Our March event, featuring poet Richard Siken, was amazing!

We were fortunate to have the biggest crowd we’ve ever seen, some knockout student readers, and a featured reader as talented and commanding as Richard Siken.

Despite the rain, we managed to pull off a wonderful event in February, featuring the lovely and talented Jeanne Leiby, author of the short story collection “Downriver” and new editor of The Southern Review. BIG THANKS to all who came out and to the students who read their work!

Our next event is tomorrow, March 4th at 7 p.m. featuring poet RICHARD SIKEN! We are so thrilled to host Richard, who is coming all the way from Arizona to read for 1718!
The event will be held at the Columns (3811 St. Charles ave) at 7. Happy hour lasts until 7, so come early for [...]

 
 Our very first reading of the 2008 Spring season will be held this upcoming Tuesday, January 15th at 7 p.m. at the Columns Hotel (3811 St. Charles)!
This event is super-special not only because it’s the first of the year, but it also marks our one year anniversary and the glorious reading of a glorious man–Martin [...]

The lineup for our spring season has been finalized, and we’re very lucky and excited to feature so many dynamic and fabulous writers!
Things to read by and about our upcoming readers (as well as our past readers) can be found under the “read” catergory to the right of the page–check it out! 
All events are held [...]

Paula Morris
The final 1718 event of the season, hosted at the Columns on December 4th and featuring local writer (and Tulane prof) Paula Morris, was a HUGE success! Thanks to all who came out for the reading.

According to his website:
” Rodger Kamenetz is the author of the landmark international bestseller The Jew in the Lotus and the National Jewish Book Award-winning Stalking Elijah. His five books of poetry include The Lowercase Jew –he has been called “the most formidable of the Jewish-American poets”. His memoir, Terra Infirma, has been described as [...]

So. The readings.
So far this fall we’ve been lucky enough to have Lousiana State Poet Laureate Brenda Marie Osbey open the Fall ‘07 reading series and Alison Pelegrin follow it up with a great reading on October 2nd. What do we have in store for the rest of the semester?
Well, coming up November 6th [...]