Summer 2018
About Our Cover
The Summer 2018 issue of Louisiana Cultural Vistas released on June 1.
The cover story is written by Alecia P. Long about Huey Long, Louisiana’s iconic governor, and his struggle to control public narratives and the press.
This issue also includes:
- Writer Della Hasselle and associate professor Dr. Gary Lafleur explore the Caminada Headlands, the largest completed project in the Master Plan to restore Louisiana’s coast.
- A look back with S. Derby Gisclair to the traveling show of Hadacol, Dudley LeBlanc’s famous patent medicine.
- The Louisiana State Museum debuts its latest exhibit, Brave in the Attempt: Special Olympics in Louisiana, at the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame & Northwest Louisiana History Museum in Natchitoches.
- Rediscovering poems by Pinkie Gordon Lane with Kelly A. Harris.
- Sally Asher tells the story of New Orleans’ first policewoman.
- Rien Fertel revisits The Great Big Doorstep by E. P. O’Donnell.
- A review of Freedom’s Dance by Karen Celestan and Eric Waters.
- Columns by Richard Campanella, Alison Fensterstock, and Ben Sandmel.
- More stories by Scott Sternberg, Sally O. Donlon, and Hali Dardar.
We have partner sections from the Historic New Orleans Collection, Louisiana State Museum, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans Museum of Art, and Shreveport Regional Arts Council; plus our picks for the summer season.
The Summer 2018 of Louisiana Cultural Vistas is available $5.95 plus shipping. Click here to order via email or call toll free in Louisiana 1.800.909.7990 or 504.523.4352 ext. 110.
Contents
Plaquemines Picaresque
Henry Roeland Byrd Fesses Up
Book Review: Freedom's Dance by Karen Celestan and Eric Waters
Where Art Leads Us
Departments
The current issue of 64 Parishes is available for $6.95 plus tax and a $5 shipping and handling fee. Back issues of 64 Parishes and Louisiana Cultural Vistas are available for $7.95 plus tax and a $5 shipping and handling fee. Note that supplies are limited on some issues. To order call 504-523-4352 or email [email protected].
Articles
Summer 2018
Heart of a Tiger
How a Monroe man’s legacy nurtures community, economy, and international relations
Summer 2018
Unalaska, Heroic Dog of Antarctica and Ouachita Parish
Member of Admiral Byrd’s expedition perished in Monroe
Geographer's Space
Grandeur on Government Street
Baroque urban planning shaped Baton Rouge
Summer 2018
I Never Scream
The quiet poems and powerful legacy of Pinkie Gordon Lane
Lost Lit
Plaquemines Picaresque
On the road with The Great Big Doorstep, the second and final novel by New Orleans writer E. P. O'Donnell
Summer 2018
Where Art Leads Us
Summer artspace exhibitions follow the distinct journeys of two artists, Julie Crews and Melanie Parent
Summer 2018
Tennessee, Revisited and Revived
Sound Advice
Henry Roeland Byrd Fesses Up
A feature-length interview with Professor Longhair is released on DVD alongside the 1982 documentary "Piano Players Rarely Ever Play Together"
Summer 2018
Book Review: Freedom's Dance by Karen Celestan and Eric Waters
New collection is dedicated to the social aid and pleasure clubs of New Orleans
Summer 2018
The Last Great Medicine Show
Dudley LeBlanc’s Hadacol promised miracles and delivered star power
Summer 2018
Mrs. Officer
New Orleans’ first policewoman endured controversy to patrol vice districts
Magazine
A New Beach for Louisiana
Caminada Headlands is the Coastal Master Plan’s largest completed restoration project
Summer 2018
Huey Long vs. The Media
In his clashes with the press, the Kingfish used legislation, slander, and even physical force to control the message
