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P.3 Reads presents Mary Ellen Carroll and David Freedman on Thomas Bernhard’s THE LOSER

In conjunction with Prospect.3, the international art biennial that will open in spaces throughout New Orleans next fall, the folks at Prospect have launched a series of literary events in New Orleans Public Library branches, P.3 Reads, that will feature artists from the biennial talking about books that are central to their work. The next … P.3 Reads presents Mary Ellen Carroll and David Freedman on Thomas Bernhard’s THE LOSER

Inhabited by the story: An interview with Roxane Gay

By Jamey Hatley I am not entirely convinced that Roxane Gay is a single entity. I intend to find out at the Tennessee Williams Literary Festival, where she will sit for panels and interviews on both Saturday and Sunday, March 22 and 23, at the Hotel Monteleone (214 Royal St.; see links for times). Gay … Inhabited by the story: An interview with Roxane Gay

Community writing workshops recommence at Loyola’s Walker Percy Center

The Walker Percy Center at Loyola University New Orleans is gearing up for its next round of community writing classes, which begin on March 23 (deadline to register is March 21). These eight-week evening courses offer writing instruction to authors of all skill levels and, with $250 tuition, they’re much cheaper than an MFA. For … Community writing workshops recommence at Loyola’s Walker Percy Center

I’m really only interested in the damaged and mishandled: An interview with Bill Cotter

By Christine P. Horn Bill Cotter’s new book, The Parallel Apartments, is a fascinating, harrowing, charming, and mortifying novel that spans decades and tracks a cast of nearly a dozen primary characters through wandering, interwoven escapades in Austin, Texas, where the author has lived and worked as a bookbinder and book dealer since 1997. The … I’m really only interested in the damaged and mishandled: An interview with Bill Cotter

Susan Choi reads at Tulane March 17

Photo by Adena Stevens Author Susan Choi, the current Zale-Kimmerling Writer in Residence at Tulane University, will give a reading and sit for an interview with local author Zachary Lazar at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 17, at the Woldenberg Art Center on Tulane’s campus. Choi is the author of four books, most recently My … Susan Choi reads at Tulane March 17

The One That Got Away

By Michael Jeffrey Lee There’s a story making the rounds on the world wide web right now, and it’s about looking for love in the city of New Orleans, a topic of no little interest to me. Just this morning as I lay in bed, trying to take it easy after contracting a throat infection … The One That Got Away

Cool? Cool. Cooooolll. Joel Dinerstein presents AMERICAN COOL

Is it cool to curate a museum exhibition about cool people? Not according to the curators of a new exhibition on that very subject now on display at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., American Cool. According to one of the curators—local author, jazz critic, and Tulane professor Joel Dinerstein—“Cool means rebellious self expression.” … Cool? Cool. Cooooolll. Joel Dinerstein presents AMERICAN COOL

Room 220 events ranked the 10th best places to get drunk with dorks in New Orleans

Stay online long enough, and you’re bound to end up in a listicle. It really came as no surprise to the folks at Room 220 that our events ended up this week on Buzzfeed’s list of the Top Ten Places to Get Literary and Drunk in New Orleans, put together by the folks at the … Room 220 events ranked the 10th best places to get drunk with dorks in New Orleans

This is actually an inkling of a truly anti-anthropocentric thought: Five questions for Timothy Morton

By Nathan C. Martin and Christopher Schaberg Timothy Morton, an author and intellectual whose work largely examines ecology through the lens of posthuman philosophy, will give a talk at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 4, in the Whitney Presentation Room in Thomas Hall on the campus of Loyola University New Orleans (6363 St. Charles Ave.). … This is actually an inkling of a truly anti-anthropocentric thought: Five questions for Timothy Morton

Its arrival was a bloody birth: Kalamu ya Salaam on the New New Orleans

This article refers to a speech given by Kalamu ya Salaam as a keynote address during the conference “After Katrina: Transnational Perspectives on the Futures of the Gulf South,” which took place at Tulane University on November 15, 2013. Click here to listen to Salaam’s speech It’s easy to drink the elixir of the “New … Its arrival was a bloody birth: Kalamu ya Salaam on the New New Orleans