Published June 11, 2021 at 10:15 AM CDT Listen • 27:00
Susan Larson talks with Michael Tisserand about his discovery of two metal boxes containing Kodachrome slides shot by his father which led to his soon to be released book, “My Father When Young.”
Here’s what’s on tap in the literary life this week:
Here in New Orleans:
Rebecca Fichter Hale discusses and signs “Tips from a Talent Agent: Practical Advice for Actors,” Sunday, June 13, from 2-3:30 at Octavia Books.
Michael Tisserand discusses “My Father When Young: Photographs by Jerry Tisserand,” with Gwen Thompkins, Tuesday, June 15 form 6-7 at Octavia Books.
There will be a special virtual event celebrating the launch of IN THE HEIGHTS: Finding Home featuring award-winning songwriter, actor, and director Lin-Manuel Miranda, Pulitzer Prize-winner Quiara Alegría Hudes, and acclaimed writer Jeremy McCarter. Special guest moderator for this event will be America Ferrera, who join
Back By Popular Demand The Music Inside Out Sessions will begin airing on both public radio stations in June. Thompkins' weekly, hour-long show Music Inside Out will go on hiatus.
Gwen Thompkins takes a temporary break from hosting Music Inside Out
The public radio program
Music Inside Out with Gwen Thompkins, which since 2012 has featured in-depth interviews with some of the best practitioners of New Orleans music on WWNO-FM and later WRKF-FM, will leave the air June 1, but only for a little while.
Thompkins will use the hiatus to compile a book that draws from the nearly 100 interviews she’s conducted. She plans to return with the show in 2022. But that doesn’t mean that Thompkins’ fans will lack for her insightful, on-air interviews. They will have “Back by Popular Demand the Music Inside Out Sessions,” a series of monthly radio stories about musicians and music presenters as live entertainment venues reopen nationwide. Thompkins will host the series, which will air on a variety of WWNO and WRKF programs.
A wedding procession in Orleans, France. Young women puffing cigars in Evansville, Indiana. A costumed reveler crossing the street during Mardi Gras in New Orleans. These photos, and many more, were captured by Jerry Tisserand between 1955 and 1959. His collection of images is now the subject of the book, “My Father When Young” by […]
Gwen Thompkins is a New Orleans native, NPR veteran and host of WWNO s
Music Inside Out, where she brings to bear the knowledge and experience she amassed as senior editor of Weekend Edition, an East Africa correspondent, the holder of Nieman and Watson Fellowships, and as a longtime student of music from around the world.