Following is our Schedule at a Glance of major events planned for Words & Music, 2012. For more schedule details Click Here! For more details on participating editors and agents, Click Here! For more on information on
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Wednesday, November 28
11:00 a. m. — Dixon Hall, Tulane University
THE 2012 BIG READ: A LESSON BEFORE DYING MASTER CLASS
A Joint Venture of The Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society,Tulane University, New Orleans
Jazz Orchestra and WYLD-FM
Part One: 11 a. m.
How to Create a Winning Manuscript
This session will feature novelist George Bishop. He will introduce the winner, Leigh Villa of New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, who will read briefly from her manuscript.
Part Two: 11:30 a. m. 
Using Fiction to Get at the Truth
Showcasing Louisiana literary master Ernest J. Gaines, interviewed by Grammy winner Irvin Mayfield. The Master Class will be introduced and moderated by playwright and novelist Hal Clark.
1:00 p. m. 
Master Class Adjourns
Bagged lunches will be presented to students as they leave the building to return to their buses.

3:00 p. m. — Second Floor Black Box, U. S. Mint, 500 Espanade Ave.
WORDS & MUSIC WRITERS ALLIANCE
Featuring Readings of New Poetry & Fiction

4:45 p. m. — Old U. S. Mint, 500 Esplanade Avenue Refreshments

LIVE DRAMA: MARILYN & MOLD
Featuring the Work of Rosary O'Neill and John Biguenet
A Joint Venture with the Louisiana State Museum, Southern Repertory Theatre, Pabst Brewing Cmpany

5:15 p. m. (Note: Readings will begin promptly at 5:30. No one will be admitted during a reading)
Staged Reading from Marilyn/God by playwright Rosary O'Neill, founder of Southern Repertory Theatre and author of 19 published plays as well as a number of novels.

5:45 p. m.
Sneak preview of playwright and novelist John Biguenet's new play, Mold, the final play in his Katrina trilogy. A full production of Mold will be staged by Southern Repertory Theatre in the Spring.
Both readings will be by professional actors under the direction of Sarah Zoghbi of Art and Soul events.

6:15 p. m.
MASTER CLASS
Creating Dramatic Tension for Novels and Plays
Featuring Rosary O’Neill and John Biguenet.
7:30 p. m.
ADJOURN: FREE EVENING

Thursday, November 29
8:00 a. m. — Hotel Monteleone, Queen Anne Mezzanine
TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS
Late registration, Conference Packages Distributed, Announcements
WORDS & MUSIC BOOK MART OPENS
Note: All Book Signings will take place in the Queen Anne Parlor adjacent to the Queen Anne Ballroom.
NEW ORLEANS, MON AMOUR
Each year, the Faulkner Society sets aside a portion of of the Words & Music program to explore work about New Orleans and new work by Louisianians. This year, the Society is devoting an entire day to New Orleans, including a keynote talk by Lawrence Powell, author of a brilliant new approach to the beginnings of our drama queen of a city—and ending with Welcome to the Who Dat Nation: Tall Tales and Tailgating. Each of the authors presenting will focus on aspects of New Orleans that give the city her edge.

8:30 a. m. — Queen Anne Ballroom
CAFE AU LAIT & BEIGNETS
Meanwhile, Back at the Café du Monde...
New Orleans often has been described as much like Napoleon's Army...it moves on its stomach! So it's appropriate to start any discussion about New Orleans talking about—and eating—food, and Café du Monde is contributing bags of their famous beignets, hot from the Café for this event!
The session will feature a monologue performance by Peggy Sweeney-McDonald, author of the new book, Meanwhile, Back at Café du Monde... Joining her will be well known Louisiana musician and teacher John Gray, society columnist for the Times-Picayune Nell Nolan, Café Society cronicler Margarita Bergen, and an owner of Café du Monde, Karen Benrud.

