Words & Music 2022

Wednesday, November 16

7:30-8:15: Sylvia Plath’s Ninetieth Birthday: A Celebration of Her Poetry

Location: Virtual; Livestreaming on Facebook and YouTube

  • Toi Derricotte
  • Carolyn Hembree
  • Kay Murphy

Thursday, November 17

10:00-11:00: A Retrospective of the New Orleans Poetry Journal Press

Location: New Orleans Jazz Market

  • Gina Ferrara
  • Ralph Adamo
  • John Gery
  • Martha McFerren

11:20-12:20: Family, Home, and Ancestors

Location: New Orleans Jazz Market

  • Lana Austin
  • Jill Christman
  • Elizabeth Miki Brina–Moderator
  • Marian Denise Moore

12:30-2:30: Literature and Lunch: The Sentences That Create Us

Location: Southern Food and Beverage Museum

  • Caits Messiner
  • Nicole Shawn Junior
  • Sha’condria iCon Sibley

2:45-4:00 Comics, ‘Zines, and Social Justice

Sponsored by The Historic New Orleans Collection

Location: New Orleans Jazz Market

  • Chelsey Shannon
  • Hrilina Ramrakhiani
  • Nick Weldon–Moderator

4:30-5:45: An Afternoon with Joy Clark

Sponsored by Karon Reese, Reese & Co. Real Estate

Location: New Orleans Jazz Market

  • Joy Clark
  • Alison Fensterstock

Friday, November 18

10:00-11:00: Imagine the Past, Imagine the Future

Location: New Orleans Jazz Market

  • Alex Jennings
  • Katy Simpson Smith
  • Daniel Jose Older
  • Christopher Louis Romaguera–Moderator

11:20-12:20: Creating Compelling Characters

Location: New Orleans Jazz Market

  • Carleton Eastlake
  • Mark Neely
  • Brian Egland
  • Bernice McFadden–Moderator

12:30-2:30: Literature & Lunch: Patty Friedmann Writing Competition Reading

Location: Southern Food and Beverage Museum

  • Bae Di
  • Anisse Gross
  • Nick Robinson
  • Jenny Keto
  • Logan Meredith
  • John Church
  • Gaia Rajan
  • Amiyuh Tobias 

2:45-4:00: Can’t Be Faded

Location: New Orleans Jazz Market

  • Kyle DeCoste
  • Stooges Brass Band

4:30-5:45: The Wild Tchoupitoulas

Location: New Orleans Jazz Market

  • Melissa A. Weber
  • Bryan Wagner

Saturday, November 19

10:00-11:00: The Life and Legend of Bras Coup

Sponsored by the Preservation Hall Foundation

Location: New Orleans Jazz Market

  • Bryan Wagner
  • Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes

11:20-12:20: Future of YA and Middle Grade Literature: An Interview with Marti Dumas 

Location: New Orleans Jazz Market

  • Annell Lopez
  • Marti Dumas

12:30-2:30: Po’boys & Poets

Location: Southern Food and Beverage Museum

  • Stacey Balkun
  • Rain Prud'homme-Cranford (Gomez)
  • Kelly Clayton
  • Christopher Louis Romaguera

6:00pm: Why Doesn’t Louisiana Have a Civil Rights Museum?

Location: TEP Center

  • Jarvis DeBerry
  • Leona Tate
  • Two others TBD