Reading New Orleans
In the spirit of Mardi Gras, Veronica Brooks-Sigler has compiled a list of books inspired by the complex city of New Orleans over at Lit Hub.
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This Week in Posivibes: Jermaine Bossier and the 79rs Gang
The incredible imagery and music produced by Indian Mardi Gras gangs is both totally mind-blowing and, unfortunately, easy to miss. Lucky for us, Aquarium Drunkard’s done some work to correct…
Song of the Day: “Mickey Mouse Boarding House”
Mardi Gras may have been last week, but the good times keep on rolling. New Orleans-based soul artist Walter “Wolfman” Washington knows a thing or two about good times—in his…
Throw Me Something, Mister: Mardi Gras Dispatch #4
Recurring dispatches from Benjamin Morris covering New Orleans Mardi Gras, 2011: If there’s one lesson we know well here in New Orleans, it’s that none of us are immune to…
Throw Me Something, Mister: Mardi Gras Dispatch #2
Recurring dispatches from Benjamin Morris covering New Orleans Mardi Gras, 2011: “Y’all ready?” I ask the cops, clustered near the corner of Napoleon and St Charles. “Been ready,” one shoots…