"A Child Out of Desire"
Clarence Nero’s semi-autobiographical novel Cheekie paints a vivid image of the Desire Housing Project
Rien Fertel
“A Game with Death”
The murder mystery novel that gripped Depression-era New Orleans
“Call Me Shakbatina”
LeAnne Howe’s Shell Shaker
“Too Damn Mean to Cry”
A Harlem Renaissance look at the ruin of a man
A Century of Garlic and Olives
The life, death, and rebirth of Central Grocery
Literature
A Confederacy of Dunces
Despite the difficulties John Kennedy Toole faced while trying to publish A Confederacy of Dunces, the novel went on to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and sell more than two million copies.
A Lesson On Waiting
A Pox on All Their Houses
Valerie Martin's A Recent Martyr
Always on the Threshold
“God, don’t let me die before I do something useful.”
Bad Romance, Bad Research
Cornell Woolrich’s Waltz into Darkness
Foodways
Barq's Sodas
Brothers Edward and Gaston Barq began bottling carbonated water and soft drinks in New Orleans in 1890.
Foodways
Beignets
Beignets, or pockets of fried dough served with powdered sugar, are an iconic New Orleans treat.
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