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Tim Allis
Henri Bendel and the Worlds He Fashioned

Allison Alsup
Foreign Seed: A Novel

Jeffrey E. Anderson
Voodoo: An African American Religion

Kayla Min Andrews
The Fetishist: A Novel
by Katherine Min

Jess Armstrong
The Curse of Penryth Hall:
A Mystery
   
Monica Arnaldo
Are You a Cheeseburger
   

B



Anne Babson
The Poetry Buffet:
An Anthology of New Orleans Poetry

Stacey Balkun
The Poetry Buffet:
An Anthology of New Orleans Poetry

John K. Bardes
The Carceral City:
Slavery and the Making of Mass Incarceration in New Orleans, 1803-1930

Erin Z. Bass
Moderator

Bob Becker
New Orleans City Park:
From Tragedy to Triumph

Jack B. Bedell
Ghost Forest: Poems

Felice Belle
Viscera

Burke Bischoff
Po'Boy

Jeffrey Blount
Mr. Jimmy from
Around the Way: A Novel

Martha B. Boone
Mother Charity:
A Big Free Novel

Darrell Bourque
Until We Talk

Sandra Bretting
Unfit to Serve

Kimberly Brock
The Fabled Earth:
A Novel

Catharine Savage Brosman
Aerosols and Other Poems

Taylor Brown
Rednecks: A Novel
   
James Lee Burke*
Clete: A Dave
Robicheaux Novel

*via live remote
   

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Diana B. Carlin
Remember the First Ladies: The Legacies of America's History-Making Women

Tracy Carr
Moderator

Lisa Carrico
Panelist

Alton Carter
Different Together

Brooke Champagne
NOLA Face: A Latina's
Life in the Big Easy

Caroline Cleveland
When Cicadas Cry:
A Novel

Eric Cook
Modern Creole: A Taste of New Orleans Culture and Cuisine

Nicole Cooley
Mother Water Ash: Poems

Peter Cooley
Accounting for Dark

Ralph Eric Criss
The Boss of New Orleans: Martin Behrman and Machine Politics in the Crescent City
   
Klara Cvitanovich
Panelist
   

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Jay Dardenne
Why Louisiana Ain't Mississippi
...Or Any Place Else!

Chad Davidson
Bring Out Your Dead: Elegies from
the Plague Year

Rod Davis
The Life of Kim and the Behavior of Men:
Human Bondage in the After-Market of War

Cassandra de Alba
Poet

Naomi DeBerry
My Daddy Needs a Gift

Danielle Del Sol
Painting the Town: The Importance of Color in Historic New Orleans Architecture

Randolph Delehanty
New Orleans:
Elegance and Decadence

Victor Dixen
The Court of Shadows
and
The Court of Miracles

Johnette Downing
Petit Pierre and His Wild Adventure

Diana Marie DuBois
The Dead Creole Club book series
 
Andre Dubus III
Ghost Dogs:
On Killers and Kin

Marti Dumas
Nina and the
Mysterious Mailbox

Jeff Duncan
A Life Impossible: Living with ALS: Finding Peace and Wisdom Within a Fragile Existence
 

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E



Elizabeth N. Ellis
The Great Power
of Small Nations: Indigenous Diplomacy
in the Gulf South

Ashley Elston
First Lie Wins: A Novel

Jumata Emill
Wander in the Dark

Mason Engel
Documentary:
Books across America: A Road Trip Documentary

Desiree S. Evans
The Black Girl Survives
in This One
   
Freddi Williams Evans
Passing It On:
The Art of John T. Scott
   

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F



Ellen Ann Fentress
The Steps We Take:
A Memoir of Southern Reckoning

Gina Ferrara
The Poetry Buffet:
An Anthology of New Orleans Poetry

Keith M. Finley
From Slavery to Segregation: Reckoning with White Supremacy in the American South

Peter Finney Jr.
Drago's: An American Journey

Lisa Fipps
Starfish
and
And Then, Boom!
 

Joe Formichella
The Best of the Shortest:
A Southern Writers Reading Reunion

M.R. Fournet
Darkness and
Demon Song

and
Brick Dust and Bones

Ariel Francisco
All the Places We Love Have Been Left in Ruins

Shayla C. Freeman
The Assignment

J. Bruce Fuller
How to Drown a Boy: Poems

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Ronald M. Gauthier
Keeping the Faith: A Memoir of Family, Race, and Social History of New Orleans

Cheryl Gerber
The Danse Macabre: Celebration and Survival in New Orleans

Matthew S. Ghergich IV
Dixie the Fiddle Playing Cajun Pixie

Steve Gleason
A Life Impossible: Living with ALS: Finding Peace and Wisdom Within a Fragile Existence

Chris Granger
Painting the Town: The Importance of Color in Historic New Orleans Architecture
 

Dana David Gravot
"Je jongle au Bon Dieu quand je traite": Traiteurs in Francophone Louisiana

Marguerite Martin Gray
Whispers of Wisdom

Katie Green
Gregory's Digestible Alphabet

Robert Gwaltney
The Cicada Tree: A Novel

Minrose Gwin
Beautiful Dreamers:
A Novel
 

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Jay Hakes
The Presidents and the Planet: Climate Change Science and Politics from Eisenhower to Bush

