is the author of nine books, including the novels City Of Refuge and My Cold War, and the book-length post-Katrina essay, Why New Orleans Matters. He has been awarded the James Michener Award for Fiction and the Faulkner Society Award for the Novel, among many other honors. A well known writer on American music as well, he won a 2004 Grammy Award for his album notes to Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: A Musical Journey. Read more at Chapter 16.
Perform: Friday, 3:00-4:00 pm, Chapter 16 Stage; Presentation: Saturday, 10:00-11:00 am, Senate Chambers; Sign: Saturday, 11:00-11:30 am, Signing Colonnade;
