404. Mark Charles Roudané

404. We interview Mark Charles Roudané about the New Orleans Tribune and l'Union newspapers.

403. Maggie Collins

403. Our interview with Maggie Collins about her novel, Celestial Blue Skies. In Belle Place, Louisiana, where the sugarcane grows a mile high to the bright blue sky, Celeste struggles with her mentally ill mother, Tut, and works with her grandmother Maymay to hold the Creole Bastille family together.

402. Thomas Ruys Smith on Sam Clemens at Mardi Gras

402. Thomas Ruys Smith discusses Sam Clemens and Mardi Gras. "On March 8 1859, a 23 year old trainee steamboat pilot named Samuel Clemens, a month away from getting his full pilot’s license, arrived in New Orleans after a week’s voyage down the Mississippi from St. Louis.

401. Timothy Bartel. "Evangeline." Part 2.

401. Part 2 of our interview with Timothy Bartel about Evangeline. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Evangeline was a bestseller in nineteenth-century America, inspiring generations of readers with a heroine who overcomes colonial violence and exile in her romantic and spiritual quest across America.

400. Timothy Bartel, "Evangeline," part 1.

400. Part 1 of our interview with Timothy Bartel about Evangeline. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Evangeline was a bestseller in nineteenth-century America, inspiring generations of readers with a heroine who overcomes colonial violence and exile in her romantic and spiritual quest across America.

399. David and Ashley Havird, part 2

399. Part 2 of our interview with David and Ashley Havird. They joined us to read and discuss some of their poetry.

398. David and Ashley Havird, part 1

398. Part 1 of our interview with poets David and Ashley Havird. David and Ashley join us to read and discuss some of their poetry.