Susan Larson

1 week ago | wwno.org | Susan Larson

Susan Larson talks with Jim Davis, executive director of the Louisiana Book Festival and the Center for the Book at the State library of Louisiana. Here’s what’s on tap in the literary life this week:The New Orleans Poetry Festival continues this weekend. The Saturday night featured poets are Ariana Reines and Tongo Eisen-Martin at 7 p.m. at Café Istanbul.

2 weeks ago | wwno.org | Susan Larson

Susan Larson talks with Julie Kane, whose new book is Naked Ladies: New and Selected Poems. Here’s what’s on tap in the literary life this week:The Big Event coming up this week is the New Orleans Poetry festival, which gets underway Thursday, April l0, at 7 p.m. at the Saturn Bar, with the locals opening night gala, featuring Rachel Zevecz, Andy Young, Brad Richard, Marian Moore, Benjamin Morris, Skye Jackson and Ariel Francesco.

3 weeks ago | wwno.org | Susan Larson

Susan Larson talks with Irvin Weathersby, Jr., about his fascinating new book, “In Open Contempt: Confronting White Supremacy in Art and Public Space.”Here’s what’s on tap in the literary life this week:Tamron Hall signs “Harlem Honey: The Adventures of a Curious Kid,” Sunday, March 30 from 11 a.m. – noon at Garden District Book Shop.

1 month ago | wwno.org | Susan Larson

Susan Larson talks with Larry Bagneris about his memoir, Call Me Larry: A Creole Man’s Triumph over Racism and Homophobia and previews with the New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University Cheryl Landrieu. Here’s what’s on tap in the literary life this week:Julie Vaucresson signs “Creole Made Easy with the Creole Sausage Queen,” Saturday, March 22, from 1-2 p.m. atGarden District Book Shop.

1 month ago | wwno.org | Susan Larson

Susan Larson interviews Reine Dugas about next week’s Tennessee Williams and New Orleans Literary Festival and the Saints and Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival and Desiree Richter about her new book, The Presence of Absence. Here’s what’s on tap in the literary life this week:Tel Aviv essayist Jennifer Lang will discuss “The Writing Life: where to start, what to write about, where to find inspiration,” Saturday, March 15, at 9:30 a.m. the East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon, Metairie.