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Maple Street Book Shop hosts Elizabeth Gross, Anya Groner, and Carlus Henderson

The Maple Street Book Shop will host Elizabeth Gross, Anya Groner, and Carlus Henderson at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, November 29, at the Maple Street Book Shop (7529 Maple Street). Copies of Gross’s new chapbook, DEAR ESCAPE ARTIST, will be available for sale along with copies of Sara White’s beautiful art book edition of So Our Ghosts Can … Maple Street Book Shop hosts Elizabeth Gross, Anya Groner, and Carlus Henderson

Garden District Book Shop presents S.R. Perricone

Garden District Books will host S.R. Perricone at 2 p.m. on Sunday, November 20, at their storefront (2727 Prytania St). The event is free and open to the public. S. R. Perricone is a retired Assistant United States Attorney who spent twenty-one years investigating and prosecuting corrupt public officials and members of organized crime, The Shadows of Nazareth … Garden District Book Shop presents S.R. Perricone

Garden District Books presents Nicholas Mainieri with Katy Simpson Smith

Garden District Books will host Nick Mainieri with Katy Simpson Smith at 6 p.m. on Friday, November 18, at their storefront (2727 Prytania St). The event is free and open to the public. Nicholas Mainieri’s debut novel, The Infinite, will be published by Harper Perennial in November of 2016. Born in Miami, Florida, in 1983, Nicholas has also lived … Garden District Books presents Nicholas Mainieri with Katy Simpson Smith

Octavia Books hosts the release of The Story of Dan Bright

The launch of Dan Bright and Justin Nobel’s The Story of Dan Bright will take place at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, November 18, at Octavia Books (513 Octavia Street). Justin Nobel writes about science and culture for publications like Oxford American, Orion, Audubon, Tin House, Nautilus, and Newsweek. His story, “The Last Inuit of Quebec,” was published in Best American … Octavia Books hosts the release of The Story of Dan Bright

“A country that seems to reject my kind”: Nicholas Mainieri reflects on the 2016 presidential election

November 9, 2016 It is because I’m an incredibly privileged person that I’m able to say that I woke up this morning and felt for the first time in my life the particular despair that comes along with living in a country that seems to reject my kind. Perhaps, one must consider, it always has. … “A country that seems to reject my kind”: Nicholas Mainieri reflects on the 2016 presidential election

Lara Naughton to read at Octavia Books on Tuesday

Lara Naughton will read from her latest work The Jaguar Man at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, August 30, at Octavia Books (513 Octavia Street). Naughton’s book has been called “a painful, provocative, and poetically cathartic memoir of survival” by Kirkus Reviews. Her journey through trauma and into healthing bends the limits of reality, using myth to … Lara Naughton to read at Octavia Books on Tuesday

Community Book Center to host Michael Allen Zell, DC Paul, Addie Citchens, and Nia Gates on Wednesday

The Community Book Center will host author Michael Allen Zell, DC Paul, Addie Citchens, and Nia Gates at 6 p.m on Wednesday, August 17, at their space at 2523 Bayou Road. Author Michael Allen Zell and actor/comedian DC Paul will perform a staged reading from Zell’s work Run Baby Run. Author Addie Citchens will premiere her … Community Book Center to host Michael Allen Zell, DC Paul, Addie Citchens, and Nia Gates on Wednesday

Defend New Orleans and the Ace Hotel present: Compassion in Justice on Tuesday

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

Maple Street Book Club focuses on The Argonauts with Elizabeth Gross

The seventh meeting of the Maple Street Book Shop will take place at 6 p.m. on Thursday, August 11, at the Maple Street Book Shop (7529 Maple Street). This month, Elizabeth Gross will be the guest facilitator, and she’s picked The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson. The book club choice is available at 10% off at the store. Refreshments will … Maple Street Book Club focuses on The Argonauts with Elizabeth Gross

Maple Street Book Shop Hosts Nicole Eiden and Alison Pelegrin on Wednesday

Maple Street Bookshop will host Nicole M.K. Eiden and Alison Pelegrin at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, August 10, at their uptown storefront (7529 Maple Street). Eiden will be celebrating the launch of her book I Am One of You, and Pelegrin will read from her new book Waterlines. Kirkus Reviews described Eiden’s collection as “[m]oving poetry that kindly … Maple Street Book Shop Hosts Nicole Eiden and Alison Pelegrin on Wednesday