SUCH A WICKED CITY: NEW ORLEANS AND THE IDEA OF DECADENCE

Saturday, March 26, 1 – 2:15 PM—Literary Discussion

Brian Altobello, author of Whiskey, Women, and War: How the Great War Shaped Jim Crow New Orleans; Robert Azzarello, author of Three Hundred Years of Decadence: New Orleans Literature and the Transatlantic World; Alecia P. Long, “Cruising for Conspirators: How a New Orleans DA Prosecuted the Kennedy Assassination as a Sex Crime,” and Frank Perez, author of Southern Decadence in New Orleans, talk about the roots of the city’s reputation for decadence. Moderated by Teresa Toulouse, co-editor of Sweet Spots: In-Between Spaces in New Orleans.

Hotel Monteleone, Queen Anne Ballroom, $10 or Literary Discussion Pass or VIP Pass