603. Lenore Weiss.

603. We chat with Lenore Weiss about her novel, Pulp into Paper, which “is about the struggle of Arkansas and Louisiana mill workers to tell the truth about what is happening in their work and personal lives. The book mirrors the choices we make between earning a living and our ethical values, but is sympathetic to all characters on either side of the environmental divide.” Pulp into Paper is an engaging, disturbing and sometimes humorous novel exposing a calcified network of corruption between a company (Rand-Atlantic) and the government (EPA) in a small Southern town where "the stink [is] the smell of money." Weiss's talent for detail is extraordinary as she takes us into the homes, sandwich shops and hydrogen-sulfide infested creeks of East Hentsbury with its unforgettable cast of characters." (Campbell). Lenore Weiss is enrolled in the Master of Fine Arts Program at San Francisco State University. Her poetry has been published in many journals  Her books include Cutting Down the Last Tree on Easter Island (West End Press, 2012) , Two Places (Kelsay Books, 2014), and Mortal forthcoming in 2016 from Black Cat Moon Press. (Basmati.com).

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2. This week in Louisiana history. December 7 1851 Archbishop Blanc blesses new (current) St. Louis Cathedral
   
3. This week in New Orleans history. Amusements for the evening on December 7, 1891 included "William Tell" at the Opera House, "Camille" at the Varieties Theatre, "Macbeth" at the Varieties Theatre, and "The World of Passion" at the St. Charles Theatre.
   
4. This week in Louisiana.
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