That natural disasters are required to provide Americans with a glimpse of reality in their own country is an indication of the deep rot infecting the official political culture.
Tariq AliMots clés politics united-states new-orleans hurricane-katrina natural-disasters 2005 politics-of-the-united-states 21st-century 2010-in-literature
there was something about
that city, though
it didn't let me feel guilty
that I had no feeling for the
things so many others
needed.
it let me alone.
Mots clés new-orleans
There was no control except the "mood of his power... and it is for this reason it is good you never heard him play someplace where the weather for instance could change the next series of notes-- then you should never have heard him at all. He was never recorded. He stayed away while others moved into wax history, electronic history, those who said later that Boldon broke the path. It was just as important to watch him stretch and wheel around the last notes or to watch nerves jumping under the sweat of his head.
Michael OndaatjeMots clés fiction new-orleans jazz
When I got to college, the fake ID thing wasn't that important, since pretty much everyone could get away with drinking in New Orleans. But the drugs, well, that was a different story altogether, because drugs are every bit as illegal in New Orleans as anywhere else--at least, if you're black and poor, and have the misfortune of doing your drugs somewhere other than the dorms at Tulane University. But if you are lucky enough to be living at Tulane, which is a pretty white place, especially contrasted with the city where it's located, which is 65 percent black, then you are absolutely set.
Tim WiseMots clés college drugs drinking class privilege new-orleans tulane rave
The first thing you notice about New Orleans are the burying grounds - the cemeteries - and they're a cold proposition, one of the best things there are here. Going by, you try to be as quiet as possible, better to let them sleep. Greek, Roman, sepulchres- palatial mausoleums made to order, phantomesque, signs and symbols of hidden decay - ghosts of women and men who have sinned and who've died and are now living in tombs. The past doesn't pass away so quickly here.
You could be dead for a long time
Mots clés new-orleans cemetery
I mingle with my peers or no one, and since I have no peers, I mingle with no one.
John Kennedy TooleMots clés humorous new-orleans ignatious-j-reilly
The only excursion of my life outside of New Orleans took me through the vortex to the whirlpool of despair: Baton Rouge. . . . New Orleans is, on the other hand, a comfortable metropolis which has a certain apathy and stagnation which I find inoffensive.
John Kennedy TooleMots clés humor new-orleans ignatius-j-reilly
Mrs. Reilly called in that accent that occurs south of New Jersey only in New Orleans, that Hoboken near the Gulf of Mexico.
John Kennedy TooleMots clés new-orleans
Fidelity is a living, breathing entity. On wobbly footing, it can wander, becoming something different entirely.
Kay GoodstadtMots clés love food death sex faith marriage tea gay hollywood gossip new-orleans jewish infidelity london orthodox judaism rumors brain-tumor brain-cancer romantic-thriller
Damn. I never should have agreed to this. What is he thinking? Here we are in a piece of crap pickup truck on our way to sit outside of a supermarket to kidnap this girl. Damn. He’d better not be falling for her. Sure she’s cute, but I can’t think about that.
Jenna-Lynne DuncanMots clés romance new-orleans young-adult kidnapping hurricane-katrina
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