Programs by Subject - Autobiography, Biography, and Memoir

9:00 am to 9:45 am
State Library Seminar Center
Wild Ride: From Childhood Cancer to Orbiting the Earth
(All ages)
Hayley Arceneaux

9:45 am to 10:15 am
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room E
Stalking Shakespeare: A Memoir of Madness, Murder, and My Search for the Poet Beneath the Paint
Lee Durkee

10:00 am to 10:45 am
House Committee Room 3
Faith in Action: Real Life Martyrs and Miracles
Megan Boudreaux, Miracle on Voodoo Mountain: A Young Woman's Remarkable Story of Pushing Back the Darkness for the Children of Haiti
Cheryl H. White, Shreveport Martyr Father Louis Gergaud

10:45 am to 11:45 am
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room A
Celebrating Louisiana Sports Hall of Famers: Bertman, Brown, and Browne
Trent Angers, Dale Brown Court: …and the Battle for Human Dignity
Jim Fraiser, The Pat Browne Jr. Story: A Life Played Well
Glenn Guilbeau, Everything Matters in Baseball: The Skip Bertman Story
with moderator André Moreau

11:15 am to 12:15 pm
State Capitol, House Committee Room 6
Highs, Lows, and In-Betweens: The South Louisiana Jewish Experience
Brian J. Costello, Dry Goods, Cotton and Cane: 250 Years of Jewish Life, Business and Agriculture in Pointe Coupée Parish, Louisiana
Marlene Trestman, Most Fortunate Unfortunates: The Jewish Orphans’ Home of New Orleans
Peter Wolf, The Sugar King: Leon Godchaux, A New Orleans Legend, His Creole Slave, and His Jewish Roots
with moderator Marian D. Moore

Noon to 12:45 pm
State Library, Fourth Floor
Three Sets of Memories: Survival, Hope, Remembrance
Colleen Hildebrand, In the Ether: A Memoir of Holding Space
Aimée K. Michel, Memories of a Louisiana Girlhood
Amelia Zachry, Enough: A Memoir of Mistakes, Mania, and Motherhood
with moderator David Armand

Noon to 12:45 pm
State Library, Second Floor Meeting Room
The Movement Made Us: A Father, a Son, and the Legacy of a Freedom Ride
David J. Dennis Sr.

12:30 pm to 1:15 pm
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room C
Uplift and Downfall: Female and Male Singers of the 50s
with Steve Bergsman and moderator Scott Billington

1:45 pm to 2:30 pm
State Capitol, House Committee Room 5
Political Animal: The Life and Times of Stewart Butler
Frank Perez

1:45 pm to 2:15 pm
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room A
Outrunning Age: Meeting Midlife with Courage, Compassion, and a Few Blisters
Melinda Walsh

2:00 pm to 2:45 pm
State Library, Fourth Floor
My Father, My Hero: War Stories from WWII
Janis Pardue Hill, Telling His Story: POW #1000, the Bataan Death March, and Japanese POW Camps
Walt Larimore, At First Light: A True World War II Story of a Hero, His Bravery, and an Amazing Horse

2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
State Library, Fifth Floor Serials
In Search of Belonging: Journeys of Self-Discovery
David Armand, Mirrors and other reflections
Keagan LeJeune, Finding Myself Lost in Louisiana
Jeremy White, The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture: A Journey of Selfless Discovery
with moderator Colleen Hildebrand

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Book-loving volunteers are essential to the Louisiana Book Festival's success. Whether it's escorting authors, guiding visitors, selling refreshments, working with children in the Young Readers Pavilion or other fun and rewarding assignments, the Louisiana Book Festival wants you to join the volunteer team.

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