Autobiography, Biography, and Memoir
9:00 am to 9:45 am
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room C
Drago’s: An American Journey
Klara Cvitanovich and Peter Finney Jr.
10:00 am to 10:45 am
State Capitol, House Chamber
Ghost Dogs: On Killers and Kin
10:15 am to 11:15 am
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room F
Perspectives on Society: Memoirs
Brooke Champagne, NOLA Face: A Latina's Life in the Big Easy
Ellen Ann Fentress, The Steps We Take: A Memoir of Southern Reckoning
Hannah S. Palmer, The Pool Is Closed: Segregation, Summertime, and the Search for a Place to Swim
with moderator David Johnson
Noon to 12:45 pm
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room C
Henri Bendel and the Worlds He Fashioned
Tim Allis with moderator Malik Mingo
12:30 pm to 1:30 pm
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room E
Thriving Against the Odds: Personal Stories of Race, Identity, and Community
Ronald M. Gauthier, Keeping the Faith: A Memoir of Family, Race, and Social History of New Orleans
Press L. Robinson Sr., Pressing Forward: My Life as a Baton Rouge Community Pioneer
with moderator Mona Lisa Saloy
12:45 pm to 1:45 pm
State Capitol, House Committee Room 4
Larger than Life: True Stories of Powerful Men
Ralph Eric Criss, The Boss of New Orleans: Martin Behrman and Machine Politics in the Crescent City
1:00 pm to 1:45 pm
State Capitol, House Chamber
A Life Impossible - Living with ALS: Finding Peace and Wisdom Within a Fragile Existence
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
State Capitol, House Committee Room 4
A Plague Upon Us: Memoirs of the Pandemic Years
Chad Davidson, Bring Out Your Dead: Elegies from the Plague Year
James Nolan, Between Dying and Not Dying, I Chose the Guitar: The Pandemic Years in New Orleans
2:15 pm to 3:00 pm
State Capitol, House Committee Room 5
Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson
2:30 pm to 3:15 pm
State Library, Fifth Floor, Serials Area
That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America
Amanda Jones with moderator Mary Stein