| By Drew Broach | Deputy metro editor
THIRD TIME'S THE CHARM: After two false starts (pandemic in 2020, ditto in 2021), the New Orleans Book Festival opened Thursday at Tulane University with bestselling author John Grisham, TV morning host Jenna Bush Hagar and dozens of other literary and social names to follow. More sessions are set Friday and Saturday.
GRIEF UPON GRIEF: The death of 15-year-old Ja’Marian Price, gunned down in February on a Marrero sidewalk, split open the wounds of a large west bank family still trying to heal and still seeking justice for the 2015 murders of his uncle and cousin.
'HONEY DUMPLIN': Want to smile? Listen to this audio recording of a Popeyes employee in Kenner taking a drive-thru customer's order.
Thanks for staring your Friday with us. Lots more news at NOLA.com, of course. D.B. | 
