Words of Wisdom from Ignatius Reilly on John Kennedy Toole’s Birthday
Happy Birthday to an author who led a short, but brilliant, life and left us with a beloved character.
Notes From the Louisiana Book Festival
Held October 27 on the grounds of and inside the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge, the Louisiana Book Festival was a wonderful way to spend a sunny, chilly day.
The Lafayette Confederacy
Discover how Lafayette fits into the life of late author John Kennedy Toole at a booksigning next week.
Literary Friday
Lost in Auraria with Tim Westover. Deep South events on John Kennedy Toole and Flannery O'Connor. Anne Rice's New Orleans apartment swap. Banned books & October reads. Famous literary characters in real life. Fairhope's Grand Festival of Books this weekend. And new fiction in Southern Voice. Happy Literary Friday!
New Orleans Would Have Its Bard Yet
An interview with Cory MacLauchlin and review of his new biography on John Kennedy Toole, "Butterfly in the Typewriter," by Hunter Murphy.