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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

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

PUNK JEWS – New Orleans Premiere

Please Join Us for the New Orleans Premiere of PUNK JEWS by Jesse Zook Mann, Saul Sudin & Evan Kleinman. Profiling Hassidic punk rockers, Yiddish street performers, African-American Jewish activists and more, PUNK JEWS explores an emerging movement of provocateurs and committed Jews who are asking, each in his or her own way, what it … PUNK JEWS – New Orleans Premiere

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