608. David Armand, Part 1

608. Part 1 of our 2nd interview with David Armond, winner of the 2022 Louisiana Writer Award. He has written the memoir titles: My Mother’s House & Mirrors.  He has published four novels, The Pugilist's Wife, Harlow, The Gorge, and The Lord's Acre. He has also published three collections of poems, The Deep Woods, Debt, and The Evangelist. From 2017-2019, he served as Writer-in-Residence at Southeastern Louisiana University, where he is currently assistant professor of creative writing. His latest book, a collection of essays called Mirrors, was published by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press. Armand is the 2022 recipient of the Louisiana Writer Award, presented annually by the Louisiana Center for the Book in the State Library of Louisiana. He is the twenty-third recipient of the prestigious award presented to recognize outstanding contributions to Louisiana’s literary and intellectual life exemplified by a contemporary Louisiana writer’s body of work."

1. Now available: Liberty in Louisiana: A Comedy. The oldest play about Louisiana, author James Workman wrote it as a celebration of the Louisiana Purchase. Now it is back in print for the first time in 220 years. Order your copy today!
   
2. This week in Louisiana history. January 11. 2016. John Bel Edwards becomes 56th Governor of Louisiana. 
3. This week in New Orleans history. On January 11, 1803, Monroe & Livingston sailed for Paris to buy New Orleans; they buy Louisiana and more.
4. This week in Louisiana.
   Krewe of Chewbacchus
   February 1, 2025.  
   7:00 pm
      The Krewe of Chewbacchus starts at Franklin and St. Claude, lining up on Franklin between St. Claude and the river.
      Proceeds down St. Claude (river side) and turns left on Elysian Fields Ave.
      It parades down Elysian Fields Ave and then turns right on Decatur St.
      The parade will continue on Decatur St. where it ends at Conti St.
      The Chewbacchanal will be held at The Fillmore starting at 9 p.m.
         The 2,800-member Intergalactic Krewe of Chewbacchus is a Sci-Fi themed Mardi Gras parade, as well as a self-described satirical space cult. Chewbacchus consists of over 150 distinct subkrewes, each of which pays loving (and sometimes satirical) homage to the full spectrum of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror and everything in between. Chewbacchus is a model of creative collaboration and has grown into a self-sustaining tradition.
   
5. Postcards from Louisiana. The Medicare String Band plays in Natchitoches.

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