Tennessee Williams, LTGBQ+ Saints & Sinners Literary Festivals in NOLA

The Saints & Sinners LGBTQ Literary Festival (SAS) returns this Friday to Sunday, March 24-26, in New Orleans as part of the larger Tennessee Williams and New Orleans Literary Festival. The event will feature workshops for writers, literary discussions, authors reading from their works, and more. You can learn more about SAS and how to register at www.sasfest.org.“It’s hard to believe it’s been twenty years since the first Saints & Sinners,” Paul Willis, SAS cofounder, said in a statement. “It seems like just yesterday when we started batting around the idea, but the world-and New Orleans-have changed so much.” BETTMAN/GETTY IMAGESIt’s the 20th year for the festival which was founded in 2013 by Willis, Greg Herren, Jean Redmann, and the NO/AIDS Task Force. The Tennessee Williams and New Orleans Literary Festival is in its 37th year.Literary discussions scheduled for SAS include Gay Cities: Finding a Spiritual Home, Erotica Laid Bare, Sex Work and Storytelling: Today’s Voice on the World’s Oldest Profession, and Creating Credible Worlds: Settings that Work Hard for Your Story to name a few. There will also be discussions on publishing, writing YA fiction and memoirs, walking tours of LGBTQ+ NOLA and the French Quarter, original theatrical performances, and more. TIMOTHY CUMMINS/SASFESTCover art for the official SAS guide features the painting Incident at the Carousel Bar by Timothy Cummins which shows a young Williams and a masked man at the Hotel Monteleone bar. The painting will be on display and auctioned at the festival at the Hotel Monteleone.You can learn more about SAS, including how to download a copy of the festival guide and how to register at www.sasfest.org. You can also visit the SAS Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages at @sasfest.You can learn more about the Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival at www.tennesseewilliams.net.

Mar 23, 2023 - 20:00
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Tennessee Williams, LTGBQ+ Saints & Sinners Literary Festivals in NOLA


The Saints & Sinners LGBTQ Literary Festival (SAS) returns this Friday to Sunday, March 24-26, in New Orleans as part of the larger Tennessee Williams and New Orleans Literary Festival. The event will feature workshops for writers, literary discussions, authors reading from their works, and more. You can learn more about SAS and how to register at www.sasfest.org.

“It’s hard to believe it’s been twenty years since the first Saints & Sinners,” Paul Willis, SAS cofounder, said in a statement. “It seems like just yesterday when we started batting around the idea, but the world-and New Orleans-have changed so much.”

Tennessee Williams BETTMAN/GETTY IMAGES

It’s the 20th year for the festival which was founded in 2013 by Willis, Greg Herren, Jean Redmann, and the NO/AIDS Task Force. The Tennessee Williams and New Orleans Literary Festival is in its 37th year.

Literary discussions scheduled for SAS include Gay Cities: Finding a Spiritual Home, Erotica Laid Bare, Sex Work and Storytelling: Today’s Voice on the World’s Oldest Profession, and Creating Credible Worlds: Settings that Work Hard for Your Story to name a few. There will also be discussions on publishing, writing YA fiction and memoirs, walking tours of LGBTQ+ NOLA and the French Quarter, original theatrical performances, and more.

TIMOTHY CUMMINS/SASFEST

Cover art for the official SAS guide features the painting Incident at the Carousel Bar by Timothy Cummins which shows a young Williams and a masked man at the Hotel Monteleone bar. The painting will be on display and auctioned at the festival at the Hotel Monteleone.

You can learn more about SAS, including how to download a copy of the festival guide and how to register at www.sasfest.org. You can also visit the SAS Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages at @sasfest.

You can learn more about the Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival at www.tennesseewilliams.net.

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