March 22, 2013
There is no greater thrill for a writer than a packed room at your panel reading at a literature festival, and I had that thrill once. Just once. Granted, this… READ MORE
March 19, 2013
“In the frightening and uncharted world of war, servicemen and women could count on the transport given by horses and mules, the protection offered by dogs, the communication delivered by… READ MORE
March 14, 2013
We had been seeing each other for maybe a month, brief enough a time that I hadn’t even admitted we were dating. In that way young people do, we had… READ MORE
March 11, 2013
“Unpretentious and stimulating, Kelly Cherry’s The Life and Death of Poetry, in exemplary fashion, extends the tradition of the Ars Poetica for the twenty-first-century reader: these poems instruct and delight… READ MORE
Louisiana’s identity is inextricably tied to its famous foods; gumbo, red beans and rice, jambalaya, and étouffée are among the delicious dishes that locals cherish and visitors remember. But Louisiana’s… READ MORE
February 20, 2013
An often-repeated story about Clementine Hunter is she did not like people. Far from the truth, the reality was she did not like certain people, but she overwhelmingly liked kids… READ MORE
February 15, 2013
“Such stuff as dreams are made on.” Shakespeare via Prospero said it best, though its modern interpretation may not be exactly what Shakespeare intended. To find the skeletal remains of… READ MORE
February 6, 2013
“Intellectual travelogue merges with literary tour in these intricate creations and re-creations.”—Betty Adcock, author of Intervale: New and Selected Poems “A compelling convergence of the near and the far, Its… READ MORE
January 22, 2013
One of the first women’s organizations to mask in a Mardi Gras parade, the Million Dollar Baby Dolls redefined the New Orleans carnival tradition. Tracing their origins from Storyville brothels… READ MORE