Programs by Genre - Biography and Autobiography
Book Talks
10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room E
Postcards from the Sky: Adventures of an Aviatrix
Erin Seidemann
11:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room A
The Story of Dan Bright: Crime, Corruption and Injustice in the Crescent City
Dan Bright and Justin Nobel
12:15 p.m. to 12:45 p.m.
State Capitol, House Committee Room 1
The Jaguar Man: A Memoir
Lara Naughton
12:15 p.m. to 12:45 p.m.
Capitol Park Museum, Third Floor
Two Civil Wars: The Curious Shared Journal of a Baton Rouge Schoolgirl and a Union Sailor on the USS Essex
Katherine Bentley Jeffrey
12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m.
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room F
Autobiography through Poetry and Prose
David Armand
3:15 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
Capitol Park Museum, First Floor
New Orleans Women and the Poydras Home: More Durable than Marble
Pamela Tyler
3:15 p.m. to 4 p.m.
State Capitol, House Committee Room 6
The Other Side of the Painting
Wendy Rodrigue
3:15 p.m. to 4 p.m.
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room E
Miss Ella of Commander’s Palace
Ti Adelaide Martin
3:30 to 4 p.m.
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room A
Toussaint Louverture: A Revolutionary Life
Philippe R. Girard
Discussions
10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.
State Capitol, House Committee Room 3
Biographies of Honorable Men
Dianne Dempsey-Legnon, A Louisiana Soldier: Willis A. Fontenot
Ann Trousdale, Cotton Patch Rebel: The Story of Clarence Jordan
10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
State Capitol, House Committee Room 4
Louisiana Women: Their Lives and Times, Volume 2
Court P. Carney, Emily Clark, Mary Farmer-Kaiser, Shannon Frystak, and Tania Tetlow
11 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
State Capitol, House Committee Room 3
Biographies of Extraordinary Women
Anne Boyd Rioux, Constance Fenimore Woolson: Portrait of a Lady Novelist
Marlene Trestman, Fair Labor Lawyer: The Remarkable Life of New Deal Attorney and Supreme Court Advocate Bessie Margolin
1 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.
State Capitol, House Committee Room 3
Can Everybody Swim?: A Survival Story from Katrina’s Superdome
Bruce S. Snow with David Johnson, moderator
2 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
State Capitol, Senate Chamber
Beirut on the Bayou: Alfred Nicola, Louisiana, and the Making of Modern Lebanon
Raif Shwayri with David Johnson, moderator
Volunteer
Book-loving volunteers are essential to the Louisiana Book Festival's success. Whether it's escorting authors, guiding visitors, selling refreshments, working with children in the Young Readers Pavilion or other fun and rewarding assignments, the Louisiana Book Festival wants you to join the volunteer team.
