Some of Big Class No. 2’s amazing writers and their new book.
Big Class No. 1: The Animals at Faulkner House Books in the French Quarter (as e.e. cummings looks on).
Watch this space- we’re sorry it’s been so quiet, but rest assured that we’ll be back with some big stuff very soon.
We made Room 220’s Holiday Gift Guide! In the picture, it’s the little one squeezed between the big ones up top. Whoa.
We couldn’t agree with the selection more. Big Class No. 1: The Animals is a great holiday gift. Pick it up today from dirtycoast.com or your local New Orleans independent bookseller. Your purchase supports the publication of more books!
Room 220 offers a selection of New Orleans- and Louisiana-related books from the editor’s bookshelf (along with personal commentary) for those feeling compelled to buy stuff for their friends and family this holiday season:
Books not about New Orleans by writers living in New Orleans:
Harlem is Nowhere by Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts
Big Class Number One: The Animals by a bunch of adorable schoolkids
The Posthuman Dada Guide by Andrei Codrescu
A Very Bad Wizard by Tamler SommersFiction and poetry set in Louisiana
One D.O.A., One on the Way by Mary Robison
Tales of Desire by Tennessee Williams
Magic City by Yusef Komunyakaa
Fever Chart by Bill CottersNonfiction about New Orleans and/or Louisiana:
The World that Made New Orleans by Ned Sublette
Bienville’s Dilemma by Richard Campanella
The Earl of Louisiana by A.J. LieblingSee the full Room 220 gift guide.
