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John Barbry, Champion of Culture
A career spent advocating for Tunica–Biloxi traditions
Our spring 2022 issue of 64 Parishes introduces our Humanities Awards winners. Our Humanist of the Year is Ruby Bridges, the activist who at six years old integrated Frantz Elementary School. We’re also proud to present Documentary Photographer of the Year L. Kasimu Harris, Documentary Film of the Year The Neutral Ground, Lifetime Contributions to the Humanities Awardees Joyce Marie Jackson and Kalamu ya Salaam, Champion of Culture John Barbry of the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe, and more.
We’re also proud to present:
- A look at the unlikely romances that spring up between French Quarter Sicilans and Italians POWs during World War II
- An interview with Shreveport-born Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Jericho Brown
- An inventory of parish name origins
- A lament on having a shellfish allergy during crawfish season
- A celebration of Vidalia’s one-man band, Gray Montgomery
- Hurricane Ida’s cultural cost
- Louisiana’s tourist-facing dialect
Plus stories from our partners at The Historic New Orleans Collection, Shreveport Regional Arts Council, and the Tennessee Williams New Orleans Literary Festival.
The current issue of 64 Parishes is available at retail outlets across Louisiana or can be ordered through the LEH for $5.95 plus shipping. In stock back issues are also available for $6.95. To order visit 64parishes.org/subscribe or call 1.800.909.7990 or 504.356.0505.
Articles
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Fatima Shaik’s Economy Hall Named the 2022 LEH Humanities Book of the Year
The Hidden History of a Free Black Brotherhood
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Museum Exhibition of the Year
The permanent exhibition at the new Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience
Coastal
How to Tarp the Past
Hurricane Ida forces public historians to make difficult decisions
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All’s Fair in Love and War
French Quarter Sicilians and Italian POWs
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Rooted in Louisiana
Jericho Brown at the 2019 National Book Awards ceremony.
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Saints, Tribes, and Kings
The origins of Louisiana parish names
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Global Connections, Louisiana Roots
Honoring Joyce Marie Jackson, PhD, with a Lifetime Contributions to the Humanities Award
Coastal
Cultural Restoration
Homes and beaches can be rebuilt after Ida, but what about culture?
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A Virtuoso from Vidalia
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Children Still Play
What the Children Said: Child Lore of South Louisiana
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Be about Beauty
Life and writing with Kalamu ya Salaam, LEH Lifetime Contributions to the Humanities Award winner
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Mudbug Envy
A shellfish allergy renders a food columnist wistful
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It’s 1861 Somewhere
The Neutral Ground is the LEH Documentary Film of the Year
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Backstage at A Streetcar Named Desire
New THNOC exhibition goes backstage at a classic drama
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Making Magic Happen
The 2022 Light Up for Literacy Award goes to Jeannine Pasini Beekman and Tracy Cunningham
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The Vanishing Black Bars of New Orleans
The LEH Documentary Photographer of the Year chronicles community spaces under threat
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Teacher, Sculptor, Sketcher, Builder
Bruce Allen is NWLA arts’ man for all seasons
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Still Shouting “Stella!”
Celebrating A Streetcar Named Desire’s 75th anniversary
Spring 2022
I’ll Play with You
Ruby Bridges is the 2022 LEH Humanist of the Year
Poetry
Poetry by Gian Smith
Selected by Louisiana Poet Laureate Mona Lisa Saloy
Spring 2022
Springtime in New Iberia
Arts and culture blossom by the Teche
Parish Spotlight
Heirloom Variety
A St. Martin Parish farmer keeps Acadian brown cotton growing
Lexicon
Linguistic Kitsch
French, Yat, and other modes of speech add a je ne sais quoi to Louisiana’s culture—and marketing
Parish Spotlight
Wearing Masks 364 Days a Year
John Rechy's City of Night
Parish Spotlight
Drink Your Juice, Shelby
Natchitoches stars as a thinly veiled version of itself in Steel Magnolias
Spring 2022
It’s More Than Just Great Bass Fishing
Toledo Bend Reservoir is a keeper
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