Quarantine Reading List: Escapist Edition
This quarantine reading list is produced in partnership with Tubby and Coo’s Mid-City Book Shop
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Quarantine Reading List: On-Topic Edition
Books to help you make sense of the crisis
COVID Geography: Notes from New Orleans
This special quarantine issue of Geographer’s Space is produced in partnership with LSU Press
Reenacting the German Coast Uprising
Performance artist Dread Scott and an army of volunteers commemorate resistance to slavery in recent performance piece
En Francais, Pour Toujours
Louisiana Public Broadcasting's francophone archives get preservation help
Past and Present Jazzfest Through the Lens of Ben Sandmel
Sandmel has been working with Jazzfest for 36 years and has the stories to prove it
5 Things You Didn't Know About Congo Square
From the birth of jazz to the commercialization of Voodoo, Congo Square has had a lot to do with shaping New Orleans culture
Excerpt: Pythian Temple
The Pythian Temple, located at the corner of Loyola Avenue and Gravier Street, has a 100+ year long history
Excerpt: The Saints Are Coming
Super Bowl XLIV and the New Orleans comeback
The Poetry of Jack Bedell
Dr. Jack Bedell served as Louisiana's Poet Laureate from 2017 to 2019
Excerpt: Big Time City
The transformation of Poydras Street marked a turning point for New Orleans in the 1970s
Review: “Krazy” by Michael Tisserand
A review of Michael Tisserand's biography of cartoonist George Herriman