9:45 a. m.  — Queen Anne Ballroom
NEW ORLEANS, MON AMOUR CONTINUES
The Accidental City
Lawrence Powell, author of the new history, The Accidental City, will set the stage for other works about the Crescent City which are part of New Orleans, Mon Amour.
10:00 a. m. —Queen Anne Ballroom, Hotel Monteleone
Congo Square: African Roots of New Orleans
This session will be a presentation by Louisiana author Freddie Evans Williams, who will discuss some of the practices common in early New Orleans at the old Congo Square, a gathering place for slaves and free people of color in the past, now a part of the Louis Armstrong Park complex in front of Municipal Auditorium.
10:15 a. m.
The Music of New Orleans: Rhythm & Blues
Well-known New Orleans- based music writer and performer, Ben Sandmel will talk about the music of New Orleans which has its roots in Congo Square, and specifically about Rhythm & Blues. Sandmel's new book is
Ernie K-Doe: The R & B Emperor of New Orleans.
10:30 a. m.
And Another Great Gathering Place of New Orleans: Jackson Square, Heart of the Vieux Carre
This session will feature well known graphic artist and author, Tom Varisco, who came up with the
definitive picture book about Katrina and its aftermath, Spoiled. His new book is Jackson Squared, introduced with an essay by one of our favorite writers, John Biguenet, and the images of photographers, Jackson Hill and Will Crocker.
10:45 a. m.
Intermission
11:00 a. m.
Presentation of Paper, Literature Out of Time: O. Henry and New Orleans
iMost readers do not associate William Sidney Porter, better known as O. Henry, with New Orleans, but his connection to the city is significant. Nancy Dixon, Ph.D., a professor at the University of New Orleans, will give us the fun details of this charming rogue's sojourn in New Orleans.
11:15 a. m.
Our Crowd: Faulkner and Pals
John Shelton Reed will discuss the literary renaissance in the New Orleans of the 1920s, featuring literary giants who got their start in the Big Easy. His discussion will be based on his new non-fiction book, Dixie Bohemia.
11:30 a. m. — Queen Anne Ballroom
FICTION IN WHICH THE BIG EASY IS A PLAYER
New Louisiana Voices in Fiction
2012 has been a banner year for fiction by New Orleanians. This session will feature Geoff Wyss, author of the
marvelous new collection of short stories, How, his first book of short stories; and Michael Allen Zell, whose new book is Errata. They will be joined by David Armand, author of The Pugilist's Wife, partially set in New Orleans and the French Quarter.
12:15 p. m.
WORDS & MUSIC BOOK MART SIGNINGS
Book signing for Lawrence Powell, Freddie Evans Williams, Ben Sandmel, and John Shelton Reed; Tom Varisco with Will Crocker and Jackson Hill; Geoff Wyss, Michael Allen Zell, and David Armand.

12:45 p. m. —Cash Bar Opens at Arnaud's Restaurant, 813 Bienvielle St.
1:00 p. m. — Arnaud's
LITERATURE & LUNCH
NEW ORLEANS & HER PAN-AMERICAN CONNECTIONS
The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King.
Rich Cohen—author of such previous non-fiction hits as The Record Men, Tough Jews, Sweet and Low, The Avengers, and Lake Effect—will discuss his new biography of Samuel Zemurray, the colorful New Orleans entrepreneur who became one of the richest and most powerful men in the world. The New York Times bestselling author will discuss the how powerful men and their practices can inspire great literature, Steve Striffler, Ph.D. is invited to introduce Rich Cohen.

3:15 p. m. — Queen Anne Ballroom, Hotel Monteleone
THE AESTHETICS OF LITERATURE
The Pleasures and Perils of Writing About Dead People and Bygone Eras
Christen Thompson of the History Press will introduce the authors with brief remarks addressing what editors look for when acquiring biographies, history books, memoirs set in the past. Randy Fertel, author of the sensational New Orleans memoir, The Gorilla Man and The Empress of Steak, is invited to lead this session, which will feature authors Rich Cohen, Ben Sandmel, and Sarah Kilborne.

