James Nolan’s novel Higher Ground won a William Faulkner-Wisdom Gold Medal. His book Perpetual Care: Stories wasawarded the 2009 Next-Generation Indie Book Award for Best Short Story Collection, and his volumes of poetry are Why I Live in the Forest and What Moves Is Not the Wind . A New Orleans native, he teaches workshops at the Writing Institute of the Arts Council and lives in the French Quarter.   

SCHEDULE

3:15 PM – 3:45 PM
Senate Chamber
Book Talk
A Romp through the Ruins: The Comic Noir Novel Higher Ground

Book Signing
4 PM – 4:45 PM