The library will present the RELIC program "The Creole Identity and Experience in Louisiana Literature and History" in conjunction with the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities at 6 pm. on Mondays from January 7 to February 25 at the Slidell Branch, 555 Robert Blvd. The program will offer participants an opportunity to consider issues such as why the Creole identity migrated among groups over the course of history and how class, race, and culture have influenced writers of the Creole experience.
The group will hear lectures as well as read and discuss five books on the topic. The fiction literature includes “Cane River,” by Lalita Tademy, “The Feast of All Saints,” by Anne Rice, and “Catherine Carmier,” by Ernest J. Gaines. The non-fiction titles to be discussed are “Creole: The History and Legacy of Louisiana’s Free People of Color,” edited by Sybil Kein, and “Creole New Orleans: Race and Americanization,” edited by Arnold Hirsch and Joseph Logsdon.
All books are provided for those who registered for the series. Registration is required. Register online or by calling the library at (985) 646-6470.
The series is free and open to the public, but seating space is limited to adults.
