Serena Puang is a cultural critic, freelance journalist, and content creator based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She has written for the New York Times, The Boston Globe, NBC, and many other publications. She’s passionate about writing about communities of color, accessibility, and books, and she writes a monthly column in Rooted, called "Reading the Room," where she features books written by authors from historically underrepresented communities in publishing.

Schedule

10:30 am to 11:30 am
State Library, Fifth Floor, Capitol View Room
Ghosts and Other Hauntings: Grief, Rage, and Reckoning
Kim Fu, The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts: A Novel
Jennifer Murphy, The Ghost Women: A Novel
Tlotlo Tsamaase, House of Margins: A Novel
with moderator Serena Puang

12:45 pm to 1:45 pm
A.Z. Young Park, Author Tent A
Tides of Fortune and Loss: Storms, Secrets, and Survival in Louisiana Fiction
Rod Davis, Life in the Time of Hurricanes
Vicki Salloum, A Gathering Place
Stephanie Soileau, Should the Waters Take Us
Michelle St. Romain, Song of Belonging: A Novel
with moderator Serena Puang

Moderator