# Event Details - **Event Name**: Joanna Sokol at The Garden District Book Shop - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 08 Jan, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Thu, 08 Jan, 2026 at 08:00 pm - **Event Description**: Paramedic and Author Joanna Sokol will be at The Garden District Book Shop January 8 to celebrate her memoir A REAL EMERGENCYAbout this EventThe Garden District Book Shop is thrilled to announce that paramedic and author Joanna Sokol will be at the shop January 8 to celebrate her memoir A Real Emergency.The event will begin at 6:00 PM. Afterwards, she will be available to personalize copies of the book.ABOUT THE BOOKIntrospective, richly layered, and surprisingly hopeful, A Real Emergency is a love letter from a paramedic to the best and worst parts of her career.For fifteen years, Joanna Sokol filled private notebooks with her confusion, humor, and anger toward the strange world of emergency street medicine. As her career on the ambulance progressed, she found herself taking notes on scraps of paper, the backs of gloves, and in the margins of EKG printouts. She listened to her patients’ stories, left food out for their pets, and turned off the stove under their oxtail stews. Once, she read half a poem left in a dead woman’s typewriter. She learned about the history that brought ambulances into their current role as the caretakers of society’s forgotten and spoke to her colleagues about their own experiences and perspectives.Those reflections are collected here, in a series of raw, powerful essays about the state modern healthcare.Sokol’s life as a paramedic took her to three different counties: the casinos and trailer parks of the Nevada desert, the cozy beach town of Santa Cruz, and, eventually, the crowded tenements of San Francisco’s Tenderloin district. There are no clear villains or heroes in Sokol’s world, only a group of patients and medics who are doing their best in a deeply broken system.Combining impactful research, compassionate reflections on her most memorable patients, and the strong voices of her fellow paramedics, Sokol takes readers deep into the everyday reality of 911 first responders, offering insight, empathy, and a reminder of both the power and limitations of care.ABOUT THE AUTHORJoanna Sokol has worked on a 911 ambulance for ten years: along the beach in Santa Cruz, in the high desert of Reno, and on the steep streets of San Francisco. Before that, she spent time as a ski patroller, wilderness EMT, and medical stand by for raves and music festivals. She holds a paramedic license and a Bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences from the University of California at Santa Cruz. During her time at the San Francisco Fire Department, she received an award for Clinical Excellence and served as a member of the Street Crisis Response team. Her literary work has appeared in Reader’s Digest, Epoca, and Hazlitt, and she received a Sidney Award in 2019. Born and raised in Oakland, California, Sokol currently lives in Santa Cruz with her boyfriend and a very stubborn dog. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/new-orleans/joanna-sokol-at-the-garden-district-book-shop/100001979369088226 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, festivals, entertainment, music-festivals, music, raves, dog - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 19.89, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: New Orleans - **state**: LA - **country**: United States - **location**: The Garden District Book Shop - **lat**: 29.9302073 - **long**: -90.0849707 - **full address**: The Garden District Book Shop, 2727 Prytania Street, New Orleans, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Joanna Sokol at The Garden District Book Shop - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/cd89b77a91be1b69541eda6cbf1b7757ea87066a274a373713b168846a00c641-rimg-w980-h522-dcffffff-gmir.jpg?v=1767337582 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Joanna Sokol at The Garden District Book Shop being held? - **A:** Joanna Sokol at The Garden District Book Shop takes place on Thu, 08 Jan, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Thu, 08 Jan, 2026 at 08:00 pm at The Garden District Book Shop, 2727 Prytania Street, New Orleans, United States. - **Q**: How much do tickets cost for Joanna Sokol at The Garden District Book Shop? - **A:** Tickets for Joanna Sokol at The Garden District Book Shop are priced at USD 20 per person. Here's a full breakdown of available ticket types:Ticket TypePriceAvailabilityRSVP + Reserved BookUSD 20 + USD 2 feeAvailableRSVPFreeAvailable - **Q**: Who is organizing Joanna Sokol at The Garden District Book Shop? - **A:** Joanna Sokol at The Garden District Book Shop is organized by Garden District Book Shop. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Joanna Sokol at The Garden District Book Shop is ideal for music lovers, fans of all genres, and anyone who wants to celebrate the power of music - from intimate gigs and live sessions to festivals and cultural performances. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in New Orleans, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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