Tenor saxophonist Roy McGrath, Georgi Petrov (guitar), Calvin Morin-Martin (bass) and Sam Wiseman (drums) light up “It Could Happen to You” @ the 2011 NOLA Book Fair.
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Michael Patrick Welch reads from “Y’all’s Problem” @ the 2011 NOLA Book Fair
New Orleans author, journalist, and educator Michael Patrick Welch reads from his novel Y’all’s Problem: A wild Costa Rican love story that takes a wrong turn into The Gulf (Dirty Coast Press, 2011).
Michael Patrick Welch reads from Y'all's Problem (Dirty Coast Press, 2011) photo: bestofneworleans.com
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Thaddeus Conti reads from æpoetics @ the 2011 NOLA Bookfair
Thaddeus Conti reads from his collection æpoetics (Lavender Ink, 2008) @ Maison as part of the 2011 New Orleans Book Fair.
Thaddeus Conti—poet, artist—has been a vital force in the New Orleans poetry community for more than a decade. His legendary poetic coinages like “shamanibalistic”, “antiquasi fornitado” and “catastasis” have become an essential part of the ever-growing lexicon of New Orleans’ speak. Conti’s visual works have shown in galleries and coffee house throughout New Orleans, and his poems have appeared recently in Mustachioed, Simpatico Poets, and YAWP: a Journal of Poetry & Art. Thaddeus Conti’s book-length collection of drawings & poems, aepoetics was published by Lavender Ink in October 2008.
Marlo Barrera reads @ the Apple Barrel, 2011 NOLA Book Fair
New Orleans poet Marlo Barrera (Baleen Press) reads from her work @ the Apple Barrel, during the 2011 NOLA Book Fair
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Chris Sullivan reads from Mere NOLA @ the 2011 NOLA Book Fair
Poet Chris Sullivan reads from his collection Mere NOLA (Lavender Ink, 2011)
Chris Sullivan, Mere NOLA (Lavender Ink, 2011)
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Ed Skoog reads @ the 2011 NOLA Book Fair
Poet Ed Skoog reads from Mister Skylight (Copper Canyon, 2009).
Mister Skylight (Copper Canyon, 2009)
Ed Skoog grew up in Topeka, Kansas, and has lived in Montana, Louisiana, and southern California, and now lives in Seattle. He has been a Bread Loaf Fellow, Writer-in-Residence at the Richard Hugo House, and the Jenny McKean Moore Writer-in-Residence at George Washington University. He has taught at New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, Tulane, Fishtrap, and Idyllwild Arts. His poems have appeared in Paris Review, The New Republic, Poetry, Narrative, Ploughshares, Tin House, and elsewhere. His first book is Mister Skylight (Copper Canyon Press, 2009).
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