4:30 p. m. — Queen Anne Parlor
BOOK MART
Book Signings
Rich Cohen, Randy Fertel, and Ben Sandmel will sign.
4:45 p. m. — Queen Anne Ballroom , Hotel Monteleone

LIMITED REGISTRATION WORKSHOP #1
Narrative Voice, Characters, and Dialogue
ILiterary agent Deborah Grosvenor is invited to introduce this session. The 90-minute workshop will be conducted by Jeff Kleinmann of Folio Literary Management. Joining him will be New Orleans author Patty Friedmann. The workshop includes critiques for up to 15 participants. Cost of the workshop is $50 per person.
NOTE: ALL registered guests may audit this discussion. Only those who have a paid the workshop fee will have their work critiqued and be eligible for interaction with the authors.

6:00 p. m. — 632 Pirate's Alley, Courtesy Lee McDonogh
TAILGATING & TALL TALES
Welcome to the Who Dat Nation!
The New Orleans Saints are playing the Atlanta Falcons in Atlanta but that won’t keep New Orleanians and friends, who cannot be in Atlanta, from supporting their team with tailgating events all over New Orleans. Words & Music is creating a special tailgating party for you. The world famous Gumbo Shop will be “cookin’ the opposition," creating a special dish just for you, Falcon Gumbo. The event will feature Tall Tales interspersed with cheerleading tales by famous Southern humorist and Saints fan Roy Blount, Jr. and others. De rigeur costumes for the evening are mandatory black and gold with fleur de lys accents, so start planning your attire! Party is for faculty, writers registered for tuition packages, and sponsors only.

Friday, November 30
8:00 a. m. — Hotel Monteleone, Queen Anne Ballroom
CAFE AU LAIT & CROISSANTS
Announcements
8:00 a. m. — Queen Anne Parlor Adjacent to Ballroom
WORDS & MUSIC BOOK MART OPENS
8:00 a. m. — Orleans Room
MANUSCRIPT CRITIQUES BEGIN

8:00 a. m. — Queen Anne Ballroom
MASTER CLASS: PUBLISHING
New Age Strategies for Getting Your Work Published
April Eberhardt, a literary agent whose specialty is developing strategies for writers she represents to get their
work in print and before the public in non-traditional ways, will lead this session. Joining her will be Timothy J. Smith,
author of Cooper's Promise. Invited to introduce the session and moderate is Shari Stauch, CEO of Where Writers Win.

9:00 a. m.
Intermission
9:15 a.m. — Queen Anne Ballroom
2012 PRESENTATION OF PAPERS
Literature Out of Time:
What Can the Religions of Science Fiction Teach Us?
Penelope Dane, an MFA candidate at Louisiana State University, will discuss the imaginary religions of the future.

9:45 a. m. — Queen Anne Ballroom
LITERATURE OUT OF TIME
The Art of Using Fiction as a Magic Carpet for Time Travel
Literary agent Jill Marr is invited to introduce this session, which is about transporting the reader to another time, another world, even worlds that are still in the future. New Orleans fiction writer Moira Crone and debut novelist Sanem Ozdural will discuss the art of exploring the future with fiction. Penelope Dane, who will be presenting a paper on the imaginary religions of Science Fiction, is invited to join them.

11:00 a. m. — Queen Anne Ballroom
LITERATURE OUT OF TIME
Mining Wars of the Past to Create Contemporary Literature
Randy Fertel, non-fiction author of The Gorilla Man and The Empress of Steak and a scholar in the Vietnam War and its impacts is invited to introduce and moderate this session. Fertel and New America Media editor, Andrew Lam will set the scene. Lam is author of of Perfume Dreams and East Eats West and a novel, Birds of Paradise Lost, due out in 2013. Fiction writers George Bishop, author of A Letter To My Daughter and Pamela Binnings Ewen, whose new novel is Chasing the Wind, will discuss how their novels were influenced by the Vietnam War era, while T. Geronimo Johnson, whose debut novel, Hold It 'Til It Hurts, will turn to the war in Afghanistan and returning warriors, the inspiration for his novel.

