Is it still Lion in Winter if there are no signs of frost? Kalamu Ya Salaam’s Be About Beauty arrived in our inboxes as we sent New Orleans Griot: The Tom Dent Reader to the printer. New Orleans Griot…
If We Could Just Be More Like Iowa
A review by Jeremy Tuman Many people understand that wealth inequality, the gap between the poorest and wealthiest members of a society, has drastically increased in recent years, both in the United States and in other countries. We know, for…
Dogfish Presents: Nancy Reddy and April Blevins Pejic
Dogfish presents authors Nancy Reddy and April Blevins at 7 pm on Thursday, September 20, at 2448 N. Villere. NANCY REDDY is the author of Double Jinx (Milkweed Editions, 2015), a 2014 winner of the National Poetry Series, and the chapbook…
Bloodline: The Power of Music and Memory
When we think of Louisiana music, often genres such as Zydeco, Jazz, and now Bounce music are at the forefront of these conversations. These cultural movements are preserved by their practitioners and globally recognized as part of the exotic fabric…
Beyond The Magic Negro
Castle Rock’s Henry Deaver represents a major change I began reading Stephen King, at the age of 10. On a whim, I picked up his novel, IT during a library trip—that was how I got my hands on most of the…
SIGHT: Ayiti Chérie
Kouzen Azakamede, also known as Azaka, Zaka Mede, Zake, is the Haitian Vodoun loa/lwa of agriculture, farming, crops, harvest, healing, seeding, growing, and thoughtful cultivating of land. He is petitioned for good plentiful harvest, abundance in sharing a good harvest,…
ROOM 220 presents Eileen Myles at Saturn Bar
ROOM 220 will host Eileen Myles for the New Orleans release of Afterglow (a dog memoir) (Grove Press) at 8 p.m. on Thursday, November 16, 2017, at Saturn Bar (3067 St. Claude Ave.). Free and open to the public, the event will feature…
ROOM 220 presents Dr. Jerry Ward and L. Kasimu Harris
ROOM 220 presents readings from Dr. Jerry Ward and L. Kasimu Harris at 7 p.m. on Thursday, February 2, at Antenna Gallery (3718 St. Claude Avenue). Ward will read from his most recent publication, Fractal Song, which is a collection of over thirty years…