2025 Schedule
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Sunday, November 16
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Wednesday, Nov. 19
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Thursday, Nov. 20
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Friday, Nov. 21
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Saturday, Nov. 22
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Full Schedule
4:00pm: Trouble the Water: Remembering the Life and Work of Dr. Jerry Ward
Virtual event, livestreaming on Facebook and YouTube
- Kelly Harris-DeBerry, Curator and Moderator
- C. Liegh McInnis
- Kalamu ya Salaam
- Howard Rambsy II
- Candice Love Jackson
- 6:30-8:00pm: Reading for Justice: From Incarceration to Exoneration
Location: ACC Main Stage
Sponsored by the Historic New Orleans Collection
12:00: Doors Open
- 12:15-1:45: Literature & Lunch–Scrim My Tail: As Told to Margaret Orr
Location: ACC Lobby
- 2:00-3:00: Art, Climate Change, and the Louisiana Landscape
Location: ACC Main Stage- Stacey Balkun, Curator and Moderator
- Bruce Sunpie Barnes
- Hali Dardar
- Frank Relle
- Brad Richard
- Jack Bedell
- 2:15-3:45: Crafting Stories for Young Readers: A 90-Minute Workshop
Location: ACC Lobby
- 3:15-4:15: What We Stand to Lose
Location: ACC Main Stage- Kristen Buras, Curator and Moderator
- Lenora Condoll Gray
- 4:30-5:45: Naturally New Orleans
Location: ACC Main Stage
- 6:00-8:00–LMNL Anthology Launch and Reading
Location: ACC Lobby
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- 12:00pm–Doors open
- 12:15-1:45pm: Literature & Lunch: Patty Friedmann Writing Competition Reading
ACC Lobby Stage
- 2:00-3:00: Suspend All Disbelief: Magical Realism and Speculative Fiction
ACC Main Stage
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- Danny Cherry, Moderator
- Desiree Evans
- Bryan Camp
- Marguerite Sheffer
- 3:15-4:15: The Art of Traumedy
ACC Main Stage
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- Brooke Champagne, Curator and Moderator
- Annell López
- Mary Miller
- Wes Jamison
- 4:30-5:30: The Places We Play
ACC Main Stage
- 5:45-7:45: Free For All: The Public Library–Screening and Discussion
Location: ACC Main Stage
Sponsored by Tulane University Libraries
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- A.E. Rooks, Moderator
- Tim Watson
- Dawn Logsdon
- 8:00-9:30: Storytime & Poetry Rhymes: A Salute to Libraries and Librarians
Location: ACC Lobby
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- Kelly Harris-DeBerry, Curator and Emcee
- Naomi DeBerry
- Megan Braden-Perry
- Stan L. Taylor
- Donney Rose
- Shana Turner
- 12:00pm–Doors open
- 12:15-1:45pm: Literature & Lunch: Po’Boys & Poets
ACC Lobby Stage
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- Stacey Balkun, Curator and Emcee
- C.T. Salazar
- Skye Jackson
- Brian Turner
- Patavian Lewis
- Juan J. Morales
- 2:00-3:15: Fifty Years Later: New Orleans’ Vietnamese Literature
Location: ACC Main Stage
- 3:30-4:45: Mothership Connections
Location: ACC Main Stage- Melissa A. Weber, Curator and Moderator
- Daniel Bedrosian
- Seth Neblett
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- 3:45-4:45: From Page to Performance: Students Respond to Daughters of the New Year
Location: ACC Lobby- Michelle (M.A.) Nicholson
- Student readers TBA
- 3:45-4:45: From Page to Performance: Students Respond to Daughters of the New Year
- 5:00-6:15: Katrina and Rita at 20: A Reading
Location: ACC Main Stage
Sponsored by the Poetry Matters Project
- 6:30-8:00: Reading for Justice: Poetry Inside Prisons
Location: ACC Main Stage
Supported by a Big Read Grant from National Endowment for the Arts- Alison Pelegrin, Curator and Moderator
- Adam Clay
- Michael Kleber-Diggs
Wednesday, Nov. 19
- 6:30-8:00pm: Reading for Justice: From Incarceration to Exoneration
Location: ACC Main Stage
Sponsored by the Historic New Orleans Collection
Thursday, Nov. 20
- 12:00: Doors Open
- 12:15-1:45: Literature & Lunch–Scrim My Tail: As Told to Margaret Orr
Location: ACC Lobby
- 2:00-3:00: Art, Climate Change, and the Louisiana Landscape
Location: ACC Main Stage- Stacey Balkun, Curator and Moderator
- Bruce Sunpie Barnes
- Hali Dardar
- Frank Relle
- Brad Richard
- Jack Bedell
- 2:15-3:45: Crafting Stories for Young Readers: A 90-Minute Workshop
Location: ACC Lobby
- 3:15-4:15: What We Stand to Lose
Location: ACC Main Stage- Kristen Buras, Curator and Moderator
- Lenora Condoll Gray
- 4:30-5:45: Naturally New Orleans
Location: ACC Main Stage
- 6:00-8:00–LMNL Anthology Launch and Reading
Location: ACC Lobby
Friday, Nov. 21
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- 12:00pm–Doors open
- 12:15-1:45pm: Literature & Lunch: Patty Friedmann Writing Competition Reading
ACC Lobby Stage
- 2:00-3:00: Suspend All Disbelief: Magical Realism and Speculative Fiction
ACC Main Stage
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- Danny Cherry, Moderator
- Desiree Evans
- Bryan Camp
- Marguerite Sheffer
- 3:15-4:15: The Art of Traumedy
ACC Main Stage
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- Brooke Champagne, Curator and Moderator
- Annell López
- Mary Miller
- Wes Jamison
- 4:30-5:30: The Places We Play
ACC Main Stage
- 5:45-7:45: Free For All: The Public Library–Screening and Discussion
Location: ACC Main Stage
Sponsored by Tulane University Libraries
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- A.E. Rooks, Moderator
- Tim Watson
- Dawn Logsdon
- 8:00-9:30: Storytime & Poetry Rhymes: A Salute to Libraries and Librarians
Location: ACC Lobby
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- Kelly Harris-DeBerry, Curator and Emcee
- Naomi DeBerry
- Megan Braden-Perry
- Stan L. Taylor
- Donney Rose
- Shana Turner
Saturday, Nov. 22
- 12:00pm–Doors open
- 12:15-1:45pm: Literature & Lunch: Po’Boys & Poets
ACC Lobby Stage
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- Stacey Balkun, Curator and Emcee
- C.T. Salazar
- Skye Jackson
- Brian Turner
- Patavian Lewis
- Juan J. Morales
- 2:00-3:15: Fifty Years Later: New Orleans’ Vietnamese Literature
Location: ACC Main Stage
- 3:30-4:45: Mothership Connections
Location: ACC Main Stage- Melissa A. Weber, Curator and Moderator
- Daniel Bedrosian
- Seth Neblett
- 3:45-4:45: From Page to Performance: Students Respond to Daughters of the New Year
Location: ACC Lobby -
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- Michelle (M.A.) Nicholson
- Student readers TBA
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- 5:00-6:15: Katrina and Rita at 20: A Reading
Location: ACC Main Stage
Sponsored by the Poetry Matters Project
- 6:30-8:00: Reading for Justice: Poetry Inside Prisons
Location: ACC Main Stage
Supported by a Big Read Grant from National Endowment for the Arts- Alison Pelegrin, Curator and Moderator
- Adam Clay
- Michael Kleber-Diggs