New Orleans: A Writer's City

Author: T. R. Johnson (Tulane University, Louisiana) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 314 The neighborhoods of New Orleans have given rise to an extraordinary outpouring of important writing. Over the last century and a half or so, these stories and songs have given the city its singular place in the human imagination. This book leads the reader along five thoroughfares that define these different parts of town - Royal, St. Claude, Esplanade, Basin, and St. Charles - to explore how...Read more