All of which adds up to a place that produces writers the way France produces cheese — prodigiously, and with world-class excellence — a place that calls on its writers’ talent and inspiration and, in turn, is reflected back into the world through their words. And though the list of Louisiana writers — both homegrown and those drawn to the place as if by seismic forces — seems endless, I wanted to smell and hear and see the places that had left a mark on at least a handful of them.
Jennifer Moses takes us with her on her trip through “literary Louisiana” in her essay over at the New York Times.
