By Nathan C. Martin A recurring theme among conversations I have with my friends is that New Orleans largely lacks—and this phrase has almost become a joke among certain folks I know—an “elevated level of discourse.” One friend went as far as to move back to Mexico City after trying to relocate to New Orleans, … A dizzying array of extraordinary events
Guernica magazine’s new issue on erotic fiction, guest-edited by Roxanne Gay, features a story by sometimes New Orleans resident Delaney Nolan, who is currently in Istanbul but will be headed to Iceland shortly. Nolan’s forthcoming chapbook, Louisiana Maps, is the winner of the 2012 Ropewalk Press Fiction Editor’s Chapbook Prize. How I Gonna Bare My … How I Gonna Bare My Neck Outside in the Sweat-Scared Morning: Fiction by Delaney Nolan
By Ari Braverman More than 70 vendors will congregate at the eleventh-annual New Orleans Book Fair this Saturday, Nov. 17, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 725 Magazine St. (at Girod). Some will be hawking ’zines and self-published manuscripts. Some will be promoting more traditionally produced books, and others will be displaying screen-printed t-shirts, … N.O. Book Fair moves to the C.B.D., remains D.I.Y.
Some of the web’s more prominent book publications have had Walker Percy on the mind lately. First, at Slate, Benjamin Hedin takes a look at the 1962 National Book Award committee’s decision to give Percy’s The Moviegoer top prize, cementing the New Orleanian’s status as a major figure in late 20th-century fiction. But as Hedin notes, a convergence of … Walker Percy roundup: Revisiting the 1962 NBA scandal, weathering Sandy with The Last Gentleman, and the second Percy conference at Loyola
Please join us for “Musically Speaking” – A weekly series of music-themed movies and documentaries on selected Sundays, curated and hosted by DJ Soul Sister, and co-presented by Charitable Film Network, Press Street, and WWOZ. Please Note NEW TIME AND LOCATION for November: 6:00 p.m. Sundays at Mimi’s in the Marigny (upstairs) – 2601 Royal … Musically Speaking – Big Fun In The Big Town & Graffiti Rock
SAVE THE DATE! 2nd Annual Social Change Film Festival & Institute, New Orleans – 2012 Wednesday, November 28 – Sunday, December 2 Film Selections & Workshop Program Schedule to be announced. REGISTER NOW! – www.socialchangefilmfestival.org The mission of the Social Change Film Festival & Institute is to support filmmakers to be effective social activists and … 2nd Annual Social Change Film Festival & Institute
The fantastic New York-based BOMB magazine, which has been publishing conversations between the day’s most exciting artists since 1981, recently featured an interview with New Orleans’ own Michael Jeffrey Lee, author of Something in My Eye. Lee, who is currently at work on a novel, celebrated the launch of Something in My Eye with a … The BOMB interview with Michael Jeffrey Lee
Please join us for “Musically Speaking” with DJ Soul Sister – A weekly series of music-themed movies and documentaries, curated and hosted by DJ Soul Sister, and co-presented by Charitable Film Network, Press Street, Mimi’s in the Marigny, and WWOZ. FREE Admission! Cash bar, featuring drink specials. Tapas menu served. For more information contact: mail@charitablefilmnetwork.org, … Musically Speaking – THE UPSETTER
Poet Katherine Soniat will read from her new collection of poetry, A Raft, A Boat, A Bridge, at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 1, at the University of New Orleans Sandbar (inside The Cove, on Founders Avenue, directly across from the Education Building). Soniat is a contributor to the current issue of Bayou Magazine, which … University of New Orleans hosts poet Katherine Soniat
By Elizabeth Kaiser For his new book, Am I a Jew?, Theodore Ross set out on a multi-adventure odyssey to answer this complex yet fundamental question. He treats the reader to introspective telling of his childhood “double life” as a pretend non-Jew in rural Mississippi and a fake non-Christian in Manhattan, which is at turns … DNA is Not Destiny: An interview with Theodore Ross
