First Tuesday - Book Club

September 7th, 2010

At 6pm on Tuesday, September 7 the First Tuesday Book Club will meet and discuss Thomas Lynch’s book “The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade.” Please come by.

Gladin Scott's Birthday Bash! Weekend of September 10th, 11th, and 12th, A donation of 20% of all booksales at the Maple Street Book Shop sales will be donated to Lusher School's Creative Writing Program.

September 10th, 2010

Gladin Scott’s Birthday Bash Weekend!
Please join us on the weekend of September 10, 11, and 12th for Gladin’s Birthday Bash! A donation of 20% from all book sales at the Maple Street Book Shop this weekend will be donated to Lusher School’s Creative Writing Program.

Local Photographers

September 10th, 2010

Join us on Friday from 6-8pm for a wine and cheese party celebrating the release of “Before (During) After.” Local photographers John Biguenet, Tom Varisco, and Zach Smith will sign “Before (During) After.” We will also have a slide show of photographs from their book.

Lee Barclay and Christopher Porche West

September 11th, 2010

Also on Saturday, September 11 from 1-3pm, Lee Barclay and Christopher Porche West will sign their book
“New Orleans: What Can’t be Lost.”

New York Times best selling author - Nevada Barr

September 11th, 2010

As our Birthday weekend continues, please join us for lunch at noon when New York Times Bestselling author, Nevada Barr signs her newest novel “Burn.”

Whitney Stewart

September 11th, 2010

For our first booksigning of the day, join us from 10-11:30am when Whitney Stewart signs her book “Marshall, the Sea Dog.” There will be a sea rescue demonstration afterwards for the children to participate in.

Brunch with Lusher Charter School's Creative Writing Program

September 12th, 2010

Please join us for Brunch on Sunday, September 12 at 1pm. Local students from the Creative Writing Program at Lusher Charter School will be reading from and discussing their original work.

Uptown Free Readers Book Club

September 15th, 2010

Please join us on Wednesday, September 15 from 6:30-8pm when the Uptown Free Readers Book Club discusses Sherman Alexie’s novel “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” This book examines the experiences of a teenager growing up on a reservation in Washington State, focusing on his growth toward self-acceptance and other-acceptance in a multi-cultural environment. In 2010 the book was banned (removed from the school library) by the school board in Stockton, Missouri, supposedly because of “violence, language, and some sexual content.”

David Lummis

September 16th, 2010

Please join us on Thursday, September 16 at 5:30pm. David Lummis will be signing copies of his new book “The Coffee Shop Chronicles of New Orleans, part 1.”

Bud Faust

September 18th, 2010

Please join us on Saturday, September 18 at 1pm when Bud Faust signs his new book “Great Moments in New Orleans History, Volume 2.”

First Tuesday - Book Club

October 5th, 2010

Please join us on Tuesday, October 5 at 6pm when The First Tuesday Book Club will meet to discuss
“A Reliable Wife,” by Robert Goolrick.

Linda Yasnyi

October 9th, 2010

On Saturday, October 9 from 1-3pm, Linda Yasnyi will sign copies of her new book “Misadventures of a New Orleans Girl:Selling the Shoes without Touching the Feet.”

Johnette Downing

October 16th, 2010

Please join us 11:30am-1pm on Saturday, October 16 for the book signing and CD launch of “There Was an Old Lady who Swallowed Some Bugs” by Johnette Downing.

Uptown Free Readers Book Club

October 20th, 2010

Please join us on Wednesday, October 20 from 6:30-8pm when the Uptown Free Readers Book Club discusses “Lolita” by Vladimir Nabakov.

“Lolita” has always been controversial, since it deals with an adult man’s sexual attraction for under-age girls. When Nabokov finished writing it in 1953, American publishers refused to print it. Published in France in 1955, reviewers tended to ignore it, in spite of its growing popularity. One British newspaper editor called it “the filthiest book I have ever read.” It quickly earned respect, however, and is now often included in literature curricula. It is often challenged when used in high school English classes.

Please see http://www.uptownfreereaders.info/ for more information.

Anne Germanacos

October 26th, 2010

On Tuesday, October 26 at 6pm, Anne Germanacos will do a reading and a signing of her new book “In the Time of Girls.”

Lolis Eric Elie and Dawn Logsdon

October 27th, 2010

Please join us on Wednesday October 27 at 5:30pm. We will be hosting a public screening of “Faubourg Treme: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans.” There will be a discussion/Q & A afterwards with Lolis Eric Elie and Dawn Logsdon.

Uptown Free Readers Book Club

November 17th, 2010

Please join us on Wednesday, November 17 from 6:30-8pm when the Uptown Free Readers Book Club discusses “Bless Me Ultima” by Rudolfo A. Anaya.

“Bless Me, Ultima” is a magnificently written coming-of-age story. Although this is a novel, author Rudolfo Anaya draws heavily on his real-life experiences growing up in a Spanish-speaking community in New Mexico in the 1940s. He paints a colorful and textured picture of a multi-cultural, multi-lingual, and multi-religious environment, exploring the tensions that arise from the successes and failures of blending disparate cultural elements.

Bless Me, Ultima occupies position 32 on the American Library Association’s list of the Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009. One recent challenge took place in 2009 at a high school in Orestimba, California, not too far from Modesto. A parent there “initially complained about the vulgar language, the sexually explicit scenes and an anti-Catholic bias,” and later added that the book’s themes “undermine the conservative family values in our homes,” according to the LA Times.

Please see http://www.uptownfreereaders.info/ for more information.

Uptown Free Readers Book Club

December 15th, 2010

Please join us on Wednesday, December 15 from 6:30-8pm when the Uptown Free Readers Book Club discusses “A Hero Ain’t Nothin’ but a Sandwich.”

Famously, “A Hero Ain’t Nothin’ but a Sandwich” was one of a group of books that a school board in New York removed from their school library under cover of darkness. Parents sued, and in court documents the board described the books as anti-Semitic, anti-American, and filthy. The case went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, resulting in a famous 1982 decision known as Board of Education v. Pico.

Please see http://www.uptownfreereaders.info/ for more information.