Fiction and Literature
9:30 am to 10:15 am
A.Z. Young Park, Author Tent B
Southern Women, Southern Landscapes: Cultural Reflections on the Garden, 1870-1970
Elise L. Smith with moderator Morgan Tarpley Smith
10:00 am to 10:45 am
State Library, First Floor, Seminar Center
NBF Presents Southern Satire
Join National Book Award–honored authors Ben Fountain (Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, 2012 Fiction Finalist; Rasputin Swims the Potomac) and T. Geronimo Johnson (Welcome to Braggsville, 2015 Fiction Longlister; The Occidental Book of the Dead) play with language and humor to expose the most astonishing, horrifying, and honest parts of present-day American life. Join the authors for readings and conversation on deploying satire to get closer to truth, both for themselves as writers and for their readers. Moderated by Delaney Nolan, investigative journalist and author of Happy Bad. Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation.
10:00 am to 10:45 am
State Library, Third Floor
Wayward Grace: Southern Novels of Upended Lives, Humor, and Second Chances
Susan Gregg Gilmore, The Curious Calling of Leonard Bush: A Novel
Stuart P. Green, The Rebbe of Baton Rouge
with moderator Robert Gwaltney
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
10:15 am to 11:15 am
A.Z. Young Park, Author Tent A
Echoes of Atrocity: Fact Based Novels of Police Brutality, State Corruption, and Political Violence
Christopher Louis Romaguera, Charras: A True Novel of the Assassination that Roiled the Yucatan by Hernán Lara Zavala
John Warner Smith, Murders at Mer Rouge
Amos Jasper Wright IV, The Battle of Danziger Bridge: A Novel
with moderator Maurice Carlos Ruffin
10:30 am to 11:30 am
Bienville Building, First Floor, Conference Center 173
Shadows of the Past: Historical Novels of Tragedy, Heritage, and Resilience
Phil Oakley, Austin Sunrise
William Christy Smith, Skylark: A Novel
Shannon Terry Wiley, Yellow September: A Novel
with moderator Joy E. Rancatore
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
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
A.Z. Young Park, Author Tent A
Lost and Found: Novels of Grief, Marginalized Lives, and the Search for Grace
Wes Blake, Pineville Trace
Joe Bond, Hope House: A Novel
Ashley N. Hudson, The Bridge
with moderator Mark Neely
11:45 am to 12:30 pm
State Library, Fifth Floor, Capitol View Room
Lost Souls: Dark Secrets, Family Legacies, and Uncanny Phenomena
Megan Giddings, Black Arts: Stories
Robert Gwaltney, Sing Down the Moon: A Novel
with moderator Tracy Carr
11:45 am to 12:45 pm
Bienville Building, First Floor, Conference Center 173
Crossroads & Connections: Novels of Love, Legacy, and Life’s Turning Points
Mary Hester, Painting Grace
Nina LaCour, Meet Me in the Garden: A Novel
Emily Nemens, Clutch: A Novel
with moderator Joy Holden
11:45 am to 12:45 pm
A.Z. Young Park, Author Tent B
Women and War: Secrets, Loss, and Survival
Sheryl Cornett, No Secrets in this House: A Novel
Karen Essex, Run, Darling
Elisa M. Speranza, Triage: A Novel
with moderator Miki Pfeffer
12:45 pm to 1:45 pm
State Library, Fifth Floor, Capitol View Room
Ungovernable: Novels of Women Fighting for Survival, Agency, and Control
Victoria Dillon, Ava: A Novel
Donna Everhart, Women of a Promiscuous Nature: A Novel
Delaney Nolan, Happy Bad: A Novel
with moderator April Blevins Pejic
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
1:00 pm to 1:45 pm
State Library, First Floor, Seminar Center
Past Stories, Present Reckonings: Race, Identity, and Belonging
cc ECK, Ghost Gun: A Novel
P.C. Verrone, Rabbit, Fox, Tar: A Novel
with moderator Maurice Carlos Ruffin
1:00 pm to 1:45 pm
Outside Museum, North Tent
Le Grand Dérangement: The Acadian Story in Fact and Fiction
Ryan U. Bernard, The Bernards of Louisiana: An Acadian Family History
Marianne Rabalais Sulser, Like Snow Before Sun
with moderator Rien Fertel
1:30 pm to 2:15 pm
State Library, Third Floor
Finding Your Faith in Literature: Why Some of the Greatest Stories are Relevant, Personal, and Transformative
Karen E.B. Elliott with moderator Emily Carpenter
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
State Library, First Floor, Seminar Center
Under the Surface: Short Stories and Novels of Masking, Power, and Personal Reckonings
Addie E. Citchens, Dominion: A Novel
T. Clark, All This Want (and I Can't Get None): Stories
Rob Franklin, Great Black Hope: A Novel
Che Yeun, Tailbone: A Novel
with moderator Maurice Carlos Ruffin
2:00 pm to 2:45 pm
A.Z. Young Park, Author Tent A
All the Lonely People: Stories from Appalachia and the Florida Gulf Coast
Cathy Schieffelin, Snakeroot and Cohosh
Daniel S.C. Sutter, Debris: Stories
with moderator Joy E. Rancatore
2:15 pm to 3:00 pm
State Library, Second Floor, Meeting Room
Where the Wild Things Reign: Novels of Suspense, Survival, and Frontier Folklore
Johnnie Bernhard, The Witch of Sonora
Taylor Brown, Wolvers
with moderator Phil Oakley
2:30 pm to 3:30 pm
State Library, Third Floor
One Book One Festival: Interview with a Vampire by Anne Rice
with Gary Richards