12:15 p. m. — Queen Anne Parlor
BOOK MART
Book Signings
Randy Fertel, Andrew Lam, George Bishop, Pamela Binnings Ewen, and T. Geronimo Johnson will sign.

12:30 p. m. — Cash Bar Opens, Riverview Room, Hotel Monteleone
12:45 p. m .— Lunch Begins
LITERATURE & LUNCH
Hard Reality as Inspiration for Imagining & Creating Literature
Featuring Louisiana literary master Ernest Gaines, author of the focus book of the Faulkner Society’s, 2012 BIG READ project, A Lesson Before Dying, which is set in an era of 20th Century Louisiana, when Jim Crow was the law of the lland. Hal Clark is invited to introduce and moderate the session and join T. Geronimo Johnson, whose debut novel, Hold It Til It Hurts, is receiving universal acclaim, in interviewing Mr. Gaines.

2:45 p. m. — Queen Anne Ballroom
LITERATURE OUT OF TIME
Heros and Heroines of the Past as Inspiration for Contemporary Literature
Literary editor Susanna Porter of Random House is invited to introduce this session, which will feature Oscar Hijuelos, Marie Arana, Carole DeSanti, Joséphine Sacabo, and Lori Carlson.
4:00 p. m.
Intermission

4:15 p. m. — Queen Anne Ballroom
PRESENTATION OF PAPERS
Literature Out of Time:
Margaret Mitchell's Scarlett O'Hara: Fluffy Fictional Character or a Prototype for Surviving a Shift to a New Normal?
Laura Pavlides will examanine the character of one of the most captivating heroines of all time, a woman who knew how to go with the flow, Scarlett O'Hara of Gone with the Wind fame.
4:35 p. m.
Intermission

4:45 p. m.
MASTER CLASS: AGENTS & EDITORS
Getting The Right Agent & Working With the Right Editor
This session will feature all agents and editors participating in Words & Music, 2012. Jeff Kleinmann of Folio Literary Management will lead the discussion.
6:15 p. m. — Front Entrance, Hotel Monteleone
Bus leaves for Joy Theatre and gala concert. Bus reservation must be made in advance, $25 per person for round trip to concert and back. Reserve at Faulkhouse@aol.com before November 15.

6:30 p.m. — Doors Open, Cash Bar Opens, Joy Theatre, 1200 Canal St.
7:30 p. m. — Concert will begin.
A TRIBUTE TO LITERARY LEGEND ERNEST J. GAINES
World Premiere:
An original jazz score by Irvin Mayfield featuring the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
This gala concert will star Grammy Award-winning trumpet artist Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (NOJO) who will premiere a jazz tribute to revered Louisiana literary master Ernest Gaines. This world premiere event will take place in the recently renovated Joy Theatre, a landmark in New Orleans since 1947.

10:00 p. m.. to Midnight — Napoleon House, 500 Chartres St.
JAZZ AFTER HOURS AT THE NAPOLEON HOUSE
Featuring the music of Married Woman.
Married Woman is a collaboration by Rodger Kamenetz and Anna Byars, Ben Sandmel and Ben Schenck composing and performing original songs, with other musicians joining them.

Saturday, December 1
8:00 a. m. — Queen Anne Ballroom
CAFE AU LAIT & CROISSANTS
Announcements
8:00 a. m. — Queen Anne Parlor
WORDS & MUSIC BOOK MART OPENS8:30 a. m. — Orleans Room
MANUSCRIPT CRITIQUES CONTINUE

8:30 a. m. — Orleans Room
LIMITED REGISTRATION WORKSHOP #2
How to edit your own work successfully
A well-edited book is crucial to the success of it beginning with finding an agent, then a publisher,
getting it reviewed favorably, and selling the finished product to the general reading public. This session
will feature Brenda Copeland of St. Martin's Press. Introducing Ms. Copeland and setting the scene will be Shari Stauch of Where Writers Win.
NOTE ALSO: all registered guests may audit this discussion. Only those who have a paid the workshop fee will have their work critiqued and be eligible for interaction with the authors during this session.

