Book Review: A. D. New Orleans After The Deluge by Josh Neufeld

A review of the book A. D. New Orleans After The Deluge, a graphic novel by Josh Neufeld.

Book Review: Not Just The Levees Broke by Phyllis Montana-Leblanc

A review of the book Not Just The Levees Broke by Phyllis Montana-Leblanc. I have reviewed Katrina memoirs before and said I was waiting for the definitive one to come along. Is this it?

Junior Geography: New Orleans and Rapa Nui

Reviews of two Junior geography books– Built Below Sea Level: New Orleans by Laura Layton Strom and Easter Island: Unearthing Ancient Worlds by Michael Capek.

Susurrus OR Heart Like Water

A review of the memoir Heart Like Water by Joshua Clark.

Sugarcane Academy

I had thought that  I was burned out on reading about hurricane Katrina but when I happened upon Michael Tisserand’s Sugarcane Academy the other day I stayed up until after 2 a.m. reading it.    I found myself fascinated by the story of Paul Reynaud– a New Orleans first grade teacher who was the driving force [...]