For all of you who love to read or write books, here is a message about upcoming events at the CENLA Author’s Club, from Michael D. Wynne:
Dearest Book-Loving and Book-Writing Friends,
We are counting down the days till our Thursday, June 22nd, meeting at 6 p.m. at Westside Regional Library. We have not one, but two fabulous speakers, Warren and Mary Perrin, each a treasure in their own right. Note their biographies as follows:
Attorney WARREN PERRIN, founder of the Acadian Museum, is a skills professor at Loyola Law School and lecture at Yale. For 16 years he was President of CODOFIL and obtained an apology from Queen Elizabeth for the Acadian Deportation. He is the author of 11 books and represented the US at 5 World Francophone Summits. He received these honors: French National Order of Merit, LA Justice Hall of Fame, UL’s Outstanding Alumni, and LEH Lifetime Contribution to the Humanities. He was appointed to the Diocese of Lafayette Commission which prepared a report for the Vatican for the canonizations of the “Cajun Saint” Charlene Richard. He is president of NAP seeking UNESCO World Heritage Site designation of Acadiana.
Warren A. Perrin Books:
Co-author, Acadie Then and Now: A People’s History (French and English editions)winner, Le Prix France-Acadie https://www.acadianmuseum.com/boutique.html
Co-author, Seeking an Acadian Nation: the 1930 Diary of an Evangeline Girl https://www.acadianmuseum.com/boutique.html
Chairman, the Acadian Museumof Louisianahttps://www.acadianmuseum.com
President of CODOFIL, 1994-2010.
MARY PERRIN became a Master Gardener in 2011, and it changed the course of her life. In 2012, she became a member of its Vermilionville Healer’s Garden Committee in Lafayette, Louisiana, and started learning about medicinal plants. By 2013, she was co-chair of the garden and instrumental in establishing a speaker series at Vermilionville, Healing Traditions of Acadiana. Mary, co-authored with Beverly Fuselier, Healing Traditions of South Louisiana, prayers, plants and poultices, a book about folk healing with special emphasis on the Cajun traiteurs—now in its third printing. She is a traiteuse. With her husband Warren, she has co-authored three other books.
Mary Perrin’s Books:
Co-author with Warren Perrin and Phil Comeau, Acadie Then and Now, A People’s History,
Co-author with Warren Perrin and Phil Comeau, L’Acadie, hier et aujourd’hui, L’histoire d’un peuple, winner, Le Prix France-Acadie
Co-author with Warren Perrin, Seeking an Acadian Nation, the 1930 Diary of an Evangeline Girl
Co-author with Beverly Fuselier, Healing Traditions of South Louisiana, prayers, plants and poultices
NEWS FLASH:
We have secured speaking engagements with two legendary speakers-
DAVID MADDEN– David was the Robert Penn Warren Writer-In-Residence at LSU and was Writer-In-Residence also at Chapel Hill. Nominated for two PULITZER PRIZES, he was also the Director of the United States Civil War Center. One of the nation’s experts on the Civil War, David will offer a Master’s Writing Class as well as will also speak on the Civil War. My favorite book of David’s is “Bijoux.” He will speak at our September meeting by zoom.
His website: https://www.davidmadden.net/
REBECCA WELLS– A native of Alexandria, Rebecca’s most famous book is “Divine Secret’s of the YA-YA Sisterhood,” that became a major motion picture. Like David, Rebecca has many other great books. Rebecca’s speaking date is being finalized now.
This will be the ONLY SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT IN LOUISIANA FOR BOTH OF THESE AUTHORS. No other book or writing clubs in Louisiana have better speakers!! And there is never any charge, obligation or requirement to come to our meetings- EVERYONE IS WELCOME!
Other Updates:
– June AUTHOR OF THE MONTH Sha’condria “Icon” Sibley is speaking on Saturday, June 17th, at 10 a.m. at the Martin Luther King, Jr. branch.
– The LSUA “Flash Fiction Contest” is on. For more details, go to flashfiction@lsua.edu
– The Spectral Sisters 2023 10-Minute Play Festival runs from June 22-25 at the Hearn Stage at the Kress Theatre; Thursday thru Saturday starting at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. (Note that this is the same Thursday night as our author’s club meeting!)
– Dr. David Holcombe (club member) and Nicole Holcombe have a painting exhibition this Saturday night. (I plan to be there.)
HOLCOMBE & HOLCOMBE, GALLERY ONE ELLEVIN, LEESVILLE, LOUISIANA.
Opening at 6 p.m. on June 10, 2023.
New Book Club in Alexandria:
The Sands of Time Book Club will read and discuss books about historical people, events, eras, and places. The club is scheduled to meet monthly in Alexandria on fourth Thursdays at 4:30 p.m. at the Main Library, a schedule subject to adjustment depending on the desires or schedules of interested participants. The first meeting will be Thursday, June 22 at 4:30, discussing The Tragedy of Benedict Arnold: An American Life by Joyce Lee Malcolm.
