Ghosts of Good Times: South Louisiana Dance Halls Past and Present examines a world of Cajun dance halls, Zydeco clubs, Chitlin’ Circuit R&B night clubs, Swamp-Pop Honkytonks and other venues that
"Caverlee is a writer of cast enthusiasms and range. His general essays, which cover everything from the assassination of Bonnie and Clyde to the mundane evolution of the staple, are as thoughtfully d
This collection of the work of versatile Louisiana folk artist Lorraine Gendron features a comprehensive sampling of her varied multimedia art. Gendron, a self-styled cultural preservationist, works i
In settings that wander from Montana to Louisiana, from the ragged fairways of abandoned golf courses to the steely rooms of radiology, the poems in LOCAL HOPE melancholily embrace the past, record
"Years before his inquiry into the Kennedy assassination, New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison first captured the spotlight in late 1962, when he launched a series of raids on French Quarter str
Composed of Creole and Cajun citizen-soldiers, the Donaldsonville Canonniers were originally organized as a militia company in 1837 and were one of the most active and highly regarded Louisiana units
In the midst of the Great Depression, minor league baseball thrives in small-town South Louisiana, where the Evangeline League, named in honor of Longfellow's heroine, draws hundreds to dirt fields an
Americans will long remember 2005 as the year of the hurricane, when so many storms formed in the north Atlantic that we ran out of names and had to use letters of the Greek alphabet to identify them.
Few artists have the luxury of separate work and living spaces, thus work and life often end up compressed into a singular personal environment. Artist Spaces, New Orleans provides a comprehensive por
Louisiana's wonderful wetlands, coastal marshes, and swamps have meant much to different visitors over the years--sustenance for fisherman and trappers, food supplies for hunters, inspiration for arti
The eight essays in this volume examine the life and career of the Marquis de Lafayette, who aided the US in the American Revolution and secured the support of France, in the context of Atlantic histo
First Amendment Law in Louisiana chronicles the First Amendment’s robust career in Louisiana, which has a legal tradition unlike that of any other state. Louisiana’s legal heritage derives from both c
