“ In books and official reports, the tragedy of Katrina was blamed on politicians, poverty and poor engineering, as it should have been. But there was another conversation that should have happened — not about blame, but about understanding. What did regular people do before, during and after the storm? Why? And what could they have done better?” — Amanda Ripley in her book, The Unthinkable
Several of the contributors to Do You Know will be at BookWoman in Austin, Texas, this Saturday at 8 pm for the first reading outside of Louisiana. I'll be there with brother Dave, Ray Shea and Juliette Kernion. So come join us as we celebrate New Orleans with an eclectic reading from the book the Times-Picayune called "an inspired riff on the Armstrong tune."
The store is at 12th & Lamar and the event is free.
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After Katrina and its horrible aftermath, Chin Music Press felt compelled to shine its wobbly flashlight on New Orleans. This effort resulted in our second book, Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans? Along the way, we met a community of passionate, eloquent writers who care deeply about what happens to the Big Easy. This blog became a natural extension of the book. It's our way of adding voices to the unfolding story of New Orleans.
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Bruce Rutledge
May 31, 2006 03:27 PM
Austin was great. Thank you, everyone who came to the reading and others we met along the way. For those who are interested, I posted a little something about the reading at our Adventures in Publishing blog.