Plaquemines Picaresque
On the road with The Great Big Doorstep, the second and final novel by New Orleans writer E. P. O'Donnell
Rien Fertel
Foodways
Pralines
The praline, a confection made of sugar and nuts, is a representative dish of the Franco- and Afro-Creole Atlantic diasporas.
Quarrels with America
Robert Stone's A Hall of Mirrors
Business & Industry
Rayne, Frog Capital
Rayne, a city in Acadia Parish, is nicknamed the “Frog Capital of the World” for its history as a former titan in the bullfrog exporting industry.
Foodways
Réveillon
Rooted in nineteenth-century Creole traditions, the réveillon has experienced a modern-day remaking in New Orleans restaurants.
Sea Changes
Shirley Ann Grau’s debut novel evokes the coast
Shrimp Boats and White Lace
The delightful bayou sketches of Madame Toussaint’s Wedding Day
The Poor Man’s Truman Capote
Speed Lamkin stayed stuck in the other author’s shadow
Transfer of Souls
Erna Brodber’s Louisiana
Twentieth Century Millennial: Revisiting Faulkner's Mosquitoes
Wearing Masks 364 Days a Year
John Rechy's City of Night
White-Bread Evangelist
The starchy Acadiana staple is anything but plain
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