baton Rouge. Interests vary among featured presenters, such as Wayne Koestenbaum, … The Delta Mouth Literary Festival chips away at Baton Rouge’s doldrums April 3 – 6

Call for entries: 2014 New Orleans Loving Festival Essay Competition

The New Orleans Loving Festival is accepting entries for the 2014 Youth Essay Contest.  The Loving Festival is a multiracial community celebration and film festival that challenges racial discrimination through outreach and education. Middle school and high school students in the New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner metropolitan area are invited to submit essays that addresses: Why we should … Call for entries: 2014 New Orleans Loving Festival Essay Competition

Richard Siken to headline the New Orleans New Writers 2014 LitFest March 27 and give a reading at UNO March 28

Poet Richard Siken will give the keynote reading for the 7thd annual New Orleans New Writers Literary Festival at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 27, at the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts’ (2800 Chartres St.). Siken is the recipient of a Literature Fellowship in Poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts, the … Richard Siken to headline the New Orleans New Writers 2014 LitFest March 27 and give a reading at UNO March 28