David Spielman, born in Tulsa, OK, has lived in New Orleans for more than 40 years, since spending a year…
Volunteer Activist, Interior Designer, Socialite While still in high school, Judith “Jude” Swenson relocated with her family to New Orleans—a…
Oscar Hijuelos became the first Latino writer to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1990 with his second novel,…
In his first nonfiction book since the post-Katrina classic Why New Orleans Matters, acclaimed novelist, journalist, and cultural critic Tom…
Timothy Jay Smith, an American in Paris who has placed several times with his novels in the Faulkner-Wisdom Competition, has…
Dr. Nghana Lewis is is a proud native of Louisiana, having grown up in Lafayette, where she attended and graduated…
Lolis Eric Elie, a writer for the popular HBO television series Treme, has a new book out inspired by both…
REVIEWS OF THE NEW NOVEL: The American south has produced some of the greatest writers in history. Seated at the…
Lawrence N. Powell, who holds the James H. Clark Endowed Chair in American Civilization, has taught history at Tulane University…
Mark Yakich’s first novel, A Meaning for Wife, will be released concurrent with Words & Music 2011. Mark is the…