Blogs in August 2020

Triksta: Life and Death and New Orleans Rap 16th August 2020

What lunacy would cause a 55-year-old white male to embroil himself in the world of New Orleans rap – as ideas man, talent-spotter, lyricist, and would-be producer? Nik Cohn has loved (and hated) hip-hop since its birth and loved...

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The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square 16th August 2020

Named one of the Top 10 Books of 2008 by The Times-Picayune. Winner of the 2009 Humanities Book of the Year award from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.Awarded the New Orleans Gulf South Booksellers Association Book of the...

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A Kind of Freedom 16th August 2020

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The Thread That Runs So True 14th August 2020

First published in 1949, Jesse Stuart’s now classic personal account of his 20 years of teaching in the mountain region of Kentucky has enchanted & inspired generations of students & teachers. With eloquence & wit, Stuart traces his 20...

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These Healing Hills 14th August 2020

Francine Howard has her life all mapped out until the soldier she planned to marry at WWII’s end writes to tell her he’s in love with a woman in England. Devastated, Francine seeks a fresh start in the Appalachian...

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