Aubrey Bart - THE BLUESIANA SNAKE FESTIVAL

You are invited to a pre-release party and author reading & signing with Aubrey Bart featuring THE BLUESIANA SNAKE FESTIVAL, a book of experimental, rhythmic prose about the joy and beauty of life in the depths of the Crescent City as told by a familiar cast of characters in a range of uniquely New Orleans dialects.

 

Through a blend of voices—Big Jim Bullshit, Shushubaby, and Brooklyn Bob, to name a few—the musical voice of New Orleans is revealed in its varied dialects, grooves reminiscent of ragtime, jazz and blues. The result is a look into who these folks are, their ways and beliefs, their senses of truth, and of existence itself. Bart, a former New Orleans street sweeper, cabdriver and bartender, has skillfully recorded a local language that is defined just as much by rhythm and groove as by “where y’at” and “how’s ya mom’n’em?” 

Aubrey Bart was born in Baltimore in 1949, and in no time the American highway outdistanced his formal education. A former New Orleans street sweeper, cabdriver and bartender, Bart is a paperback writer at large in The School of Rock. This is his first novel. He lives in Maine.