Check out this virtual reading/social gathering April 30!
Our lineup of stellar readers:
Anne Babson
Gina Ferrara
Nicole M. K. Eiden
Carolyn Hembree
Katheryn Krotzer Laborde
Pamela Ebel

Our lineup of stellar readers:
Anne Babson
Gina Ferrara
Nicole M. K. Eiden
Carolyn Hembree
Katheryn Krotzer Laborde
Pamela Ebel
The WNBA–New Orleans Chapter seeks member volunteers for three positions: Vice President, Secretary, and Social Media Chair. Interested? Check out the position descriptions below, and let us know where you see yourself!
Job Descriptions:
Vice President
1. Keep up-to-date on Chapter activities in order to substitute for President as necessary.
2. Handle special projects as assigned by President.
3. Presumed successor to President, subject to nomination to presidency by nominating committee and confirmation by vote by membership.
Social Media Chair
1. Supervise, administer, and/or edit Chapter’s Facebook and/or Twitter accounts. (The admin. and editing can be delegated to other committee members.)
2. Present reports, when needed, at meetings; encourage members to notify the chair about books, events, and activities which feature their work so that it can be posted on Chapter accounts.
3. Liaise with committee members working on other media, ex: Chapter website.
From WNBA-NOLA President Andrea Panzeca: “The time commitment is usually a few hours per week, though it can vary. During busier times, I remember getting to know members of chapters around the country, both in the boardroom and on the rooftop bar, at the national meeting in Washington DC last June. Since that time, each time Lisa Lucas announced National Book Award nominations and winners, I remember meeting her at the WNBA Award ceremony in her honor. Each week, when I tuned in to watch the USA series Dare Me, I remembered meeting Megan Abbott at the Pinckley Prize ceremony, where she was honored for Distinguished Body of Work. But even more memorable than these glitzy times, more special, are the countless laughs, fascinating conversations, and yes, even (especially) champagne bottles I’ve shared with WNBA–New Orleans members. Even our virtual board meeting was pretty fun!
The Women’s National Book Association, though over 100 years old, is timely and important. Serving on the board of the New Orleans Chapter, I’ve found the effort rewarding and enriching. I hope you’ll consider joining us.”
For more information, wnbaofnola@gmail.com
Photo Caption: WNBA National Meeting, June 2019, Washington DC. L-R, Top row: Rachelle Yousuf (National President) Caitlin Morrow (former National Membership Chair) Natalie Obando (National VP) Laurel Stokes (NYC President). Bottom row: Andrea Panzeca (NO President)
WNBA-NOLA members toured the Amistad Research Center at Tulane University on Saturday, February 1. Many thanks to Lisa Moore, Reference Archivist who explained the history of Amistad and the collection focusing on select examples of women’s literary works. Check out www.amistadresearchcenter.org.
We pledged our Reading and Writing Resolutions for 2020! Thank you Pam Ebel for hosting!!
WNBA members and friends attended a screening of Little Women just days after its opening in late December. Afterwards the group engaged in a lively discussion led by member Anne Boyd Rioux—University of New Orleans professor, scholar, and author of, among other books, Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy: The Story of Little Women and Why It Still Matters. The discussion touched on the film’s ambiguous ending, feminism, casting, costuming, chronology, and more! We are so grateful to Anne Boyd Rioux. Please check out her book if you haven’t already. We had such a great time that we hope to host another movie event, perhaps for the upcoming Emma. Stay tuned!
With writers Jami Attenberg and Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, Hotel Peter and Paul, New Orleans
Megan Abbott and Sarah St. Vincent, this year’s recipients of the 2019 Pinckley Prizes for Crime Fiction, were honored at a special event on October 10 at the Louisiana Humanities Center in New Orleans. The Pinckley Prizes partner with the Women’s National Book Association of New Orleans, of which Diana Pinckley was a founding member. The judges this year were novelist J.M. Redmann, author of the Mickey Knight and Nell McGraw series; Constance Adler, author of My Bayou, New Orleans Through the Eyes of a Lover; and music and culture journalist Alison Fensterstock, editor/co-author of The Definition of Bounce.