My New Orleans
05/03/2021
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – A Studio in the Woods and New Orleans Center for the Gulf South are excited to announce Desiree S. Evans as the third Gulf South Writer in the Woods, a joint program designed to support the creative work, scholarship and community engagement of writers examining the Gulf South region. Evans will receive a stipend of $5,000, a 6-week residency over 18 months at A Studio in the Wood, Tulane University library access, and staff support from the presenting partners. For this iteration of the program, the partners chose to focus their support on the genre of speculative fiction, which encompasses all works containing elements that don’t exist in reality: magical realism, science fiction, fantasy, horror, etc.
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Where do you find writing inspiration?
I divide my time between a small cottage on the slopes of kunanyi/Mt Wellington, and my partner’s farm at Adventure Bay, Bruny Island, and find endless sources of inspiration in both places. I am inspired by mountains and waterfalls, and by beach walks, especially when I spot dolphins, seals, shells and sea birds. I find inspiration in the tracks of people, birds, quolls and other animals on sand. I find inspiration in driftwood and other curiosities that wash up on beaches. I am inspired by conversations with children and adults, by poems, prose, films and plays, and by information I find on the internet. These inspirations do not usually come to me as fully formed stories. They’re more like the fragments in a mosaic. My job is to cobble those fragments together in a way that might one day become a complete and satisfying work of story art.
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South Bound Lecture Series With Rita Hubbard Set For March 18 Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Rita Hubbard
Local author Rita Hubbard will present at the South Bound Lecture Series on Tuesday, March 18, at 6 p.m. via Zoom. She will be discussing her research and book African Americans of Chattanooga: A History of Unsung Heroes, that chronicles how African Americans have shaped the history of Chattanooga as far back as the 16th century. Her children s books The Oldest Student and Hammering for Freedom highlights two of these heroes.
Ms. Hubbard will take this time to discuss some of the unacknowledged history of the African American community in Chattanooga, her craft, and the significance of her writing for representation of marginalized communities.