Barbara Hamby
Holoholo: Poems

Kelly Harris-DeBerry
The Poetry Buffet:
An Anthology of New Orleans Poetry

Lisi Harrison
Graveyard Girls

Mandy Haynes
The Best of the Shortest:
A Southern Writers Reading Reunion

Jesse Haynes
Silent
and
The Ninja Games:
Blue Volt

Joshua Hebert
Moderator

Carolyn Hembree
For Today: Poems

Yuri Herrera
Season of the Swamp:
A Novel

Deron Hicks
The Dark Skies Mystery:
A WWII Thriller

C.H. Hooks
Can't Shake the Dust

Suzanne Hudson
The Best of the Shortest:
A Southern Writers Reading Reunion

Stephen Hundley
Bomb Island: A Novel

Harry Hunsicker
The Life and Death
of Rose Doucette: A Novel

Shaun David Hutchinson
The School for
Invisible Boys
         

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Hannah Jones
Moderator

Amanda Jones
That Librarian:
The Fight Against
Book Banning in America

William Joyce
Rocket Puppies
 

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K



Julie Kane
The Poetry Buffet:
An Anthology of New Orleans Poetry

Rick Kelley
I Read About It in a Book

David Kirby
The Winter Dance Party: Poems, 1983-2023

Karen Konnerth
The Snowman Waltz

Daniel Kraus
Pay the Piper: A Novel
and
Graveyard Girls
   
Dylan Krieger
Predators Welcome
   

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L



Errol Laborde
When Rex Met Zulu and Other Chronicles of the New Orleans Experience

Peggy Scott Laborde
Documentary:
Literary New Orleans

Lizzetta LeFalle-Collins
Seasons at Lakeside Dairy: Family Stories from a Black-Owned Dairy, from Louisiana to California
and Beyond

Rob Lalka
The Venture Alchemists: How Big Techs Turned Profit into Power

Guy Lamolinara
Moderator

Susan Langenhennig
Painting the Town: The Importance of Color in Historic New Orleans Architecture

Karen LeBlanc
Moderator

Daniel W.K. Lee
The Poetry Buffet:
An Anthology of New Orleans Poetry

R.J. Lee
The Majestic Leo Marble:
A Novel

Rosey Lee
The Gardins of Edin:
A Novel

Yoon Ha Lee
Moonstorm
and
Fox Snare

Kayvion Lewis
Heist Royale

Zelda Lockhart
Trinity: A Novel

Jeffrey Dale Lofton
Podcast: Inside Voices

Annell López
I'll Give You
a Reason: Stories
 
Christopher Lowe
Make Some Wretched Fool to Pay: Stories
 
Amina Luqman-Dawson
Freewater
 

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M



Bruce Magee
Liberty in Louisiana:
A Comedy

by James Workman

Dawn Major
The Bystanders

Bethany Mangle
Conditions of a Heart

Monica Mankin
The Poetry Buffet:
An Anthology of New Orleans Poetry

Rachel M. Marsh
Rougarou Magic

Bev Marshall
The Best of the Shortest:
A Southern Writers Reading Reunion

Valerie Martin
Mrs. Gulliver: A Novel

Melissa Martin
Bayou: Feasting Through the Seasons of a
Cajun Life

Dominic Massa
Documentary:
Literary New Orleans

Jimmy Matejek-Morris
Forsooth

Crystal Mayo
Lucy's Home: A True Story
about a Boy
Who Wanted a Dog

Anita McBride
Remember the First Ladies: The Legacies of America’s History-Making Women

Shirley McCoy
Dragon Song

Mary McMyne
A Rose by
Any Other Name

Jeanette Medearis
I Dig the Skin I Am In,
I Am Loving Myself
Skin Deep!

Linda Midgett
Why Louisiana Ain't Mississippi
…Or Any Place Else!

Corey J. Miles
Vibe: The Sound and Feeling of Black Life in the American South

James W. Miller
King of the Gun Runners: How a Philadelphia Fruit Importer Inspired a Revolution and Provoked the Spanish-American War

Derek Milman
A Darker Mischief

Katherine Min
The Fetishist: A Novel

Heather-Marie Montilla
PBS Books

Jennifer Moorhead
Broken Bayou

Benjamin Morris
The Poetry Buffet:
An Anthology of New Orleans Poetry

Geoff Munsterman
The Poetry Buffet:
An Anthology of New Orleans Poetry

Kay Murphy
The Poetry Buffet:
An Anthology of New Orleans Poetry

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N



Dennis Nangle
Moderator

GennaRose Nethercott
Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart and Other Stories

Nini Nguyen
Dac Biet: An Extra-Special Vietnamese Cookbook

Janet Nodar
The Best of the Shortest:
A Southern Writers Reading Reunion

James Nolan
Between Dying and Not Dying, I Chose the Guitar: The Pandemic Years
in New Orleans

