Unlikely Saints: Joanna Furhman, Carolyn Hembree, Skye Jackson, & Adeena Karasick

The AllWays Lounge 2240 St. Claude Ave., New Orleans, LA, United States

The Unlikely Saints are back, at a winter location of the Twilight Room of the Allways Lounge! This all-star episode will feature New Orleans's own Carolyn Hembree and Skye Jackson, and two poets in from New York City: Joanna Fuhrman and Adeena Karasick!

Free

Author Talk: The Italian Prisoner, a New Orleans WW2 novel

U.N.O. Alumni Center 2000 Lakeshore Drive, New Orleans

At the monthly “Learning Before Lunch” event, local author Elisa Speranza will be giving a presentation about the fascinating backstory to her debut novel, The Italian Prisoner, a work of historical fiction set in New Orleans’ Sicilian community during World War 2. (And maybe a sneak preview of the next book!) Open to the public. …

$5