9:45: a. m. — Queen Anne Ballroom
THE AESTHETICS OF LITERATURE
Using Performance Art Techniques and Forms to Get the Point Across Quickly and Poetically in Short Fiction: Literary Agent Ryan Doherty of Random House is invited to introduce this session, which
will feature Pulitzer prize author Oscar Hijuelos, Justin Torres, poet, fiction writer and playwright Dalt Wonk, and poet, playwright, novelist, and celebrated short fiction author, John Biguenet.

11:00—Queen Anne Ballroom
THE AESTHETICS OF LITERATURE
The Art of Using Fiction to Get at the Truth
Literary Editor Webster Younce is invited to introduce this session, which will feature New York Times bestselling novelist Adam Johnson, author of The Orphan Master's Son and Marie Arana, who visits other eras in the history of her native Peru in her two critically-acclaimed novels, Cellophane and Lima Nights. They will be joined in this discussion by Lucy Ferriss, who teaches writing at Trinity College and is author of and by Lisa Zeidner, bestselling author of the critically acclaimed books Love Bomb, just out, and Layover.

12:15—Queen Anne Parlor
BOOK MART
Book Signings
Lucy Ferris, Adam Johnson, Marie Arana, and Lisa Zeidner will sign.

12:30 p. m.— Omni Royal Orleans, Room TBA, Cash Bar Opens
12:45 p. m.— Omni Royal Orleans, Room TBA, Luncheon Begins
LITERATURE & LUNCH
The Aesthetics of Literature: The Art of Reading
Literary Editor Amy Gash is invited to introduce Pulitzer Prize winning literary critic Jonathan Yardley of the Washington Post, author of the recently published collection, Second Reading. He will demonstrate how to get the most out of great literature utilizing choice pieces of text from one of our all-time favorite novels of the South, A Summons to Memphis by a literary master, Peter Taylor.

2:30 p. m.
COLLABORATIONS IN THE ARTS
New Ventures in Small Press Publishing are Producing Dynamic Results
Liteary Agent Howard Yoon, Vice President of the Ross - Yoon Agency, is invited to introduce this session, which will feature the husband and wife team of art photographer Joséphine Sacabo and playwright poet, Dalt Wonk, co-authors of Nocturnes; Rodger Kamenetz, whose new book of poetry To Die Next to You is illustrated by artist Michael Hafftka; and designer and author Tom Varisco and John Biguenet, who collaborated on a newbook of essays Jackson Squared, which is illustrated by photographs, some by Tom and some by two other phogrpahers, Will Crocker and Jackson Hill.

3:45 p. m.
Intermission

4:00 p. m. — Queen Anne Ballroom
BOOK TO FILM
So you want to be in the Movies!
This session will feature Brandy Rivers of the prestigious Hollywood talent management firm, the Gersh Agency.
Brandy's specialty as a literary agent is selling her clients books for adaptation to feature films or documentaries.
Literary Agent Brandi Bowles is invited to introduce this sesstion.

5:00 p. m.
Intermission

5:15 p. m. — Queen Ann Ballroom
MENAGE A TROIS
Literary Editor Brenda Copeland of St. Martin's is invited to introduce this session, about the important relationship between an author with his/her agent and editor. MENAGE À TROIS, 2012 features author Lucy Ferris, whose new novel is The Lost Daughter, with her agent Al Zuckerman, founder of Writers House, and her editor, Jackie Cantor of Berkeley House.

