Fiction and Literature
9:30 am to 10:15 am
A.Z. Young Park, Author Tent B
Southern Women, Southern Landscapes: Cultural Reflections on the Garden, 1870-1970
Elise L. Smith with moderator Morgan Tarpley Smith
10:00 am to 10:45 am
State Library, First Floor, Seminar Center
NBF Presents Southern Satire
National Book Award–honored author Ben Fountain (Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, 2012 Fiction Finalist; Rasputin Swims the Potomac) plays with language and humor to expose the most astonishing, horrifying, and honest parts of present-day American life. Join the author for a reading and conversation on deploying satire to get closer to truth, both for himself as a writer and for his readers. Moderated by Delaney Nolan, investigative journalist and author of Happy Bad. Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation.
10:00 am to 10:45 am
State Library, Third Floor
Wayward Grace: Southern Novels of Upended Lives, Humor, and Second Chances
Susan Gregg Gilmore, The Curious Calling of Leonard Bush: A Novel
Stuart P. Green, The Rebbe of Baton Rouge
with moderator Robert Gwaltney
10:00 am to 11:00 am
State Library, Fifth Floor, Serials
The Undertow of Grief: Strength and Healing in the Wake of Loss
Jill Christman, The Heart Folds Early: A Memoir
Karen C. McCord, Only Rainbows: The Carley McCord Story
Peggy Sweeney-McDonald, Life in the A-Zone: How I Embraced the Journey with My Mother's Alzheimer's One Pink Cloud Moment at a Time
with moderator Megan Holt
10:15 am to 11:15 am
A.Z. Young Park, Author Tent A
Echoes of Atrocity: Fact Based Novels of Police Brutality, State Corruption, and Political Violence
Christopher Louis Romaguera, Charras: A True Novel of the Assassination that Roiled the Yucatan by Hernán Lara Zavala
John Warner Smith, Murders at Mer Rouge
Amos Jasper Wright IV, The Battle of Danziger Bridge: A Novel
with moderator Maurice Carlos Ruffin
10:30 am to 11:30 am
Bienville Building, First Floor, Conference Center 173
Shadows of the Past: Historical Novels of Tragedy, Heritage, and Resilience
Phil Oakley, Austin Sunrise
William Christy Smith, Skylark: A Novel
Shannon Terry Wiley, Yellow September: A Novel
with moderator Joy E. Rancatore
11:15 am to Noon
State Library, Fifth Floor, Serials
Time and Time Again: Ancestry, Identity, and the Weight of History
Ellen Morris Prewitt, When We Were Murderous Time-Traveling Women
Rita Woods, The Edge of Yesterday
with moderator Megan Holt
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
A.Z. Young Park, Author Tent A
Lost and Found: Novels of Grief, Marginalized Lives, and the Search for Grace
Wes Blake, Pineville Trace
Joe Bond, Hope House: A Novel
Ashley N. Hudson, The Bridge
with moderator Mark Neely
11:45 am to 12:30 pm
State Library, Fifth Floor, Capitol View Room
Lost Souls: Dark Secrets, Family Legacies, and Uncanny Phenomena
Megan Giddings, Black Arts: Stories
Robert Gwaltney, Sing Down the Moon: A Novel
with moderator Tracy Carr
11:45 am to 12:45 pm
Bienville Building, First Floor, Conference Center 173
Crossroads & Connections: Novels of Love, Legacy, and Life’s Turning Points
Mary Hester, Painting Grace
Nina LaCour, Meet Me in the Garden: A Novel
Emily Nemens, Clutch: A Novel
with moderator Joy Holden
11:45 am to 12:45 pm
A.Z. Young Park, Author Tent B
Women and War: Secrets, Loss, and Survival
Sheryl Cornett, No Secrets in this House: A Novel
Karen Essex, Run, Darling
Elisa M. Speranza, Triage: A Novel
with moderator Miki Pfeffer
12:45 pm to 1:45 pm
State Library, Fifth Floor, Capitol View Room
Ungovernable: Novels of Women Fighting for Survival, Agency, and Control
Victoria Dillon, Ava: A Novel
Donna Everhart, Women of a Promiscuous Nature: A Novel
Delaney Nolan, Happy Bad: A Novel
with moderator April Blevins Pejic
12:45 pm to 1:45 pm
A.Z. Young Park, Author Tent A
Tides of Fortune and Loss: Storms, Secrets, and Survival in Louisiana Fiction
Rod Davis, Life in the Time of Hurricanes
Vicki Salloum, A Gathering Place
Stephanie Soileau, Should the Waters Take Us
Michelle St. Romain, Song of Belonging: A Novel
with moderator Serena Puang
1:00 pm to 1:45 pm
State Library, First Floor, Seminar Center
Past Stories, Present Reckonings: Race, Identity, and Belonging
cc ECK, Ghost Gun: A Novel
P.C. Verrone, Rabbit, Fox, Tar: A Novel
with moderator Maurice Carlos Ruffin
1:00 pm to 1:45 pm
Outside Museum, North Tent
Le Grand Dérangement: The Acadian Story in Fact and Fiction
Ryan U. Bernard, The Bernards of Louisiana: An Acadian Family History
Marianne Rabalais Sulser, Like Snow Before Sun
with moderator Rien Fertel
1:30 pm to 2:15 pm
State Library, Third Floor
Finding Your Faith in Literature: Why Some of the Greatest Stories are Relevant, Personal, and Transformative
Karen E.B. Elliott with moderator Emily Carpenter
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
State Library, First Floor, Seminar Center
Under the Surface: Short Stories and Novels of Masking, Power, and Personal Reckonings
Addie E. Citchens, Dominion: A Novel
T. Clark, All This Want (and I Can't Get None): Stories
Rob Franklin, Great Black Hope: A Novel
Che Yeun, Tailbone: A Novel
with moderator Maurice Carlos Ruffin
2:00 pm to 2:45 pm
A.Z. Young Park, Author Tent A
All the Lonely People: Stories from Appalachia and the Florida Gulf Coast
Cathy Schieffelin, Snakeroot and Cohosh
Daniel S.C. Sutter, Debris: Stories
with moderator Joy E. Rancatore
2:15 pm to 3:00 pm
State Library, Second Floor, Meeting Room
Where the Wild Things Reign: Novels of Suspense, Survival, and Frontier Folklore
Johnnie Bernhard, The Witch of Sonora
Taylor Brown, Wolvers
with moderator Phil Oakley
2:30 pm to 3:30 pm
State Library, Third Floor
One Book One Festival: Interview with a Vampire by Anne Rice
with Gary Richards