“Saints & Sinners” is taking place next weekend in New Orleans.

Gay and gay-popular authors including Sarah Schulman, Radclyffe, Patrick Califia, Patricia Nell Warren, Poppy Z. Brite and Atlanta’s own Jim Grimsley are scheduled during 26 sessions on topics from plot and character development, writing about sex and the challenges of small-press publishing to queer mythology and the impact of mainstream morality on gay publishing.

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The literary festival is a fund-raiser for AIDS.

For more information, visit sasfest.org.

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