Words & Music Festival looks at 'Mapping Change'

Words and Music: A Literary Feast in New Orleans will offer four days of celebrating the arts in New Orleans Nov. 21-24, 2019. This year's theme, "Mapping Change," encourages writers to explore how the arts can serve as vehicles for social justice. Through presentations on literature, music, film, and history, the festival will examine past and present changes in New Orleans.

Festival highlights include:

·      A Keynote presentation by Joshua Jelly-Shapiro

·      A Keynote presentation by DaMaris Hill in conversation with Maurice Carlos Ruffin

·      A historical tour by Malik Bartholomew of Know NOLA Tours

·      A performance by the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra

·      A late-night literature session, "Poets Respond to Gentrification"

·      A panel on black community theater in New Orleans

·      A literature and lunch session at Dooky Chase Restaurant

·      The second annual Poets & Po'Boys

Proceeds from the festival benefit One Book One New Orleans, a nonprofit organization dedicated to adult literacy in the Greater New Orleans area. For more information, visit http://wordsandmusic.org/.

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