"The Booklover's Guide to New Orleans is Susan Larson's informative response to questions most frequently asked her as book editor of the Times-Picayune. Tourists and locals alike want to know what to read, where authors lived, which bookstores to browse, and when literary festivals are scheduled. Now all the answers can be found in this one convenient volume, the only complete directory of New Orleans's "write life" available."--BOOK JACKET. "Larson's guide includes: a brief history of the fiction writers, poets, journalists, playwrights, historians, critics, essayists, and others who have flirted with the Crescent City's muse across the years; a tour of both famous and lesser-known sites throughout the literary landscape, including authors' homes and hangouts; an extensive reading list of favorite New Orleans titles in categories from mysteries to cooking; and a catalog of bookstores, libraries, literary events, and other resources."--BOOK JACKET.
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New Orleans is an increasingly popular travel destination: since 1998, ten new travel guides to the city have been published (e.g., Randolph Delehanty's Ultimate Guide to New Orleans, Chronicle, LJ 3/15/98). These two titles provide two unusual perspectives on this city and a wealth of information not normally found in travel guides. New Orleans Then and Now tells the history of New Orleans through 175 photographs, taken between 1847 and 1998 and arranged as sets of comparative "then" and "now" displays. Like these photographs, which are of excellent quality, the narrative accompanying them supplies careful detail, important for understanding the changes that have taken place over time. An excellent, clever featureAa small map in the lower right-hand side of odd-numbered pagesAindicates where each site is located in the city. Although not for the first-time tourist, this title will be handy for those interested in urban geography, development, history, architecture, and New Orleans. The Booklover's Guide to New Orleans is a literary guide containing a history, an annotated list of "Literary New Orleanians," a reading list, a literary calendar, a list of local bookstores and resources, and excerpts of writings about the city by various authors. Larson, the book editor of the New Orleans Times-Picayune since 1988, has compiled an exhaustive literary guide. Her love for both books and for New Orleans comes through in her writing. Recommended for large public and academic libraries.AJohn J. McCormick, New Hampshire State Lib., Concord
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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I was searching for books that were written in and/or set in the South when I happened upon this wonderful resource. Ms Larson's book covers every imaginable topic relating to New Orleans and it's literary gold mine. Books from every genre, books for adults as well as children, even local bookstores are covered here. I have already read a several of the books I found in this book and thoroughly enjoyed them. This book will be a reference I turn to when I find myself asking, "What do I read now?"
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- A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams on 5 pages
- Dead Man Walking by Zondervan on 4 pages
- Life on the Mississippi (Signet classics) by Mark Twain on 4 pages
- An Unfinished Woman: A Memoir (Back Bay Books) by Lillian Hellman on page 79, page 115, and page 140
- Vieux Carre by Tennessee Williams on page 108, page 113, and page 135
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