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Dr. Megan Holt is Executive Director for One Book One New Orleans and the Words & Music Festival. Her 2021 TEDx Talk, “Becoming Part of the Story,” focuses on her work as an adult education advocate. Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities recognized her efforts in 2023 with the Light Up for Literacy Award. Her most recent professional accomplishment is founding a book club inside Orleans Parish Jail, connecting local authors with incarcerated readers.

Schedule

10:00 am to 11:00 am
State Library, Fifth Floor, Serials
The Undertow of Grief: Strength and Healing in the Wake of Loss
Jill Christman, The Heart Folds Early: A Memoir
Karen C. McCord, Only Rainbows: The Carley McCord Story
Peggy Sweeney-McDonald, Life in the A-Zone: How I Embraced the Journey with My Mother's Alzheimer's One Pink Cloud Moment at a Time
with moderator Megan Holt

11:15 am to Noon
State Library, Fifth Floor, Serials
Time and Time Again: Ancestry, Identity, and the Weight of History
Ellen Morris Prewitt, When We Were Murderous Time-Traveling Women
Rita Woods, The Edge of Yesterday
with moderator Megan Holt

12:15 pm to 1:00 pm
State Library, Fifth Floor, Serials
Unholy Hell: Horror Novels of Cult Indoctrination, Fanatical Devotion, and Twisted Faith
Kevin Johnson, 'Twas the Night: A Novel
Bethany C. Morrow, The Body: A Novel
with moderator Megan Holt

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