Literary New Orleans

The definitive literary portrait of the capital of Southern belles lettres including illuminating vignettes of fact and fiction. New Orleans is a melting pot that has been stirred by French, Spanish, African, and Caribbean influences. From the labyrinthine cobblestone streets of the Vieux Carre, the sombre elegance of the Garden District, and the bayous and banks of the Mississippi River to the above-ground St. Louis Cemetery, sexy steamy Storyville, and Tin Pan Alley, the Crescent City is one of the longest running literary salons in American history. It is also a city of many... more

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