New Orleans novelist George Bishop, Jr. will celebrate the release of his most recent book, Night of the Comet, with two local upcoming events: at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, August 5, at the Garden District Book Shop, and at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, August 13, at Octavia Books. Night of the Comet is the story … Night of the Comet launch events Aug. 5 and 13
Please join us for the New Orleans Premiere of REWIND THIS! by Josh Johnson. Admission FREE – Seating is limited. Home video changed the way the world consumed films. The cultural and historical impact of the VHS tape was enormous. REWIND THIS! is a documentary that traces the ripples of that impact by examining the myriad … Rewind This!
Stray Leaves, a monthly(ish) column of New Orleans literary obscurities by Michael Allen Zell, is a lifting up of stones and crowing about that found underneath, led by the guiding notion that we are standing on the shoulders of writers and books that deserve their names and faces returned to the public. Eighty years ago, … STRAY LEAVES: The Raven At The Gate Of The Tropics
By now I feel most literate adults have had some sort of discussion about the dynamic time in which we find ourselves in terms of reading—the way we read is changing, has changed, exponentially, magnificently. Not since the invention of the printing press has there been such an insane shove in accessibility of information. The … A Lament for Maple Street
Fuck Poems: An Exceptional Anthology Edited by Vincent A. Cellucci (Lavender Ink) Reviewed by Erik Vande Stowe “The poets! They’ve destabilized/explored a concept previously unspoken. We are all so proud of them.” This is the general outline of the review. As the resolution increases, individual paragraphs come into focus and we learn that, by charting … You pretend to be bold and we’ll pretend to be radical: FUCK POEMS reviewed by Erik Vade Stowe
Please join us for Musically Speaking with DJ Soul Sister – A series of music-themed movies and documentaries, curated and hosted by DJ Soul Sister, and co-presented by Press Street, WWOZ and Charitable Film Network. Free Admission – SEATING IS LIMITED. For more information, contact soulsister@post.com. THELONIOUS MONK: Straight, No Chaser by Charlotte Zwering Expanding … Musically Speaking – Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser
Please join us for Musically Speaking with DJ Soul Sister – A series of music-themed movies and documentaries, curated and hosted by DJ Soul Sister, and co-presented by Press Street, WWOZ and Charitable Film Network. Free Admission – SEATING IS LIMITED. For more information, contact soulsister@post.com. STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF MOWTOWN by Paul Justman … Musically Speaking – Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Please join us for Musically Speaking with DJ Soul Sister – A series of music-themed movies and documentaries, curated and hosted by DJ Soul Sister, and co-presented by Press Street, WWOZ and Charitable Film Network. Free Admission – SEATING IS LIMITED. For more information, contact soulsister@post.com. THE CLASH: Westway to the World by Don Letts … Musically Speaking – The Clash: Westway to the World
By Ari Braverman Sheila Heti’s third book, How Should a Person Be? is about Sheila. The character is a Toronto-based writer grappling with a play she can’t seem to finish, stuck in a marriage that stifles her. Enter Margaux, a peroxide-blonde painter who “looked at the same time like a little girl, a sexy woman, … No One Lines Up That Simply: An Interview with Sheila Heti
Poet and native New Orleanian Brenda Marie Osbey will read from History and Other Poems, her newest collection, at 6 p.m. on Thursday, June 27, at the Uptown location of Maple Street Book Shop (7529 Maple St.). She will be on hand after the reading to sign copies of her book. Osbey writes in English … Brenda Marie Osbey at Maple Street Books June 27
