WRITERS IN NEW ORLEANS: FINDING THEIR PLACE, DEFINING THE CITY

Thursday, March 26, 12:30 – 2:15 PM
Friday, March 27, 10 – 11:45 AM
Saturday, March 28, 10 – 11:45 AM
Sunday, March 29, 10:30 AM – 12:15 PM

WRITERS IN NEW ORLEANS: FINDING THEIR PLACE, DEFINING THE CITY

Walt Whitman and William Faulkner; Kate Chopin and Mark Twain; Charles Bukowski and Eudora Welty—these are just a few of the writers who resist comparison except in their response to the lure of New Orleans. Native writers who wrote about the city are equally disparate: George Washington Carver, Anne Rice, John Kennedy Toole, Sarah M. Broom, to mention just a few. Join tour guide Dana Criswell on a stroll through the French Quarter to explore the lives of these writers and others, including some lesser-known figures such as Lafcadio Hearn and Lyle Saxon, who helped create a mythic version of New Orleans that continues to inspire literary talent. Criswell began giving tours (French Quarter, cemetery, and literary) after she retired from the University of New Orleans, where she taught in the English department for almost a decade before shifting into an administrative position in International Education.
Meet in the Hotel Monteleone, Queen Anne Parlor, $30 or VIP Pass.

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