Winter 2024
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Twilight Off LA-27, Cameron Parish. Photograph by Matthew D. White.
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Articles
Making Room
Advocates for coastal culture plan for Louisiana’s coming population shifts
"Sarcasm of Fate”
The imposing life and unceremonious death of Captain Thomas P. Leathers
Where the Fire Started
Remembering Southern University’s Black Poetry Festival 1972–1980
“Better Than Doughnuts”
Fresh loaves at Jeanerette’s beloved staple, LeJeune’s Bakery
The House that Steam Built
Architect Walter Burley Griffin’s Cooley House
No-Man's Land
Fort Jesup remains a historic reminder of Louisiana’s time on the Mexican border
Winter 2024
Unexpected Flowers
The mixed-media blooms of Carlton Scott Sturgill
Winter 2024
Poetry by Jessica Kinnison
Selected by Louisiana Poet Laureate Alison Pelegrin
"A Child Out of Desire"
Clarence Nero’s semi-autobiographical novel Cheekie paints a vivid image of the Desire Housing Project
Winter 2024
Revolutionary Rhythms
"Baba" Luther Gray’s Sacred Activism and Music
On the Shapes of Parishes
. . . and why Tangipahoa is elongated
Pressing Vinyl and Shattering Glass
The female-run record company that changed the soundscape of 1950s Shreveport
Sparkling Orangine
The Creole creation behind Barq’s
Winter 2024
Bottoms Up
In Lake Charles, Salt Revival Oyster Co. seeds a new industry in neighboring Cameron Parish
Winter 2024
A Long Arc of Injustice
A new exhibition explores the historical links between the institutions of slavery and mass incarceration in Louisiana
Winter 2024
“A Meanly Built Village”
An excerpt from Natchitoches, Louisiana, 1803–1840: A Creole Community on the American Frontier
Before the Blue Dog
George Rodrigue and the Cajun Revival
