Award-winning novelist and cultural critic writer Tom Piazza is a longtime resident of New Orleans and a celebrator of the music and culture of that city. In the wake of Hurricane Katrin… Mehr…
Award-winning novelist and cultural critic writer Tom Piazza is a longtime resident of New Orleans and a celebrator of the music and culture of that city. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina from a temporary outpost in Missouri he began work immediately after the storm on this impassioned book-length essay on the storied past imperiled present and uncertain future of this great and most neglected of American cities. At its heart it is a valentine to the people of New Orleans and a plea for their spiritual survival. "That spirit is in terrible jeopardy right now " he writes. "If it dies something precious and profound will go out of the world forever. Maybe not entirely; maybe New Orleans people black and white will get together in exile every year and commemmorate their holidays and their spirit Mardi Gras and jazzfest red beans on Monday and barbecue and beer at Vaughans on Friday evening maybe zydeco night at Rock n Bowl on Thursday and keep it alive in exile as the descendents of the Israelites have kept their faith and their covenant alive. That is up to them. But in the near term the place the sacred ground that gave birth to all that beautiful and deep spirit hangs in the balance." Embraced passionately upon its publication Why New Orleans Matters has become an instant classic. Now for the first time in paperback this stunning Perennial edition includes an extensive new afterword that details the publics reaction to the book and the events that unfolded in New Orleans in the years that followed the books initial publication. Timed to release with Piazzas exciting new Katrina-themed novel City of Refuge (Harper Fall 08) this new edition of Why New Orleans Matters is a gift from one of our most talented writers to the beloved and important city he calls home-and to a nation to whom that citys survival has been entrusted. eBook<
Award-winning novelist and cultural critic writer Tom Piazza is a longtime resident of New Orleans and a celebrator of the music and culture of that city. In the wake of Hurricane Katrin… Mehr…
Award-winning novelist and cultural critic writer Tom Piazza is a longtime resident of New Orleans and a celebrator of the music and culture of that city. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina from a temporary outpost in Missouri he began work immediately after the storm on this impassioned book-length essay on the storied past imperiled present and uncertain future of this great and most neglected of American cities. At its heart it is a valentine to the people of New Orleans and a plea for their spiritual survival. "That spirit is in terrible jeopardy right now " he writes. "If it dies something precious and profound will go out of the world forever. Maybe not entirely; maybe New Orleans people black and white will get together in exile every year and commemmorate their holidays and their spirit Mardi Gras and jazzfest red beans on Monday and barbecue and beer at Vaughans on Friday evening maybe zydeco night at Rock n Bowl on Thursday and keep it alive in exile as the descendents of the Israelites have kept their faith and their covenant alive. That is up to them. But in the near term the place the sacred ground that gave birth to all that beautiful and deep spirit hangs in the balance." Embraced passionately upon its publication Why New Orleans Matters has become an instant classic. Now for the first time in paperback this stunning Perennial edition includes an extensive new afterword that details the publics reaction to the book and the events that unfolded in New Orleans in the years that followed the books initial publication. Timed to release with Piazzas exciting new Katrina-themed novel City of Refuge (Harper Fall 08) this new edition of Why New Orleans Matters is a gift from one of our most talented writers to the beloved and important city he calls home-and to a nation to whom that citys survival has been entrusted. eBook<
Award-winning novelist and cultural critic writer Tom Piazza is a longtime resident of New Orleans and a celebrator of the music and culture of that city. In the wake of Hurricane Katrin… Mehr…
Award-winning novelist and cultural critic writer Tom Piazza is a longtime resident of New Orleans and a celebrator of the music and culture of that city. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina from a temporary outpost in Missouri he began work immediately after the storm on this impassioned book-length essay on the storied past imperiled present and uncertain future of this great and most neglected of American cities. At its heart it is a valentine to the people of New Orleans and a plea for their spiritual survival. "That spirit is in terrible jeopardy right now " he writes. "If it dies something precious and profound will go out of the world forever. Maybe not entirely; maybe New Orleans people black and white will get together in exile every year and commemmorate their holidays and their spirit Mardi Gras and jazzfest red beans on Monday and barbecue and beer at Vaughans on Friday evening maybe zydeco night at Rock n Bowl on Thursday and keep it alive in exile as the descendents of the Israelites have kept their faith and their covenant alive. That is up to them. But in the near term the place the sacred ground that gave birth to all that beautiful and deep spirit hangs in the balance." Embraced passionately upon its publication Why New Orleans Matters has become an instant classic. Now for the first time in paperback this stunning Perennial edition includes an extensive new afterword that details the publics reaction to the book and the events that unfolded in New Orleans in the years that followed the books initial publication. Timed to release with Piazzas exciting new Katrina-themed novel City of Refuge (Harper Fall 08) this new edition of Why New Orleans Matters is a gift from one of our most talented writers to the beloved and important city he calls home-and to a nation to whom that citys survival has been entrusted. eBook<
Award-winning novelist and cultural critic writer Tom Piazza is a longtime resident of New Orleans and a celebrator of the music and culture of that city. In the wake of Hurricane Katrin… Mehr…
