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“ Reading Madame Vieux Carré”  copyright 2012 Kristin Fouque t My week started off badly. Sprinting to the phone, I sprained my right gastrocnemius and found I could no longer stand or walk without assistance. As humbling an experience as it was, I decided to accept it as an opportunity to slow down and spend some time reading. I bought Madame Vieux Carré: The French Quarter of the Twentieth Century by Scott S. Ellis as a research book. I’m writing a novel set in the Quarter in 1961 and I thought the book would be a good resource. Well, it certainly was, but it became so much more for me. While I have always loved the French Quarter of my hometown, New Orleans, I found myself falling more in love with her as I made my way through the pages of this book. Mr. Ellis did thorough research and even accounted personal experiences as an inhabitant of the neighborhood in the 1980s. As I hobbled back and forth on crutches between reading, I contemp...

Happy New Year, everybody!  After the wonderful AJ Hayes named my second book, Rampart & Toulouse , as one of his top 5 books  of 2011, the generous Nigel Bird offered me the opportunity to interview myself at Sea Minor .  Self-indulgent? Maybe, but I was so honored I couldn't refuse.

"Rampart & Toulouse" is bestowed a wonderful review by writer Ken Wohlrob.  Here's a sample: I’m not sure which came first: the photography or the writing. What I do know is that Kristin Fouquet’s love of photography infuses her storytelling. Her tales have that feel of old photographs you discover in a thrift store bin — you don’t know these people, but you can see their lives boiled down into that moment.  Read the rest of the review here: "Book of the Week: Rampart & Toulouse  by Kristin Fouquet"

This Saturday, November 5th, I'll have a table at the New Orleans Bookfair at the corner of Frenchmen and Chartres Streets. I will be selling and signing my books, "Twenty Stories" and "Rampart & Toulouse," along with giving away some lagniappe- including microzines, "MUST" and "Durable Goods." It's supposed to be a beautiful day. If you're in town, please stop by and say "hi." http://nolabookfair.com/index.html

I am thrilled to have guest blogger, Caleb J. Ross, here at Le Salon Annex . He is the writer of the wonderful collection of short stories Charactered Pieces , which I reviewed here and the terrific novel Stranger Will , reviewed here . Thanks, Caleb, for visiting my humble virtual abode and welcome. Cleaning up death is becoming popular This is a guest post by Caleb J Ross (also known as Caleb Ross , to people who hate Js) as part of his Stranger Will Tour for Strange blog tour. He will be guest-posting beginning with the release of his novel Stranger Will in March 2011 to the release of his second novel, I Didn’t Mean to Be Kevin and novella, As a Machine and Parts, in November 2011. If you have connections to a lit blog of any type, professional journal or personal site, please contact him . To be a groupie and follow this tour, subscribe to the Caleb J Ross blog RSS feed . Follow him on Twitter: @calebjross.com . Friend him on Facebook: Facebook.com/rosscaleb Before Strang...

I'm so excited to have two photographs, "Moonlight" and "On Keys," from my Nouveau Noir series in the Noir exhibition at the NOPA gallery. The opening reception is this Saturday, October 1st, from 6-9 pm. Come raise a glass with me.