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A collection of short fiction and essays (much of which is previously unpublished) from the author of the critically acclaimed New Orleans novel, "The Sound of Building Coffins."
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A collection of short fiction and essays from the author of the critically acclaimed New Orleans novel, "The Sound of Building Coffins." These stories are assembled here for the first time, including one that is previously unpublished.
Characters/People edit
- Bill Clinton: Add a description of this character.
- Ike Henry
- Holy Meaux
- Stanley
- Marcus
- Jimmy
- Dominick Carolla
- Tommy Lee Jones
- J.D Salinger
- Slim Harpo
- Donald Harington
- John Walker
- Susan Larson
- Stella
- Dee
- Lucinda
- Mr. Bolden
- Joey
- Stan
- Ampirella
- Buck
- Gwen
- Elly Maistros
- Booker Maistros
- Billy Martin
- Coco Robicheaux
- Helen Hill
- Toole
- Louis George Maistros
- Evangelina
- Dick Shaver
- Buddy Bolden
- Roxanne
- Penrod Julius Henry
- sonny
- Kenny Holladay
- Paul Chasse
- Dear Booker
- Marine Boy
- Jack Kelleher
- Louis Armstrong
- Heather
- Carlos
- Dave Brinks
First Sentence edit
I've been in this city just nine days.
Table of Contents edit
NEAR TRUTHS
New Orleans, December 24, 1994
Gwen
Unexpected
Twitterheads
Calisaya Blues
Unpublished Interview With Buddy Bolden
You and Yer Big Goopy Brain
Heckler
Gleeby Rhythm is Born
Charity Hospital
HARD TRUTHS
ON GOD AND FAMILY IN NEW ORLEANS:
Grace Medicine: A Story of Coco Robicheaux
Letter to Donald Harington about God and Bill Clinton
Letter to a Friend about Stanley
Dear Booker
Their Generation
Unpacking
ON CRIME AND PAIN IN NEW ORLEANS:
How Much For This?
Letter to a Friend on the High Cost of Living in Fear in New Orleans
Wild West Down South
How We Get By
ON WRITING:
Filling the Holes of History with the Poetry of Music
Letter to a Friend on The Incompatibility of Writing and Publishing
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Writer (A letter in response to a young writer who is feeling the fear)
Random Thursday Night at the Gold Mine
ON BELOVED NEW ORLEANS:
The Case For Kindness During Hurricane Season
Sense of Place
Hot 8 Here Now
The Mighty Muffuletta: A Ritual
3 SONGS:
Go Down, Water
Dreamless
Glory
CODA:
Anti-requiem
Authors & Contributors edit
- Louis Maistros (Author)
Subjects edit
- Books › Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism › Movements & Periods › Surrealism
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Historical
- Books › Nonfiction › Current Events › Disaster Relief
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Short Stories
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Literary
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Essays
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