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His latest book, "My Father When Young," is based on father Jerry Tisserand's 1950s street photography.

Published June 11, 2021 at 10:15 AM CDT Listen • 27:00 Susan Larson talks with Michael Tisserand about his discovery of two metal boxes containing Kodachrome slides shot by his father which led to his soon to be released book, “My Father When Young.” Here’s what’s on tap in the literary life this week: Here in New Orleans: Rebecca Fichter Hale discusses and signs “Tips from a Talent Agent: Practical Advice for Actors,” Sunday, June 13, from 2-3:30 at Octavia Books. Michael Tisserand discusses “My Father When Young: Photographs by Jerry Tisserand,�...

A wedding procession in Orleans, France. Young women puffing cigars in Evansville, Indiana. A costumed reveler crossing the street during Mardi Gras in New Orleans. These photos, and many more, were captured by Jerry Tisserand between 1955 and 1959. His collection of images is now the subject of the book, “My Father When Young” by […]

Browsers stay masked and socially distant at Octavia Books in October. Independent booksellers ordinarily rely on foot traffic and in-person browsing for their sales. That all changed in March of last year. Two Uptown bookstores, however, have found ways to adapt and even thrive through the pandemic. Garden District Book Shop, in a historic building that once housed a roller rink on oak-canopied Prytania Street, and Octavia Books, set back on a diagonal on its quiet eponymous street near the river, have both continued to sell books to residents across the city. By altering their in-store brow...