“World Without End: Essays on Apocalypse and After” by Martha Park, Hub City Press, 240 pages.
"The Colonel and the King” by Peter Guralnick; Little, Brown and Company; 624 pages
“Stomp Off, Let’s Go: The Early Years of Louis Armstrong” by Ricky Riccardi, Oxford University Press, 488 pages.
"Make your way home," by Carrie R. Moore, Tin House, 336 pages
“New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations,” New Orleans Museum of Art and Yale University Press, 264 pages.
Sometimes natural disasters have a way of rerouting a person's life. In Trish O'Kane's case, she transformed from a civil rights journalist to an ornithologist and environmental activist, a jo…
“Passing It On: The Art of John T. Scott,” by Freddi Williams Evans and Anna Rita Scott, Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, 120 pages
Between beach reads and road trips, summer is prime reading time.
“You Are My Sunshine: Jimmie Davis and the Biography of a Song,” by Robert Mann, Louisiana State University Press, 216 pages
Do you have a moment for a gospel conversation?
Louisiana is a rich state of mixed-race people. Wendy A. Gaudin, a California native and descendant of Louisiana Creoles, approaches the complex tapestry of what it means to be Afro-Creole in …
"So Far Gone" by Jess Walter, HarperCollins Publishers, 400 pages
“George Valentine Dureau: Life and Art in New Orleans” by Howard Philips Smith, University of Mississippi Press, 520 pages
“American Populist: Huey Long of Louisiana,” by Thomas E. Patterson, Louisiana State University Press, 720 pages
“Rainbow Fleur de Lis: Essays on Queer New Orleans History” by Frank Perez, University of Mississippi Press, 240 pages
“Ten Incarnations of Rebellion,” Ballantine Books, 320 pages, releases June 3.
“Our Last Wild Days” Atria Books, 352 page, Releases May 20
“Neutral Ground: New Orleans 1990-2005” by William Greiner, University of New Orleans Press, 96 pages.
Let's discuss Landon Bryant.
When I was a little kid, Cher's 1998 "Believe" album — the one that popularized the stylistic use of AutoTune technology — was playing in stores everywhere, but it wasn't until I saw her on to…
“Two-Headed Doctor: Listening for Ghosts in Dr. John’s Gris-Gris” by David Toop, Strange Attractor Press, 264 pages
“The Jewish South” by Shari Rabin, Princeton University Press, 296 pages
Mel Harrison is a world traveler and, fortunately for readers, so is Alex Boyd.
Reggie Reed Jr. titled his book "The Day My Mother Never Came Home."
“Libre” by Skye Jackson, Regalo Press, 120 pages
"Carl Perkins, The King of Rockabilly" by Jeff Apter, Citadel, 240 pages
The Tran siblings are not exactly a happy family, at least not in Carolyn Huynh’s new novel “The Family Recipe.” Their father, a millionaire admired by strangers, is a terrible person to deal …
“Frenchie: The Story of the French-Speaking Cajuns of World War II,” by Jason P. Theriot, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press, 229 pages
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