Defend New Orleans and the Ace Hotel presents Compassion in Justice from 4 p.m. to 12 a.m. on Tuesday, August 16, in the Three Keys Room at the Ace Hotel (600 Carondelet Street). The event will serve as a book release for Lara Naughton’s The Jaguar Man and a product launch for Defend New Orleans’ new Compassion New … Defend New Orleans and the Ace Hotel present: Compassion in Justice on Tuesday
Countless writers in New Orleans are ever plucking away at their keyboards, conducting research or interviews, or simply probing their memories and inner lives to create worthwhile work. Much of this is published online, scattered disparately throughout cyberspace. Here are a few things we at Room 220 read recently that compelled us to gather them together and share. … New Orleans writers round up: Lara Naughton, Jesmyn Ward, Justin Nobel, Maurice Carlos Ruffin, Kristin Sanders, and Yuri Herrera
Inside Orleans Parish Prison—one of the worst jails in the country—an English class takes place, not to help inmates fulfill GED requirements, but simply to facilitate their study of literature and books. In this three-part series, Room 220‘s Ari Braverman explores the parts of the program that make it work—and make it worthwhile—from the founder … OPP ENGLISH, Part II: “When I left, my mind was buzzing.”
