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A New Beach for Louisiana
Dr. Gary LeFleur on Elmer’s Island in Jefferson Parish. Caminada Headlands is the Coastal Master Plan’s largest completed restoration project by Della Hasselle Photos by Rush Jagoe Wearing well-worn...
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Mrs. Officer
In June 1915 Monahan began patrolling the notorious Milneburg resort town on the shores of Lake Ponchartrain. New Orleans’ first policewoman endured controversy to patrol vice districts By Sally Asher...
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The Last Great Medicine Show
The active ingredients listed on the back label included bioflavonoid, biotin, calcium, choline dihydrogen citrate, cobalt sulfate, copper sulfate, d-panthenol, honey, inositol, iron, magnesium...
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Book Review: Freedom’s Dance by Karen Celestan and Eric Waters
Black Men of Labor, by Eric Waters. Left to right: Roy “Sundown” Johnson, Bobby “Boozer” Sardie, Wilbert Thomas, Todd Higgins, Barry Taylor, Nathan “Raddy” Thomas, Alvin Jackson, Deshawn Burks, Willie...
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Henry Roeland Byrd Fesses Up
Professor Longhair at his home in 1979. Photo by Michael P. Smith. Courtesy of The Historic New Orleans Collection Documentaries reflect the unique genius of Professor Longhair By Ben Sandmel This year...
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Tennessee, Revisited and Revived
Poster for Here Without Me, Iranian film adaptation of The Glass Menagerie. 2011. Photo courtesy of Naghmeh Rezaie. An early version of The Glass Menagerie, a look at Williams in Iranian cinema, and...
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Where Art Leads Us
Grocery Store in the Rain by Melanie Parent. Photo courtesy of the Shreveport Regional Arts Council. Summer artspace exhibitions follow the distinct journeys of two artists By Pat Viser Artists Julie...
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Plaquemines Picaresque
Vesper by Cate Colvin Sampson. Courtesy of the artist. On the road with The Great Big Doorstep By Rien Fertel I come from Plaquemines stock, a family brimming with stories simultaneously sweet and...
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Publisher’s Note: Move on Up
by Brian Boyles Recently I moved offices. I trucked my books, iMac, and assorted souvenirs down the hall forty feet, to a space that’s long been used as the editorial nerve center for Louisiana...
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I Never Scream: The quiet poems and powerful legacy of Pinkie Gordon Lane
by Kelly A. Harris In September 2016, at the International Conference on the Black Arts Movement at Dillard University, I was one of four panelists discussing the contributions of black women artists...
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