The Honorees:
Thomas Mallon, celebrated American author of modern historical fiction, whose new novel, “Landfall,” is about George W. Bush, a president whose bid for greatness was marred by the invasion of Iraq and Hurricane Katrina, whose consequences he could not control. The book —all about a George W. Bush few people have known with lots of titillating name-dropping and loads of comic relief — was given this front page review in this recent New York Times Book Review.
Maurice Carlos Ruffin, who won a Society gold medal for Novel in Progress for his debut novel, “We Cast a Shadow,” just published by Random House. For more information on Ruffin and his work, which is receiving widespread critical acclaim, click here. Among the important reviews of “We Cast a Shadow” is this New York Times review.
Rodger Kamenetz, author of the lyrical new collection of philosophical prose poems, “Yonder.” At Rodger’s suggestion, the Faulkner Society has created a ninth category for its competition, the new Poetry Collection Category of the William Faulkner – William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition. For more information about Rodger and his work, click here.
Thomas Mallon, celebrated American author of modern historical fiction, whose new novel, “Landfall,” is about George W. Bush, a president whose bid for greatness was marred by the invasion of Iraq and Hurricane Katrina, whose consequences he could not control. The book —all about a George W. Bush few people have known with lots of titillating name-dropping and loads of comic relief — was given this front page review in this recent New York Times Book Review.
Maurice Carlos Ruffin, who won a Society gold medal for Novel in Progress for his debut novel, “We Cast a Shadow,” just published by Random House. For more information on Ruffin and his work, which is receiving widespread critical acclaim, click here. Among the important reviews of “We Cast a Shadow” is this New York Times review.
Rodger Kamenetz, author of the lyrical new collection of philosophical prose poems, “Yonder.” At Rodger’s suggestion, the Faulkner Society has created a ninth category for its competition, the new Poetry Collection Category of the William Faulkner – William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition. For more information about Rodger and his work, click here.
The event is free and open to the public. RSVPs are a must, so that to gain free entrance to the museum. The event is funded in part by a grant from the Louisiana Division of the Arts.
Louisiana Book News is written by award-winning author Chere Dastugue Coen, who writes Louisiana romances and mysteries under the pen name of Cherie Claire. Her first book in each series is FREE to download as an ebook, including "Emilie," book one of The Cajun Series, "Ticket to Paradise," book one of The Cajun Embassy series and "A Ghost of a Chance," the first Viola Valentine mystery.
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