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O



Phil Oakley
Little Hatchet

C.E. O'Banion
Chinese New Year:
A Novel

Biljana D. Obradović
The Poetry Buffet:
An Anthology of New Orleans Poetry

Karen O'Connell
Moderator/Panelist
 

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P



Melinda Palacio
The Poetry Buffet:
An Anthology of New Orleans Poetry

Hannah Palmer
The Pool Is Closed: Segregation, Summertime, and the Search for
a Place to Swim

Stephen M. Payne
Liberty in Louisiana:
A Comedy

by James Workman

Lance Pekus
The Ninja Games:
Blue Volt

Alison Pelegrin
Louisiana Poet Laureate

Jonathan Penton
The Poetry Buffet:
An Anthology of New Orleans Poetry

Valentine Pierce
The Poetry Buffet:
An Anthology of New Orleans Poetry

Theodore Pitsios
The Best of the Shortest:
A Southern Writers Reading Reunion

John Pope
Painting the Town: The Importance of Color in Historic New Orleans Architecture

Alisha Prather
Ava's Wish
   
Jasper Price
The Incredible JumpRoller Dragons: A Small World War Novel
   

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R



Joy E. Rancatore
One Good Thing

Ned Randolph
Muddy Thinking in the Mississippi River Delta:
A Call for Reclamation

Lee Reed
The Cipher of
the Seven Stars

Helen Regis
Bayou Harvest: Subsistence Practices in Coastal Louisiana

Gary Richards
One Book One Festival - The Optimist's Daughter
by Eudora Welty

Rebecca Boggs Roberts
Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson

Press L. Robinson Sr.
Pressing Forward:
My Life as a Baton Rouge Community Pioneer

Farrah Rochon
Pardon My Frenchie

Erin Rovin
It's Raining in Florida
and
It's Sunny in Florida

Maurice Carlos Ruffin
The American Daughters: A Novel
   
Ed Ruzicka
Squalls: Poems
   

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S



Mona Lisa Saloy
The Poetry Buffet:
An Anthology of New Orleans Poetry

Michele Chan Santos
Moderator/Panelist

Sandra Sarr
The Poetry Buffet:
An Anthology of New Orleans Poetry

Patrick Schaffner
Moderator/Panelist

Katharine Schellman
The Last Note of Warning: A Mystery

Richard Sexton
New Orleans: A Photo Guide to the Wild Mélange
and
New Orleans:
Elegance and Decadence

Susie J. Shepherd
Sounds of the Forest

Dayne Sherman
The Best of the Shortest:
A Southern Writers Reading Reunion

Paul Siefken
Vernon Poche & the Ghosts of New Orleans

John Warner Smith
From the Flinty Rock:
New & Selected Poems

Julia Ridley Smith
Sex Romp Gone Wrong: Stories

Morgan Tarpley Smith
A Louisiana Christmas to Remember

Nancy Kegan Smith
Remember the First Ladies: The Legacies of America's History-Making Women

Bruce Spizer
The Beatles A Hard Day's Night & More
and
The Beatles Please Please Me to With The Beatles

Sheryl St. Germain
Moderator
 
Anthony J. Stanonis
New Orleans Pralines:
Plantation Sugar,
Louisiana Pecans,
and the Marketing of
Southern Nostalgia

Mary Stein
Moderator
 

Michael Strecker
The Knights of Wade
 
 

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Joselyn Takacs
Pearce Oysters: A Novel

William J. Thibodeaux
Cajun Country Chronicles

Sarah Tolcser
Majestica

Marilyn Turk
The Escape Game
 

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Karen Ullo
To Crown with Liberty
 
Boyce Upholt
The Great River:
The Making and
Un-Making
of the Mississippi
 

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V


 

 
Lacey Vidrine
Peter the Skeeter
   

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W



Christina Ward
Holy Food: How Cults, Communes, and Religious Movements Influenced What We Eat ― An American History

Kent Wascom
The Great State of West Florida: A Novel

David Weill
All That Really Matters

Emma C. Wells
This Girl's a Killer

Ken Wells
Gumbo Life: A Journey Down the Roux Bayou

Julie Liddell Whitehead
Hurricane Baby: Stories

Sadie Wilks
Ava's Wish

Brittany N. Williams
Saint-Seducing Gold

Elizabeth M. Williams
The Southern Food & Beverage Museum Cookbook: Recipes from the Modern South

Kalela Williams
Tangleroot

LaDarrion Williams
Blood at the Root

Ashley Winstead
Midnight is the Darkest Hour: A Novel

Sharon J. Wishnow
The Pelican Tide: A Novel

Olivia Worley
The Debutantes

Lenora Worth
A Louisiana Christmas to Remember
 
Snowden Wright
The Queen City Detective Agency: A Novel
 
Ben Wynne
A Hound Dog Tale:
Big Mama, Elvis, and the Song That Changed Everything
 

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Mark Yakich
Little Data

Steve Yates
The Lakes
of Southern Hollow

Andy Young
Museum of
the Soon to Depart
 

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Z


 
Karen Spears Zacharias
No Perfect Mothers:
A Novel
 
Susan Beckham Zurenda
The Girl from the Red Rose Motel: A Novel
 

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