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Rosemary James
Monday, March 31, 2008
FAULKNER HOUSE
624 Pirate's Alley in New Orleans, where Nobel Laureate William Faulkner lived in 1925 while writing his first novel, Soldiers' Pay. Photo by Josephine Sacabo. The Faulkner House has been declared a nional literary landmark since its renovation by owners Joseph J. DeSalvo, Jr. and Rosemary James, Co-founders with W. Kenneth Holditch of The Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society, Inc. For more information on Faulkner in New Orleans, highlight: Faulkner.
THE PIRATE'S ALLEY FAULKNER SOCIETY, INC.
The Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society is a nationally recognized non-profit arts organization sponsoring the renowned Words & Music arts festival; a prestigious writing competition; a literary journal; outreach programs for high school and college students; continuing education programming; and a year-round calendar of Meet the Author and other events honoring and assisting writers. The Society is an all volunteer organization operated by professional men and women who love literature. It is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a (501) (c) (3) literary and education institution and all contributions are tax deductible. For membership details, click here on Membership.
The primary mission of the Faulkner Society is two-fold:
--To provide realistic assistance and continuing education for writers of all ages in improving their work, getting manuscripts published, and helping in the promotion of debut works by writers we work with in our programs;
--To provide high quality literary programming combined with the unique cuisine and music of New Orleans for the general public of our region and our visitors.
Secondary goals are to help preserve the storytelling heritage of the region and call positive national attention to New Orleans as an intellectually and culturally stimulating destination. For additional background on the Society, its founders, and mission, click here on pirate.
Projects of the Faulkner Society are fully described in various sections of this web site. The details for each project may be reached by highlighting the multi-word titles such as Words & Music as well as clicking on blue, underlined words, such as guidelines.
Events You Won't Want to Miss...
Save the Dates
April 15, 2008: Meet the Authors: Allan Gurganus & James Nolan
May 1, 2008: Postmark Deadline for Entries, Faulkner - Wisdom Competition
June 13, 2008: Juleps in June
June 29, 2008: My New Orleans Loves Good Girls and Bad Girls, featuring authors Nicole Kelby and Pamela Lott, both of whom have been finalists in the William Faulkner - William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition and are now having their books published.
September 25, 2008: Happy Birthday, Mr. Faulkner!
November 20-24: Words & Music, A Literary Feast in New Orleans
Allan Gurganus, bestselling author of The Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, will speak at Meet the Author on April 15, 2008. Gurganus, considered one of the very best of contemporary American writers, is also one of the wittiest men in America.
Originally scheduled for The Cabildo, because of staffing difficulties, the Louisiana State Museum cannot accommodate us. However, Monsignor Crosby Kern, Rector of St. Louis Cathdral, has kindly offered to co-sponsor this event at Our Lady of Victory Church on Chartres St. adjacent to the Ursuline Convent, 6 to 8:30 p.m. Normally our events begin with a social hour. For this venue, the program of speakers will begin at 6 p. m., followed by a signing reception in the Ursuline Convent Garden. (In the event of inclement weather, the reception will be in the church hall.) Gurganus will be introduced at 7:30 p. m. by Faulkner Society patron Michael Sartisky, CEO of The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. Sartisky and Gurganus were at Sarah Lawrence together during their college days, along with Stephanie Durant, film maven and longtime supporter of The Faulkner Society. The author will speak and read from his work beginning at 7:45, followed by questions and answers. The event is open to the public. Reservations are required. To reserve, e-mail us at Faulkhouse@aol.com. Copies of his various books will be available at the event and Gurganus will sign.
A regular feature of the Faulkner Society's programming designed to provide both support for writers and literary programming for the general public is its annual calendar of Meet the Author signing parties featuring readings by such important authors as Allan Gurganus, whose blockbuster novel The Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All sold more than two million copies and was adapted as a film. To learn more about the author and his work, click here on Gurganus.
Joining Gurganus on April 15th will be James Nolan, a member of the Faulkner Society, frequent contributor to The Double Dealer, and regular member of the faculty of Words & Music. His first book of fiction, Perpetual Care, will be published on April 1 and this event will be his first formal signing for the book. Tom Franklin, author of Hell at the Breech and Smonk, says he expects to hear a lot more about Nolan's fiction in the future and describes this debut collection of short stories like this:
"These are big stories, not afraid to venture into ruined cities and ruined hearts, stories where jazz music plays from crypts, stories bold to tackle big themes with perfect detail."
For more on Jimmy and Perpetual Care and his noir sense of humor, click here on: Nolan.html.
