New Orleans Stories Great Writers on the City

by Miller, John; Codrescu, Andrei

• ISBN13: 9780811844949
• ISBN10: 0811844943
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-06-10
• Publisher: Chronicle Books

Summary

Voodoo. Vampires. Jazz. There's no city quite like New Orleans, a city that whispers stories and where writers come to eavesdrop. New Orleans Stories collects the very best writing on the Big Easy by a stellar gallery of writers for whom the city has played host and muse -- from Walt Whitman and William Faulkner to Anne Rice, Truman Capote, Walker Percy, Tennessee Williams, and Zora Neale Hurston. With a striking new cover, this anthology captures the vibrancy -- and variety -- of New Orleans as it casts its most seductive spell.

Author Biography

Andrei Codrescu is a commentator for National Public Radio and the author of numerous books. He lives in New Orleans.

John Miller lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has co-edited numerous anthologies for Chronicle Books.

Table of Contents

Introduction by ANDREI CODRESCU	iv
ANONYMOUS: The Exploration of Louisiana	3	(6)
WALKER PERCY: The Moviegoer	9	(14)
LOUIS ARMSTRONG: Growing Up in New Orleans	23	(16)
ANNE RICE: The Feast ofAll Saints	39	(18)
ZORA NEALE HURSTON: Hoodoo	57	(10)
LAFCADIO HEARN: A Creole Mystery	67	(3)
JOHN KENNEDY TOOLE: A Confederacy of Dunces	70	(12)
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON: New Orleans journal	82	(4)
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS: A Streetcar Named Desire	86	(19)
TRUMAN CAPOTE: Dazzle	105	(11)
WILLIAM THACKERAY: A Mississippi Bubble	116	(3)
M. DUMONT: Indian Troubles and Hangmen	119	(4)
ISHMAEL REED: Mumbo jumbo	123	(4)
WILLIAM FAULKNER: Absalom, Absalom!	127	(7)
ELLEN GILCHRIST: Rich	134	(21)
MARK TWAIN: Southern Sports	155	(8)
CARL SANDBURG: A Scar for Abraham Lincoln	163	(4)
KATE CHOPIN: Cavanelle	167	(6)
JOHN DOS PASSOS: Funiculi Funicula	173	(8)
WALT WHITMAN: Three New Orleans Sketches	181	(9)
ROBERT PENN WARREN: Mason City	190	(9)
LYLE SAXON: Gumbo Ya Ya Superstitions	199	(14)
Author Biographies	213