Literature
The Double Dealer
A New Orleans-based literary journal, The Double Dealer was published over a period of five and a half years, between January 1921 and May 1926.
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Tim Gautreaux
Tim Gautreaux writes critically acclaimed novels and short fiction about Louisiana and Acadian culture.
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Tony Kushner
Playwright Tony Kushner, one-time resident of Lake Charles, is the author of prizewinning drama "Angels in America."
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Truman Capote
New Orleans-born author Truman Capote wrote the first nonfiction novel, "In Cold Blood" in 1966.
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Victor Séjour
Victor Séjour’s 1837 story “Le Mulâtre” is considered the first work of published fiction by an African American writer.
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Walker Percy
Walker Percy incorporated the culture and traditions of Louisiana in particular, and the South in general, into his literary work.
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William Faulkner
Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner lived in New Orleans and wrote some of his earliest works there.
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William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs called New Orleans home for a brief but dramatic period from 1948 to 1949.
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Wilmer Mills
Wilmer Mills was a poet deeply rooted in the rural Protestant culture of the Plains, an area located between St. Francisville and Baton Rouge.
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Women Writers
Louisiana women have written about life in the state since before the Civil War, presenting their views of its unique society and landscape.
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Yusef Komunyakaa
With more than ten published volumes of poetry, Yusef Komunyakaa is a widely celebrated and anthologized poet.
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