Thomas Beller reads November 3rd!

This upcoming Tuesday, November 3^rd, Creative non-fiction and fiction writer Thomas Beller will read at 1718.  Beller is a professor at Tulane University.  Beller has published a collection of short stories entitled Seduction Theory, a Los Angeles Times Best Book Award winning novel The Sleep-Over Artist and a collection of autobiographical essays entitled How to Be a Man: Scenes from a Protracted Boyhood. Additionally, Beller has edited three anthologies, founded the literary website Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood, and co-founded the literary magazine Open City.  Beller’s work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, ELLE, Spin, Vogue, Slate and The Village Voice. You can visit his website at http://www.thomasbeller.com/ and http://www.mrbellersneighborhood.com/.

After a brief intermission, student readers from UNO, Tulane and Loyola will follow.  Please come early to enjoy happy hour at the historic Columns Hotel.  The reading will start at 7.

Cate Marvin reads Oct. 6th!!

Cate Marvin will be arriving from New York to read for 1718 this upcoming Tuesday, October 6th. Marvin has published two books of poetry, including “Fragment of the Head of a Queen,” and co-edited the American poet anthology “Legitimate Dangers.” Marvin has received the Kate Tufts Discovery Prize, a Whiting Award, and has been a 2007 Gregory Millard Fellow. Marvin served as writer in resident at the Lesley University low-residency M.F.A. program and is associate professor in creative writing at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York. Marvin is known not only for her evocative poetry but also for her intimate presence as a reader.

Following Cate’s reading will be student readers Mia Borders, Abi Pollokoff, and Daniel Dekerlegand.

The reading will start at 7, though we encourage you to arrive early for happy hour at the Columns.

Anne Gisleson reads September 8th!

Kicking off the 2009 Fall season, Anne Gisleson will read Tuesday, September 8th at the Columns Hotel. Soon to appear in the upcoming Best American Non-Required Reading, Anne exists as a beloved New Orleans writer and teaches creative writing at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. Anne’s fiction, poetry and non-fiction has been widely published in literary magazines such as The New Orleans Review, The Mississippi Review, Muse Media, The Great American Poetry Show, Gambit Weekly and Constance. She received her M.F.A. from Louisiana State University and has participated in residencies at the Virginia Center for Creative Arts and the New York Institute for Writers. She received the Louisiana Division of the Arts grants and a Surdna Arts Teacher’s fellowship. Anne is even the co-founder and co-editor of the New Orleans literary and arts collective Press Street.

Be sure to get to the Columns early for Happy Hour, which ends at 7pm, and grab a seat. Following Anne’s reading will be student readers Laura Ruffino (UNO) and Todd Grubs (Loyola).

What is 1718?

1718 is a reading series which takes place at the Columns Hotel on St. Charles in New Orleans. It is a student-run program directed by students from Loyola University of New Orleans, Tulane University, and the University of New Orleans. Each 1718 reading event features one established poet or writer, followed by several student writers from the New Orleans area.