7:00 p.m.— Hotel Monteleone, Queen Anne Ballroom
FAULKNER FOR ALL!
Honoring Ernest Gaines and others.
The Faulkner Society's gala annual meeting, Black Tie Optional. Cocktails, Featuring performancereading by Cicely Tyson, Presentation of 2012 ALIHOT Awards with introduction of Ernest Gaines by Jonathan Yardley.
The Guardians of the Flame Mardi Gras Indians will make an appearance in honor of Ernest Gaines.

8:30 p. m. — La Nouvelle Orleans Ballroom
Presentation of 2012 Gold Medals to Winners, William Faulkner - William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition.
Part II of Faulkner for All will feature dinner and dancing.

Sunday, December 2
8:00 a. m. — Queen Anne Ballroom
CAFE  AU LAIT & CROISSANTS
8:00 a. m. — Queen Anne Parlor
WORDS & MUSIC BOOK MART OPENS
8:00 a. m. —  Orleans Room
MANUSCRIPT CRITIQUES CONTINUE

8:00 a. m. — Queen Anne Ballroom
LIMITED REGISTRATION WORKSHOP #3
Finding a New Twist to the Old Verities: Love, Honor, Duty, Hope, Faith, Respect for Others, and Good Humor: Literary editor Ginny Younce of Penguin is invited to introduce this 75-minute session, which will be conducted by Moira Crone, author of the new novel, The Not Yet. Joining Ms. Crone for this session will be the critically acclaimed author Lisa Zeidner, author of Layover and Love Bomb  and Adam Johnson, whose new novel, The Orphan Master's Son, is a New York Times bestseller.
NOTE: all registered guests may audit this discussion. Only those who have a paid the workshop fee will have work critiqued and be eligible for interaction with the authors.

9:30 a. m. — Queen Anne Ballroom
2012 PRESENTATION OF PAPERS
Literature out of Time: Examinations of Life in the Face of Death
Jennifer Levasseur, a native New Orleanian who has lived and studied abroad for 10 years, will discuss two methods of interpreting death and rebirth in and through literature. Ms. Lavasseur, using the work of Austrian author Stefan Zweig, one of the bestselling authors in the world before the rise of Hitler, will discuss the ways in which Zweig, a Jew, was driven to suicide by the losses he suffered as a result of the Nazis, and at the same time how he treated suicide in his opus Beware of Pity. Unlike the central figure of A Lesson Before Dying, who gains redemption before his death, the suicide victim in the Zweig novel does not. Instead, her death results in redemption for the man who misused her. For more on Ms. Lavasseur, who currently is working on her doctorate in Australia, Click Here!

9:50 a. m. — Queen Anne Ballroom
Literature out of Time: World War C—Philosophy of Trust
How the heart and soul of America have been stolen by China is the subject of this paper, which will be presented by Gregory Friedlander, who has been in the active practice of law in Louisiana and Alabama
since 1983.

10:10 a. m. — Queen Anne Ballroom
Literature out of Time: The Power of Telling Tales in Verse to Transform
Liv S.M. Evensen, Ph.D, of Oslo, Norway, will be returning to Words & Music, 2012 with a new presentation of
tales in poetic “wrappings” from her collection Tales of Transformations, Shamanistically Speaking, drawn from her" Inner Muse" through Dreamscapes.

10:30 a. m. — Queen Anne Ballroom
Literature Out of Time:  Yeats’ Place of Stone: Animated Imagination, or Finding the Space Where We Can Breathe
At the age of 24, William Butler Yeats set as his life’s work to “hammer all into a unity.”  He was challenged by a fascination with the difficulty of locating a space where we each can retreat, at least momentarily, to that place of stone.  Dr. Marylin Mell, who teaches in the English Department of Dillard Univesity of New Orleans, will delve into the poetic stance of Yeats and his work.