Award-winning novelist and cultural critic writer Tom Piazza is a longtime resident of New Orleans and a celebrator of the music and culture of that city. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina from a temporary outpost in Missouri he began work immediately after the storm on this impassioned book-length essay on the storied past imperiled present and uncertain future of this great and most neglected of American cities. At its heart it is a valentine to the people of New Orleans and a plea for their spiritual survival. "That spirit is in terrible jeopardy right now " he writes. "If it dies something precious and profound will go out of the world forever. Maybe not entirely; maybe New Orleans people black and white will get together in exile every year and commemmorate their holidays and their spirit Mardi Gras and jazzfest red beans on Monday and barbecue and beer at Vaughans on Friday evening maybe zydeco night at Rock n Bowl on Thursday and keep it alive in exile as the descendents of the Israelites have kept their faith and their covenant alive. That is up to them. But in the near term the place the sacred ground that gave birth to all that beautiful and deep spirit hangs in the balance." Embraced passionately upon its publication Why New Orleans Matters has become an instant classic. Now for the first time in paperback this stunning Perennial edition includes an extensive new afterword that details the publics reaction to the book and the events that unfolded in New Orleans in the years that followed the books initial publication. Timed to release with Piazzas exciting new Katrina-themed novel City of Refuge (Harper Fall 08) this new edition of Why New Orleans Matters is a gift from one of our most talented writers to the beloved and important city he calls home-and to a nation to whom that citys survival has been entrusted. eBook<
Award-winning novelist and cultural critic writer Tom Piazza is a longtime resident of New Orleans and a celebrator of the music and culture of that city. In the wake of Hurricane Katrin… Mehr…
Award-winning novelist and cultural critic writer Tom Piazza is a longtime resident of New Orleans and a celebrator of the music and culture of that city. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina from a temporary outpost in Missouri he began work immediately after the storm on this impassioned book-length essay on the storied past imperiled present and uncertain future of this great and most neglected of American cities. At its heart it is a valentine to the people of New Orleans and a plea for their spiritual survival. "That spirit is in terrible jeopardy right now " he writes. "If it dies something precious and profound will go out of the world forever. Maybe not entirely; maybe New Orleans people black and white will get together in exile every year and commemmorate their holidays and their spirit Mardi Gras and jazzfest red beans on Monday and barbecue and beer at Vaughans on Friday evening maybe zydeco night at Rock n Bowl on Thursday and keep it alive in exile as the descendents of the Israelites have kept their faith and their covenant alive. That is up to them. But in the near term the place the sacred ground that gave birth to all that beautiful and deep spirit hangs in the balance." Embraced passionately upon its publication Why New Orleans Matters has become an instant classic. Now for the first time in paperback this stunning Perennial edition includes an extensive new afterword that details the publics reaction to the book and the events that unfolded in New Orleans in the years that followed the books initial publication. Timed to release with Piazzas exciting new Katrina-themed novel City of Refuge (Harper Fall 08) this new edition of Why New Orleans Matters is a gift from one of our most talented writers to the beloved and important city he calls home-and to a nation to whom that citys survival has been entrusted. eBook<
Award-winning novelist and cultural critic writer Tom Piazza is a longtime resident of New Orleans and a celebrator of the music and culture of that city. In the wake of Hurricane Katrin… Mehr…
Award-winning novelist and cultural critic writer Tom Piazza is a longtime resident of New Orleans and a celebrator of the music and culture of that city. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina from a temporary outpost in Missouri he began work immediately after the storm on this impassioned book-length essay on the storied past imperiled present and uncertain future of this great and most neglected of American cities. At its heart it is a valentine to the people of New Orleans and a plea for their spiritual survival. "That spirit is in terrible jeopardy right now " he writes. "If it dies something precious and profound will go out of the world forever. Maybe not entirely; maybe New Orleans people black and white will get together in exile every year and commemmorate their holidays and their spirit Mardi Gras and jazzfest red beans on Monday and barbecue and beer at Vaughans on Friday evening maybe zydeco night at Rock n Bowl on Thursday and keep it alive in exile as the descendents of the Israelites have kept their faith and their covenant alive. That is up to them. But in the near term the place the sacred ground that gave birth to all that beautiful and deep spirit hangs in the balance." Embraced passionately upon its publication Why New Orleans Matters has become an instant classic. Now for the first time in paperback this stunning Perennial edition includes an extensive new afterword that details the publics reaction to the book and the events that unfolded in New Orleans in the years that followed the books initial publication. Timed to release with Piazzas exciting new Katrina-themed novel City of Refuge (Harper Fall 08) this new edition of Why New Orleans Matters is a gift from one of our most talented writers to the beloved and important city he calls home-and to a nation to whom that citys survival has been entrusted. eBook<
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Buch in der Datenbank seit 2012-01-28T01:17:34+01:00 (Berlin) Detailseite zuletzt geändert am 2012-02-08T08:48:24+01:00 (Berlin) ISBN/EAN: 9780730457893
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