Lit Louisiana highlights the state’s contemporary literature and brings significant books and authors from the past to the readers of Verite. Jarvis DeBerry and Kelly Harris-DeBerry comprise two aspects of literature in Louisiana that both contrast and feed one another. DeBerry is a former columnist for the New Orleans Times-Picayune whose hard-hitting pieces make up […]
Fatima Shaik
Fatima Shaik is the author of seven books including "Economy Hall: The Hidden
History of a Free Black Brotherhood," the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities 2022 Book of the Year. She is a native of New Orleans’ 7th Ward and has worked as a daily reporter for the New Orleans Times-Picayune, assistant editor for McGraw-Hill World News, and freelancer for several national and international magazines. She was the 2021 recipient of the Louisiana Writer Award.