10:50 a.m. — Intermission  

11:00 a.m. — Queen Anne Ballroom
MASTER CLASS 
Poetry as an Avenue to the Soul
This session will feature noted poets Peter Cooley, author of eight books of poetry, including his latest, Divine Margins, and his new collection, Nightbus to the Afterlife, to be released next year; Rodger Kamenetz, whose new collection, To Die Next to You will be released shortly; and Brad Richard, whose latest book is Butcher's Sugar, released in October, 2012. Mr. Richard is invited to lead the discussion.  
Peter Cooley, winner of the 2012 Gold Medal for Poetry, and Jennifer Bartell and James Bourey, runners-up in the Faulkner-Wisdom Competition's poetry category, are invited to read their poems at the end of this session. Poets with books will sign in the Book Mart, Queen Anne Parlor, during Intermission

12:15 — Intermission

12:30 p.m. — Queen Anne Ballroom
SPIRITUAL JOURNEYS
Great Literature as a Force for Social and Personal Soul Searching, Spiritual Reckoning
Ernest Gaines will discuss the universal themes of man's inhumanity to man and the longing for love, brotherhood, and human dignity in this session, featuring Tulane University teachers Nghana Lewis and T.R. Johnson, who will interview Mr. Gaines on the subject. Mr. Gaines will sign after the session.

1:45 p. m. — Riverview Room, Hotel Monteleone, Cash Bar Opens
1:45 p.m. —  Riverview Room, Luncheon Begins
LITERATURE & LUNCH: A SALUTE TO WILLIAM FAULKNER
The Power of Literature & Its Creators To Change Lives.
The stage for this event will be set by John Shelton Reed, a founder of the Center for the Study of the South at the University of North Carolina and author of the new book, Dixie Bohemia, all about Faulkner and pals in New Orleans and how Faulkner's life was changed by New Orleans and the mentors, especially including Sherwood Anderson, he met here. Featuring British writing teacher and lecturer Simon Claxton of England. Simon Claxton will be introduced by Dr. E. Quinn Peeper, chairman of the New Orleans Chapter of the English Speaking Union.

4:00 to 5:30 p. m. — 624 Pirate's Alley
SO LONG, OOH LONG!
The Power of Literature & Its Creators To Change Lives.
Rosemary James and Joe DeSalvo will be at home after Literature & Lunch to offer you a bon voyage glass of champagne and dessert in the house where Nobel Laureate William Faulkner fell in love, poked fun at his friends, shot BBs at passersby, and found his voice as America's best-known novelist. Have a drink and pick up last minute copies of the books of Words & Music, 2011 in the room where Faulkner wrote Soldiers' Pay a collection of New Orleans Sketches, and word caricatures for Sherwood Anderson and Other Famous Creoles and began writing other books in his New Orleans cycle, such as The Wild Palms, Mosquitoes, and Pylon. When Faulkner first arrived in New Orleans, he was the guest of Elizabeth and Sherwood Anderson, who lived at The Pontalba, until they got tired of having a guest underfoot in their small apartment.

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Faulkner Society events are made possible in part by important support from Alliance Francaise of New Orleans, The Arts Council of New Orleans and the Decentralized Arts Funding Program and the Arts Stabilization Program of The Louisiana Division of the Arts; Bertie Deming Smith and the Deming Foundation; the English Speaking Union; Rosemary James, Joseph DeSalvo and Faulkner House, Inc; Randy Fertel and The Ruth U. Fertel Foundation; Arthur & Mary Davis, Quint Davis, and Pam Friedler; the Louisiana State Museum; Courtenay McDowell and Richard Gregory; Hotel Monteleone; Mr. & Mrs. Hartwig Moss, III; Jimmy & Pam Lott; Theodosia M. Nolan, Tia and James Roddy, and Peter Tattersall; Parkside Foundation; Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre; Anne and Ron Pincus; Other Press, a Division of Random House; E. Quinn Peeper and Michael Harold; R. M. Shows, David Speights in Memory of Marti Speights, Spring: A Journal of Archetype and Culture: Nancy Cater, Editor; the State Library of Louisiana; Judith "Jude" Swenson in memory of her late husband, James Swenson.