Spring 2020

About Our Cover
2020 Humanist of the Year Terence Blanchard. Photo by Eric Waters.
Contents
All This, and Dunces Too
Sailing While Black
A Conversation with Terence Blanchard
City From the Future
Lifetime Contributions
Alone but Not Forgotten
Departments
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Articles
Magazine

The Bank of Pollock
One of Louisiana’s most endangered buildings
Magazine

The Art of Procession
Photographer Charles Muir Lovell’s work reflects the power of place
Magazine

Spy Boy Toy
A new medium for Mardi Gras Indian culture

Arts Are Abloom in the Chuck
A spring preview of arts events in southwest Louisiana

City of Inspiration
Celebrating the city’s influence on the world’s literati

White-Bread Evangelist
The starchy Acadiana staple is anything but plain

All This, and Dunces Too
LSU Press is the LEH’s 2020 Champion of Culture

She Shall Overcome
Newcomb Art Museum exhibition goes beyond the bars, winning the LEH’s Museum Exhibition of the Year award for Per(Sister)

Sailing While Black
The story of free black sailors trapped in Louisiana’s slave prisons
Spring 2020

A Conversation with Terence Blanchard
Melissa A. Weber sits down with the 2020 Humanist of the Year

City From the Future
Mossville: When Great Trees Fall is a character-driven documentary with global implications
Poetry

Poetry by Clare L. Martin
A glimpse into the world of horses

Center Stage
SRAC fosters the performing arts in northwest Louisiana
Magazine

The Poor Man’s Truman Capote
Speed Lamkin stayed stuck in the other author’s shadow

Lifetime Contributions
Defenders of Cajun, Coushatta culture recognized for their efforts

St. Joseph’s Day
The Sicilian roots of a local feast

Pays d’Illinois and Pays d’en Haut
French colonization leaves cultural traces in the Midwest

Stained Glass, Geodes, and Fossils
The multimedia art of Karen Bourque
Coastal

Standing Their (Shrinking) Ground
The Isle de Jean Charles relocation project ignores realities for Native residents

New Orleans Prisons
A geographic exploration
Spring 2020

Everything is Connected
Dr. Lynn Clark is this year’s recipient of the Light Up for Literacy Award

Shreveport Sluggers
The history of professional baseball in Shreveport
Magazine

Kid Stuff
Exploring the art of children’s literature

NOLA Resistance
Voices from the Civil Rights Movement

Alone but Not Forgotten

Folkloric Field Research
Documenting Louisiana’s musical heritage
Latest

Reenacting the German Coast Uprising
Performance artist Dread Scott and an army of volunteers commemorate resistance to slavery in recent performance piece