New Orleans, Louisiana
Sat, Mar 30
|Hotel Monteleone
Tennessee Williams Book Festival TAKE ME AWAY: CELEBRATING A SENSE OF PLACE w/ Silas House, Hannah Pittard, and Robert Olen Butler
Time & Location
Mar 30, 2019, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Hotel Monteleone, 214 Royal St, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA
About the event
TAKE ME AWAY: CELEBRATING A SENSE OF PLACE
Readers rely on books to transport them to places they fantasize about, places they hope to
see, and sometimes to celebrate the places they know well. These panelists shine with their
knowledge of setting: in Acid West, Josh Wheeler takes us to southern New Mexico and the
post nuclear-test landscape; Silas House (Southernmost) and Hannah Pittard (Visible Empire)
explore the complexities of the modern South; and Robert Olen Butler’s most recent work
explores the City of Light in 1915 in Paris in the Dark. Moderated by David Benedetto of WRBH.
Hotel Monteleone, Queen Anne Ballroom