ANN BENOIT is a commercial food photographer and culinary writer native to New Orleans. She is author and photographer of…
Frank X Walker, a writer and teacher is Kentucky’s 2013-14 Poet Laureate. He is the first black writer to receive…
Darrell Bourque, former Poet Laureaute of Louisiana, is the recipient of the 2014 Louisiana Writer Award given annually to recognize…
Amy Carolyn Conner, born in Cheyenne, WY, grew in Jackson, MS, and completed her BA in philosophy and ethics with…
Zachary Lazar is the author of five books, including his new novel Vengeance; the novel Sway, chosen as a Best…
Laura Lane McNeal grew up In New Orleans where people laugh a lot, talk with their hands, love good music,…
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…