354. John Dufresne

354. We talk to John Dufresne. John is the author of six novels: Louisiana Power & Light, Love Warps the Mind a Little, (both New York Times Notable Books of the Year) Deep in the Shade of Paradise, Requiem, Mass., No Regrets, Coyote, and I Don't Like Where This Is Going.  He also wrote two short story collections: The Way That Water Enters Stone and Johnny Too Bad, as well as three chapbooks: Lethe, Cupid, Time and Love; Well Enough Alone; and I Will Eat a Piece of the Roof and You Can Eat the Window. He has two books on writing and creativity: The Lie That Tells a Truth: a Guide to Writing Fiction and Is Life Like This?: a Guide to Writing Your First Novel in Six Months.

1. This week in Louisiana history. February 29, 1904. Study reported that 50 automobiles were owned and operated in N.O.
2. This week in New Orleans history. February 29, 1824. OUDOUSQUIE, Charles, impresario.  Born, New Orleans, February 29, 1814 [sic]; son of Norbert Boudousquié and Marie Thérèse Héloïse de Chouriac. Succeeded Pierre Davis as director of the Théâtre d'Orléans (ca. 1853). Instrumental in construction of the new French Opera House, which opened December 1, 1859, and which he managed until the outbreak of the Civil War. 
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   New Orleans French Film Festival 2020.
   
   February 27th, 2020 - March 4th, 2020

   10:00 am - 11:00 pm
   Prytania Theatre

   5339 Prytania St.,

   New Orleans, LA 70115
   504-309-6633
   Website
   This year, right after Mardi Gras, Laissez les bons temps rouler watching French-language films at the Prytania Theatre! The 23rd New Orleans French Film Festival, one of the longest running foreign language festivals in the country, showcases excellence in contemporary and classic francophone Cinema for audiences of about 4,000 at the Prytania Theatre, the oldest single-screen movie house operating in Louisiana. All films will be screened with English subtitles.
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Accordion player on Royal Street.

Listen on iTunes
Listen on Stitcher
Listen on Google Play.
Listen on Spotify.
Listen on TuneIn.
The Louisiana Anthology Home Page.
Like us on Facebook.