Programs by Genre - Autobiography, Biography, and Memoir
Noon to 12:45 p.m.
State Capitol, House Committee Room 2
Father Figures: Complicated Relationships
David Rae Morris, Love, Daddy: Letters from My Father
Emilie Rhys, New Orleans Music Observed: The Art of Noel Rockmore and Emilie Rhys
with David Johnson
State Capitol, House Committee Room 2
Father Figures: Complicated Relationships
David Rae Morris, Love, Daddy: Letters from My Father
Emilie Rhys, New Orleans Music Observed: The Art of Noel Rockmore and Emilie Rhys
with David Johnson
Noon to 12:45 p.m.
State Capitol, John J. Hainkel Jr. Room
The Flight: A Father’s War, a Son’s Search
Tyler Bridges
State Capitol, John J. Hainkel Jr. Room
The Flight: A Father’s War, a Son’s Search
Tyler Bridges
12:15 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Capitol Park Museum, First Floor Auditorium
A Quantum Life: My Unlikely Journey from the Street to the Stars
Hakeem Oluseyi
Dr. Oluseyi’s appearance made possible in part by a grant from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities with funding made possible by the state of Louisiana.
Capitol Park Museum, First Floor Auditorium
A Quantum Life: My Unlikely Journey from the Street to the Stars
Hakeem Oluseyi
Dr. Oluseyi’s appearance made possible in part by a grant from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities with funding made possible by the state of Louisiana.
1:15 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
State Capitol, House Committee Room 4
Local Louisiana Heroes
Christopher A. Kennedy, Louisiana Tech’s Joe Aillet
Katy Morlas Shannon, Antoine of Oak Alley: The Unlikely Origin of Southern Pecans and the Enslaved Man Who Cultivated Them
Cheryl H. White, Shreveport Martyrs of 1873: The Surest Path to Heaven
with Hampton Ryan
State Capitol, House Committee Room 4
Local Louisiana Heroes
Christopher A. Kennedy, Louisiana Tech’s Joe Aillet
Katy Morlas Shannon, Antoine of Oak Alley: The Unlikely Origin of Southern Pecans and the Enslaved Man Who Cultivated Them
Cheryl H. White, Shreveport Martyrs of 1873: The Surest Path to Heaven
with Hampton Ryan
2:15 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room F
Personal Histories: Memoirs
Elizabeth Miki Brina, Speak, Okinawa: A Memoir
Jane Goette, A River Road Memoir: Coming of Age in a Small South Louisiana River Town in the 1950s and 1960s
Freddie Pitcher Jr., Breaking Barriers: A View from the Bench
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room F
Personal Histories: Memoirs
Elizabeth Miki Brina, Speak, Okinawa: A Memoir
Jane Goette, A River Road Memoir: Coming of Age in a Small South Louisiana River Town in the 1950s and 1960s
Freddie Pitcher Jr., Breaking Barriers: A View from the Bench
2:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
A.Z. Young Park, Author Tent 2
A Conversation with Al Copeland Jr.
with David Johnson
A.Z. Young Park, Author Tent 2
A Conversation with Al Copeland Jr.
with David Johnson
Volunteer
Book-loving volunteers are essential to the Louisiana Book Festival's success. Whether it's escorting authors, guiding visitors, selling refreshments, working with children in the Young Readers Pavilion or other fun and rewarding assignments, the Louisiana Book Festival wants you to join the volunteer team.
