Bayou State Book Talk: Jan Risher's Looking to the Stars

Join Jan Risher for a discussion on her new book, Looking to the Stars from Old Algiers and Other Long Stories Short, on Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at the Main Library in Downtown Lafayette beginning at 6:30pm.

Looking to the Stars from Old Algiers and Other Long Stories Short is a collection of columns written over 15 years. Arranged in chronological order, the collection creates a narrative of one woman’s aim to build her family, build up her community and weave the stories and lessons learned from the past into the present.

From her family’s move to Louisiana, adoption of a daughter from China, covering Hurricane Katrina, travels near and far, author Jan Risher attempts, sometimes failing and sometimes succeeding to do her small part to make the world a better place.

Bayou State Book Talks is a monthly discussion series led by authors from Louisiana who have written books that are of interest to Louisianians. The series is co-sponsored by the Center for Louisiana Studies, UL Lafayette, and the Lafayette Public Library System. Talks are held at the Main Library in Downtown Lafayette, 301 W. Congress Street, on the second Tuesday of the month during the school year, from 6:30-8pm.

For more information about this event, the Center for Louisiana Studies and its many other activities, please visit our website, http://louisianastudies.louisiana.edu, call 337.482.6027, or email clspresents@louisiana.edu.