“300 Years of Literature,” the fourth annual Jefferson Parish Library Literary Festival, will begin at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018, at the East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon, Metairie. The event is free and open to the public. Books by authors will be available for those who would like to purchase them.
The literary festival focuses on some of the most prominent authors who have lived in New Orleans and how their books have helped define and shape the city and its culture.
9:30 a.m. – Keynote Address, Susan Larson
Susan Larson, host of WWNO Radio’s The Reading Life, and author of Book Lover’s Guide to New Orleans, will discuss books about the literature of the city and region in the past 300 years.
11 a.m. – Outsiders, Patricia Brady, PhD
Pat Brady, PhD, will discuss literary outsiders who interpreted and popularized New Orleans to the rest of the country, including Lafcadio Hearn and Frances Parkinson Keyes. Dr. Brady is a social and cultural historian who has published extensively on first ladies, women, free people of color, cemeteries, literature, and the arts in the South. She founded and was director of the publications department at the Historic New Orleans Collection for 20 years.
12:30 p.m. – Kate Chopin’s Secrets, Emily Toth, PhD
Emily Toth is the world's authority on the life of Kate Chopin, and her Unveiling Kate Chopin is the definitive biography. A Pulitzer Prize nominee, Emily Toth is the author of eleven published books, including five on Kate Chopin and two advice books by "Ms. Mentor," who has an online column. Emily Toth teaches at Louisiana State University about women's lives, humor, food and cats.
2 p.m. – Ignatius J. Reilly - A Very Lucky Dog, Cynthia Lejeune Nobles
Nobles talks about the fare of Ignatius and his cohorts. Through a narrative and almost 200 recipes, Nobles explores the intersection of food, history and culture found in the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, opening up a new avenue into New Orleans' culinary traditions. Nobles is a food columnist for The Advocate of Baton Rouge, New Orleans and Acadiana. She is the author of The Delta Queen Cookbook and serves as series editor for The Southern Table. She is a member of the Newcomb College Culinary History Writers Group. She lives in Baton Rouge.
For more information regarding this presentation, contact Chris Smith, Manager of Adult Programming for the library, at 504-889-8143 or wcsmith@jefferson.lib.la.us.
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