Susan Larson interviews Michael Allen Zell about the first two books of Maya Gaines Trilogy.
Here’s what’s on tap in the literary life this week:
The Friends of the New Orleans Public Library Really Big Book Sale had to be rescheduled for Saturday, May 17, at Latter Library. Members only shopping from 10 a.m.-11 a.m., open to the public from 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
One Book One New Orleans presents Tastes & Tales: Cooking, Culture, & Community, a cultural celebration of Vietnamese folkways featuring a special reading by E.M. Tran, author of “Daughters of the New Year,” Saturday, May 17, at 1:30 p.m. at the East New Orleans Regional Library on Read Blvd. RSVP on Eventbrite.
LeKesiah Washington-Fleury signs her book, “Waves: Navigating the Ups and Downs of Grief ,” as part of the Writer’s Desk Series at Blue Cypress Books. Saturday, May 17, at 2 pm.
Sarah Lohman, author of “Endangered Eating: America’s Vanishing Foods,” appears in conversation with Poppy Tooker and signs her book, Sunday, May 18, at 3 p.m. at Octavia Books.
Kaye Courington discusses and signs her book, “Scrim: A New Orleans Story of Resilience and Rescue,” Tuesday, May 20, at 6 p.m. at Garden District Book Shop.
Nigel Hamilton discusses and signs “Lincoln vs. Davis: The War of the US Presidents,” Wednesday, May 21, at 6 p.m. at Octavia Books.
Michele Filgate appears in conversation with Maurice Carlos Ruffin to discuss her book, “What My Father and I Don’t Talk About: 16 Writers Break the Silence,” Thursday, May 22, at 6 p.m. at Baldwin & Co.
