Winter 2020
About Our Cover
Incised clay vessels make up many of the items included in the Tunica Treasure. Photo by Brian Pavlich.
Contents
The Oracle at the Top of the Stairs
A Creole Activist in the Age of Jim Crow
Tunica Treasure
Departments
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Articles
King Crude
A review of A Thousand Ways Denied by John T. Arnold
Giving It Up for Lent
The history and future of the meat-free Lent
Sound Advice
King Bees and Wannabes
The legacy of Slim Harpo
Magazine
Louisiana’s Loess Bluffs
A cultural region?
Coastal
Jewels of Plaquemines Parish
Coastal challenges threaten Fort Jackson and the Orange Festival
“Equal Rights to All Men”
Divergent coverage of Jim Crow– and Civil Rights–era violence in Louisiana
A Priest on the Color Line
In New Orleans and Breaux Bridge, Father Antoine Borias navigated race and saved souls
The Oracle at the Top of the Stairs
An aspiring writer meets Walker Percy
A Creole Activist in the Age of Jim Crow
The Work of Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson
Poetry
Okra
Poetry by Ethan Leonard
Tunica Treasure
A chance discovery helped cement a tribal legacy
Chapel in the Woods
Carmel’s Rock Chapel offers visitors a fascinating peek into the history of DeSoto Parish
St. Pierre et Miquelon
These small islands are the last vestige of once-sprawling New France
Godforsaken, Imbecilic, and Insane
John Dufresne’s Louisiana Power & Light
The Lang House
A resurrected Anglo-Creole fixture in Mandeville
A Request for Removal
Poetry by Donney Rose, selected by John Warner Smith
The Big Cat and the Bigger Dog
Ernie Ladd, the Junkyard Dog, and the intersection of sports, race, and culture in New Orleans
The Rhythmic Art of Ronald Trahan
Capturing music in sculpture
Whirlybird
Monroe remembers an early helicopter enthusiast
Looking Past Privilege
The art of Clyde Connell
An Incredible Resource
The Dictionary of Louisiana French as accomplishment and aid
Pivoting from Pandemic
A new look for Christmas in the Sky
Celebrating a Monumental Life
A graphic novel illustrates Reconstruction
