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Bright Lines author Tanwi Nandini Islam in conversation with TWF lit director J.R. Ramakrishnan Nov. 19

Author Tanwi Nandini Islam will present her new novel, Bright Lines, at an event featuring conversation with J.R. Ramakrishnan at 6 p.m. on Thursday, November 19, at the Garden District Book Shop (2727 Prytania St.). The Denver Post called Islam’s debut novel “A Brooklyn-by-way-of-Bangladesh Royal Tenenbaums. A pot-tinged, PTSD Muslim Sesame Street. With sex. Hallucinations, … Bright Lines author Tanwi Nandini Islam in conversation with TWF lit director J.R. Ramakrishnan Nov. 19

T. Geronimo Johnson wins Ernest Gaines Award for Welcome to Braggsville

New Orleans-born T. Geronimo Johnson recently won the Ernest Gaines Award for Literary Excellence for his novel Welcome to Braggsville. The award will be presented during a public ceremony at the Manship Theatre in downtown Baton Rouge on Jan. 21 at 6:30 p.m. Welcome to Braggsville is a socially provocative, dark comedy that explores political identity, racial … T. Geronimo Johnson wins Ernest Gaines Award for Welcome to Braggsville

I learned something in the patterns and music in her voice: An interview with Catherine Lacey

John Ashbery once said, “I write with experiences in mind, but I don’t write about them, I write out of them.” This approach is not necessarily uncommon among poets or fiction writers, but Ashbery’s phrase returned to me again and again as I read Nobody Is Ever Missing, Catherine Lacey’s debut novel. In it, a … I learned something in the patterns and music in her voice: An interview with Catherine Lacey

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

None of the bad news is made up: An interview with Nathaniel Rich

By Nathan C. Martin Someone quipped at last weekend’s Tennessee Williams Festival that Nathaniel Rich’s new novel, Odds Against Tomorrow, was the best Katrina book set in New York City. This observation conceals a degree of truth beneath its corniness, since Rich—a New York native—began his novel about a hurricane hitting New York City six … None of the bad news is made up: An interview with Nathaniel Rich

Pure rage on the page: An interview with Sam McPheeters

NOTE: SAM MCPHEETERS HAS CANCELED HIS TOUR. READ THE INTERVIEW ANYWAY. By Clark Allen Sam McPheeters is best known as the frontman for 90s hardcore bands Born Against and Men’s Recovery Project, and more recently Wrangler Brutes. He has put out a number of cult-classic zines, and in the past few years he has gained … Pure rage on the page: An interview with Sam McPheeters

“You Have to Get Naked to Be Clothed in the Lord” by JESUS ANGEL GARCIA

Jesús Ángel García performs “You Have to Get Naked to Be Clothed in the Lord (or “How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Love the Reverend’s Wife”)” at the Writers With Drinks reading series in San Francisco. Garcia will perform at the Antenna Gallery on Saturday, June 25, at 7 p.m. to celebrate the launch … “You Have to Get Naked to Be Clothed in the Lord” by JESUS ANGEL GARCIA