At this year's Literary Tastes: Notable Books Breakfast on Sunday, June 24, from 8 to 10:30 a.m., attendees will hear stories about survival, joy and the poetry found in every day life. The Literary Tastes: Notable Books Breakfast is being held during the 2007 ALA Annual Conference, in Washington, D.C.
In 2006, ALA held the annual convention in New Orleans and hosted volunteer projects to help rebuild the Crescent City.
One of the authors, Jed Horne, will talk about Hurricane Katrina and stories of the people of New Orleans.
Jed Horne is a reporter for the New Orleans Times-Picayune. He and fellow staff members covered the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. In 2006, Horne and the newspaper staff received two Pulitzer Prizes for Public and Breaking News Reporting.
Horne is the author of the book, Breach of Faith: Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great American City. In this book, New Orleans Times-Picayune reporter Horne skillfully attempts to untangle a disaster and its aftermath through victims' personal stories. He will be one of the featured authors at the Literary Tastes Breakfast.
The other authors schedule to appear are:
Melissa Fay Green, contributor to the New York Times and The New Yorker, is the author There is No Me without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Africa's Children. In this book, the scope of the AIDS epidemic is illustrated through the heartwarming story of Haregewoin Teferra, a humanitarian who runs an orphanage in Ethiopia.
Kathleen Flenniken's first collection of poetry, “Famous,” won the Prairie Schooner Prize. “Famous” is a collection of unpretentious and comfortable poems that deal with everyday events and situations in a sometimes humerous and always fresh way.
The authors were selected from the 2007 Notable Book Council’s “List for
Registration is available for the event. For more information, go to:
(http://www.ala.org/ala/eventsandconferencesb/annual/2007a/home.htm),