ash wednesday in new orleans
- Posted by Summer Wood on February 25th, 2009 filed in books, places
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Can’t believe I forgot about Mardi Gras yesterday. And the city that made it famous.
I’ve never been to New Orleans, but I got a fine dose of the city, circa 1907, in COMING THROUGH SLAUGHTER, Michael Ondaatje’s gorgeous novel about Buddy Bolden. Man must have been one hell of a trumpet player. Ondaatje is one hell of a writer.
You can read more about the book here.
For a closer look at how New Orleans survived Hurricane Katrina, I’m eager to watch the documentary TROUBLE THE WATER. Anybody seen it yet?
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