The Woman They Could Not Silence
Kate Moore discussed the experiences of Elizabeth Packard and other women who were committed to insane asylums in the 19th century. This was a virtual event hosted by Octavia Books in New Or…
1,777 viewsKate Moore discussed the experiences of Elizabeth Packard and other women who were committed to insane asylums in the 19th century. This was a virtual event hosted by Octavia Books in New Or…
1,777 viewsMother Jones senior reporter Shane Bauer offered an inside look at American prisons after spending four months working undercover as a corrections officer in a Louisiana prison.
584 viewsRobert Fieseler recounted the deaths of 32 people due to an arson at the Up Stairs Lounge, a gay bar in New Orleans, on June 24, 1973.
638 viewsEthan Brown talked about his book Shake the Devil Off: A True Story of the Murder that Rocked New Orleans (Henry Holt and Co.; September 1, 2009). Zachery Bowen was an Iraq War veteran livin…
957 viewsJed Horne talked about his book Breach of Faith: Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great American City, published by Random House. Mr. Horne, the city editor at the Times-Picayune, w…
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