Jeanie Riess

Jeanie Riess is a writer from New Orleans. Her work has appeared in the New Yorker, the New York Times, and the New York Times Magazine.

Removal

In New Orleans, where I grew up, less luminous sides of history can be hard to see clearly through all of the chaos and celebration.

By Jeanie Riess

For people in Louisiana, it's the opposite: you can know that something is real and not believe in it.

By Jeanie Riess

By Jeanie Riess