{"id":2904,"date":"2023-10-22T16:27:11","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T21:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wnba-nola.org\/?p=2904"},"modified":"2023-10-22T16:27:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T21:27:11","slug":"wnba-nola-celebrates-authors-with-new-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnba-nola.org\/?p=2904","title":{"rendered":"WNBA-NOLA Celebrates Authors with New Books!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several WNBA-NOLA members who published books within the past year were feted on October 20 at our 2nd Annual Book Launch Party at L&#8217;Union Francaise in New Orleans.\u00a0 Former Poet Laureate Mona Lisa Saloy, Gina Ferarra, Hazel Denhart and Anne Babson presented their works.\u00a0 Many thanks to writing class students from Southeastern University for their help and to Nicole Eiden for the sweet treats from Windowsill Pies!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2905\" 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