COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS 

Editor’s Box 
by Marc Smirnoff

Publisher’s Note
by Warwick Sabin

Gone Off Up North
Finding a perfect match for Bill Clinton.
by Roy Blount Jr. 

Local Fare
A local mecca for catfish lovers.
by John T. Edge 

Food 
Remembrance of things past.
by Wright Thompson 

Writing on Writing 
A dream comes true.
by Constance Adler 

Family 
Our legacy of not evacuating.
by Jesmyn Ward

Family 
Remembering a childhood storm from a long-ago summer.
by Michelle Richmond 

Politics 
Did Mississippi’s governor do the right things in post-Katrina chaos?
by Ellen Ann Fentress 

Place 
Local bar can say it all.
by Moira Crone 

Community 
Love in the ruins.
by C.D. Wright 

Place 
It’s funny what we hold onto.
by Anne Gisleson

Community 
Did all the newcomers to Baton Rouge suddenly make it…cool?
by Alex V. Cook 

Meditations 
The summer doldrums.
by Ada Liana Bidiuc 

Food 
A hidden: sausages.
by Sarah Roahen

Lagniappe
A short list of restaurants that survived and are better than ever.
by Brett Anderson 

Art 
The artist Willie Birch sees the promise and the darkness of New Orleans’ future.
by Bill Sasser 

Personalities 
Dr. Ben Marble, an unlikely hero, gave Dick Cheney a taste of his own medicine.
by Mark Winegardner 

Community 
The spirit of a lounge.
by Maura Fitzgerald 

Southern Lit 
What is the great New Orleans novel? Here are a few suggestions.
by William Caverlee 

Writing on Writing 
History in the making.
by Ned Sublette 

Southern Lit 
Here’s an author deserving of a fresh look.
by Clay Risen 

Writing on Writing 
The two greatest moves in his life were leaving Louisiana and returning to Louisiana.
by Ernest J. Gaines 

FEATURES

Still Live, with Voices
Not neat, not linear, and not monosyllabic.
by Lolis Eric Elie 

No Direction Known 
Wrong turns, deadends, and all the agony and ecstasy one man can take.
by Chris Rose 

Letting Her Go
Why it’s so hard to leave and also why it’s necessary?
by Sarah M. Brown 

Why I stayed
It wasn’t an easy decision.
by Jed Horne 

I WIll Forever Remain Faithful
Rap music helps a teacher connect with his students.
by David Ramsey

Fiction

Wanted Man
Family drama—with guns, explosions, shoot-outs, and strange creatures—on the Louisiana prairie.
by Nic Pizzolatto

My Secret Garden
A boy follows a girl to New Orleans and finds himself lost in a garden.
by Peter Zinn

POETRY

Epithalamium, by Forrest Gander

Honey Behind the Sun, by Greg Brownderville

Invitation to the Gretna Royals, by Alison Pelegrin

Lament, by Ginny Kaczmarek

Thanksgiving on the Gulf, by Wilmer Mills

Cover: “Ally Running” by Samuel Portera