By 1979, we knew nearly everything we understand today about climate change—including how to stop it. Over the next decade, a handful of scientists, politicians, and strategists, led by two unlikely heroes, risked their careers in a desperate, escalating campaign…
Dogfish presents Jerika Marchan and Nathaniel Rich
Dogfish presents Jerika Marchan and Nathaniel Rich at 7 p.m. on Thursday, July 19, at 2448 N. Villere St. NATHANIEL RICH is the author of King Zeno, published this year, and two previous novels: Odds Against Tomorrow and The Mayor’s Tongue.…
Sloan Crosley with Nathaniel Rich at Garden District Book Shop
Garden District Book Shop hosts Sloane Crosley with Nathaniel Rich at 6 p.m. on Friday, April 6, at their storefront (2727 Prytania). Crosley will be in conversation with Nathaniel Rich (The Mayor’s Tongue, Odds Against Tomorrow, King Zeno). Crosley has taken…
Why There Are Words: Inaugural New Orleans Reading
Octavia Books hosts the inaugural New Orleans reading of Why There Are Words at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 14, at their storefront (513 Octavia). Hear from wonderful local writers in one of New Orleans’s most beloved independent bookstores, Octavia Books. Books…
Garden District Book Shop: Nathaniel Rich in conversation with Katy Simpson Smith
Garden District Books hosts Nathaniel Rich in conversation with Katy Simpson Smith at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, January 9, at their storefront (2727 Prytania). Rich will be discussing King Zeno and will sign books following the conversation.
Jesmyn Ward at Garden District Book Shop
Garden District Book Shop will host Jesmyn Ward to celebrate the release of her latest novel Sing, Unburied, Sing at 6 p.m. on Thursday, October 12, at their storefront (2727 Prytania Street). Ward will be in conversation with Nathaniel Rich. Sing, Unburied,…
Event Recap: Happy Hour Salon with the Oxford American
Two monoliths of contemporary Southern literature collided last week to tremendous effect as Room 220 hosted the Oxford American for a Happy Hour Salon on Oct. 22. Okay, neither entity is a monolith, but a number of people’s heads felt…
HAPPY HOUR SALON: Rachel Kushner, Nathaniel Rich, and Zachary Lazar Live at the Press Street HQ
Join Room 220 for a Happy Hour Salon featuring readings by three exciting and celebrated novelists—Rachel Kushner, Nathaniel Rich, and Zachary Lazar—from 6 – 9 p.m. on Thursday, May 9, at the Press Street HQ (3718 St. Claude Ave.). Kushner,…
None of the bad news is made up: An interview with Nathaniel Rich
By Nathan C. Martin Someone quipped at last weekend’s Tennessee Williams Festival that Nathaniel Rich’s new novel, Odds Against Tomorrow, was the best Katrina book set in New York City. This observation conceals a degree of truth beneath its corniness,…
Nathaniel Rich in the Lower Ninth
Yesterday’s New York Times Magazine included a piece by Nathaniel Rich on nature’s apparent upper hand in the Lower Ninth Ward. Rich, a writer based in New Orleans, read as part of the Room 220 Live Prose at the Antenna…