On this week's BookMark from the Reading Life, Susan Larson talks with Rinker Buck about his new book, ‘Life on the Mississippi: An Epic American Adventure.’
Here’s what’s on tap in the literary life this week
Keith Hatschek discusses “The Real Ambassadors: Dave and Iola Brubeck and Louis Armstrong Challenge Segregation,” Saturday, August 6, at 2 and again at 3 p.m. at the New Orleans Jazz Museum at the Old U.S. Mint at Satchmo Summerfest. Check out satchmosummerfest.org for info about all author appearances.
There will be a tribute reading honoring the late poet Lee Grue, Saturday, August 6, at 2 p.m. at the Metairie Road Branch of the Jefferson Parish Library. Featured readers are Dave Brinks, Chris Champagne, Peter Cooley, Gina Ferrara, Nancy Harris, Bill Lavender, Martha McFerren, and Jimmy Nolan. All are featured in the new anthology, Hearths 3, edited by Lenny Emmanuel.
Rinker Buck discusses and signs “Life on the Mississippi: An Epic American Adventure,” Tuesday, August 9, at 6 p.m. at Octavia Books.
Susanne Duplantis discusses her new book, “Lagniappe Leftovers,” with Chicory House head Chef Martha Gilreath, Tuesday, August 9, at 6 p.m. at Garden District Book Shop.
Coming up:
The writer’s workshops at Jefferson Parish East Bank Regional Library continue Saturday, August 13. At 9:30 a.m. Stephen Rea, author of “Finn McCool’s Football Club,” discusses “Creating 3-D Characters.” Then at 11 a.m., Angus Woodward, author of “Down at the End of the River,” presents “Keep Them Reading: The Key Ingredients of Compelling Stories.”
