Spring 2023

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A snowy egret perches on a gate in Cameron Parish. Photo by Natalie Poole.
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Articles
Spring 2023

Scandals in Bohemia
Celebrating twenty years of SASFest, creating a fringe fest, and a new twist on a favorite tradition
Spring 2023

Color Me Intrigued
Ellen Soffer’s evocative use of color
Spring 2023

The Irrepressible Bobby Marchan
From drag to rap promotion and everywhere in between
Spring 2023

From Little Acorns
Oaks celebrated on a Books Along the Teche bike tour
Spring 2023

Possums in the Rafters, Fiddlers on the Floor
The Blue Moon Saloon and Guest House
Spring 2023

Who Will Pick Up the Czech?
Libuse keeps central European traditions alive in central Louisiana
Spring 2023

“I’m Not Playing”
An excerpt from Moving the Chains: The Civil Rights Protest That Saved the Saints and Transformed New Orleans
Spring 2023

Bad Romance, Bad Research
Cornell Woolrich’s Waltz into Darkness
Spring 2023

Striving for the Ballot
“Yet She Is Advancing”: New Orleans Women and the Right to Vote, 1878–1970
Spring 2023

Spring Tonic
Foraged vegetables created the restorative gumbo z’herbes
Spring 2023

Eclectic Erudition
Two luminous, youthful musicians
Spring 2023

Sportsman’s Paradise, or Paradise Lost?
The Toledo Bend Reservoir
Spring 2023

Pillars of Salt in the Marsh
The changing terrain of Cameron Parish
Spring 2023

Put a Lid on It
Sartorial mainstay Meyer the Hatter
Spring 2023

Poetry by Karisma Price
Selected by Louisiana Poet Laureate Mona Lisa Saloy
Spring 2023

The St. Joe Brick Yard
Hiding in plain sight
Spring 2023

Tournoi de la Ville Platte
Defending the cotton crop with old-fashioned horsemanship
Spring 2023

Warning: This Article Could Be Banned
In Louisiana, like the rest of the country, attempts to ban books rise during times of cultural shifts that discomfort segments of society.