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New Orleans Stories

Great Writers on the City

New Orleans Stories( )
Editor: Miller, John
Introduction by: Codrescu, Andrei
ISBN:978-0-8118-4494-9
Publication Date:Jun 2004
Publisher:Chronicle Books LLC
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $14.95
Book Description:

Voodoo. Vampires. Jazz. There's no city quite like New Orleans, a city that whispers stories and where writers come to eavesdrop.New Orleans Stories collects the very best writing on the Big Easy by a stellar gallery of writers for whom the city has played host and muse -- from Walt Whitman and William Faulkner to Anne Rice, Truman Capote, Walker Percy, Tennessee Williams, and Zora Neale Hurston. With a striking new cover, this anthology captures the vibrancy -- and variety --...
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Book Details
Pages:224
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.1 x 9.02 x 0.55 Inches
Book Weight:0.814 Pounds
Author Biography
(Editor)
Romanian-born poet and essayist Andrei Codrescu, who also utilizes the pen names Betty Laredo and Maria Parfeni, emigrated to the United States in 1966. Codrescu earned a B.A. at the University of Bucharest, and has taught at numerous academic institutions including Johns Hopkins, the University of Baltimore, and Louisiana State University.

Codrescu worked for National Public Radio as a commentator and has been featured on ABC News' Nightline. Some of Codrescu's short stories and novels include his first poetry collection, License to Carry a Gun and a memoir entitled In America's Shoe.

Throughout the years, Codrescu has been awarded many honors including the Big Table Poetry Award, General Electric Foundation Poetry Prize, and National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships for poetry, editing, and radio.

His titles include The Posthuman Dada Guide: Tzara and Lenin Play Chess, The Poetry Lesson, and Whatever Gets You through the Night: A Story of Sheherezade and the Arabian Entertainments.

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