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Literary New Orleans
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 810.803276335
EAN: 9781892514059
ISBN: 1892514052
Label: Hill Street Press
Manufacturer: Hill Street Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: 1999-10
Publisher: Hill Street Press
Studio: Hill Street Press
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Rating:  - Take this with you
This anthology is a great companion volume to take on a visit to New Orleans. Enjoy these selections with some beignets and coffee at Cafe Du Monde or over a bloody Mary in the court of 2 sisters. If you love New Orleans you can't miss with this book.
Rating:  - A Geniune Portrait of New Orleans
I love the Big Easy, but hate the crowds. Reading this book made me feel that I was there--and here I am sitting in my home in New York and dreaming of walking the streets of N.O. with Audubon, Twain, Faulkner, and Codrescu, and the incredibly talented Brenda Marie Osbey. This is an excellent anthology.
Rating: - New Orleans native says, "Buy this book."
I have seen books on New Orleans come and go, but Literary New Orleans is here to stay. Why? Because it combines history, fiction, essays, memoir, and poetry. I grew up here, and I learned things I never knew. For instance, Audubon gave drawing lessons here, Zora Neale Hurston learned Hoo-Doo here, and Walt Whitman worked for a paper here. My favorite is Ishamael Reed's take on Mardi Gras...Priceless.
Rating: - Literary New Orleans is a feast for the mind
All the talk of food in this book made me get up and start cooking, but after a meal of shrimp creole, I could not wait to get back in my easy chair and feed my mind by reading this anthology. Armstong, Jefferson, and Capote all in one book. The in-depth biographical entries before each selection taught me much about the authors and New Orleans. Sheila Bosworth is a favorite, and I was happy to see her included. I was also glad to see an earlier work by James Lee Burke included, rather than the ... Read More
Rating: - Captures the spirit of the Crescent City
I grew up in New Orleans and often awake to find myself wandering the city's streets in my dreams. Literary New Orleans captures the spirit of my beloved hometown with selections ranging from Audubon's journal entries describing his wanderings in the city in 1821 to Pulitzer Prize winning poet, Brenda Marie Osbey's "Faubourg." There are some rare finds here, including Tennessee Williams's poem, "Mornings on Bourbon Street," and Robert Olen Butler's "Relic," about ... Read More
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