Gary Richards, Professor of English and Chair of the Department of English, Linguistics, and Communication, recently led the book-in-common discussion of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire at the Louisiana Book Festival in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, held Oct. 28. The discussion marked both the 70th anniversary of Williams’ play and the tricentennial of the founding of New Orleans. Richards also moderated a panel devoted to the novels of Ladee Hubbard and Crystal Wilkinson.