NEWS & COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS We’re excited to announce a new medium for you to enjoy Ambush Magazine. Ambush Radio Podcast hosted by George Bevan Jr will bring the stories that matter most to our community from our pages to the airwaves of a new podcast. A new Ambush Radio will be released every other Tuesday. Episode One: Interviews with Ambush Publisher TJ Acosta & Editor-in-Chief Reed Wendorf The first episode includes interviews with our Editor-in-Chief Reed Wendorf discussing his efforts estab-
Introducing Ambush Radio Podcast
lishing the CrescentCity.com Meal Assistance Program and our Publisher Tomy Joe Acosta sharing his experience with COVID-19. Episode Two: Interviews with Author Robert Fieseler and Rob Gerhart of Louisiana Pizza Kitchen Uptown In the second episode of Ambush Radio, we talk with award-winning author Bobby Fieseler about his book on the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and Rob Gerhart of Louisiana Pizza Kitchen Uptown on how LGBTQ small businesses are surviving during these challenging
times. Episode Three: Interviews with Dan Beck of Inner Makeup Astrology and Patrick Staunton of Saint Patrick Park Pub In our third episode of the Ambush Radio Podcast, George Bevan Jr interviews our resident astrologer Dan Beck of Inner Makeup Astrology to learn more about astrology and what the stars can tell us. We also visit Patrick Staunton at the only bar that has stayed open in New Orleans since the start of the coronavirus shutdown.
Stay tuned to ambushmag.com/ podcast and our Facebook page for more announcements. Ambush Radio Podcast is available on all major podcasting platforms. Send feedback, advertising inquiries and stories you want to share to george@ambushpublishing.com. Search “Ambush Radio” in your favorite podcasting service including iTunes and Spotify OR visit our website to subscribe: https://www.ambushmag. com/podcast/
Tinderbox Author Robert Fieseler Wins Louisiana Literary Award The Louisiana Library Association has selected Tinderbox: The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation as the recipient of its prestigious Louisiana Literary Award. This is the first time an LGBT+ themed book has won the award. Published by Liveright, Tinderbox is the third book written about the tragic arson and positions the fire in the context of the national gay liberation movement. The Louisiana Literary Award is just the latest in a long line of honors the book has garnered. Fea-
tured in The New York Times and on NPR, Tinderbox was named a Best Book of 2018 by Kirkus Reviews and Library Journal. More recently, it won the Edgar Award in the category of Best Fact Crime. Fieseler, originally from Chicago, moved to New Orleans with his husband, artist Ryan Leitner, after years of traveling to New Orleans to conduct research for the book. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the LGBT+ Archives Project of Louisiana. A recipient of the Pulitzer Traveling
Fellowship and the Lynton Fellowship in Book Writing, Fieseler graduated co-valedictorian from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Fieseler’s feature stories have been published in a wide variety of places, including the anthology, My Gay New Orleans. Fieseler’s work has also been recognized in roundups of best nonfiction by The Atlantic, and his essays have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. The Louisiana Literary Award consists of a bronze plaque and a
cash prize of $250.00. The award was scheduled to be presented at an awards ceremony on March 26, 2020, as part of the Louisiana Library Association’s Annual Conference at the Lafayette Cajundome and Convention Center, Lafayette, LA. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent social distancing, the Award and Conference Committees are currently planning an alternative awards program.
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