'The Small Things That End The World' by Jeanette Lynes is a remarkable and beautiful book describing both the external and internal journey three women travel over the course of three generations.
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New Orleans: 10 Years After Hurricane Katrina, an Uneven Recovery
While residents' attitudes have turned positive on average, great racial and neighborhood disparities remain.
Read More »Reader Giveaway: Win Dee Dee Bridgewater’s New Orleans Tribute Album Marking Hurricane Katrina’s 10th Anniversary
Recorded with trumpeter Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, 'Dee Dee's Feathers' guest-stars Dr. John and other greats.
Read More »Interview: Julie Freed, Author of ‘Naked: Stripped by a Man and Hurricane Katrina’
A true story of one woman's courage to not let life's curve balls destroy her.
Read More »Some New Yorkers React Predictably to Hurricane Irene Response
Once Irene passed over us inflicting much less damage than expected, the armchair quarterbacks were quick to complain about Bloomberg's "over reaction" to the hurricane.
Read More »TV Review: Treme – “Do Watcha Wanna”
Treme ends with the citizens of New Orleans in many different states, but all still trying to rebuild their lives.
Read More »TV Review: Treme – “Accentuate the Positive”
Fourteen months after Katrina, Treme shows there is still a lot of rebuilding to do.
Read More »Music Review: Rebirth Brass Band – Rebirth Of New Orleans
The Rebirth Brass Band are so potent and alive, you can't believe it can stay trapped in that little disc.
Read More »Blizzard of December 2010: Apocalypse Snow
No matter how you look at it, people died and suffered and someone must be held accountable.
Read More »TV Review: Treme – “Shame, Shame, Shame”
We don't get much call for Sazeracs around here.
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