The American Daughters Author Signing with Maurice Carlos Ruffin

Please join us in welcoming New Orleans author Maurice Carlos Ruffin as he signs copies of his new book The American Daughters. Mr. Ruffin is a UNO graduate and LSU creative writing professor whose previous prize-winning works (We Cast a Shadow, The Ones Who Don't Say They Love You:Stories) have earned him literary recognition both abroad and at home. His most recent book is "an enthralling tale of a secret resistance movement run by Black women in pre-Civil War New Orleans"-Time Magazine