Voices of New Orleans

“I really liked writing. But at one point I realized just writing about it wasn't enough.” — Becky Gillette, reporter turned activist known as the "Erin Brokovich of Formaldehyde" for her work in exposing unsafe conditions in FEMA trailers

by month

Bruce Rutledge

Robinette's round-about endorsement Mar 19
Get Gulf Coast rebuilding in the debates Jan 28
Cajun novelist creates 'bat-s@$! crazy' heroine May 15
John Goodman on the importance of good levees May 09
The season for blog spam Dec 13
What's changed in half a year Nov 09
Big day for books in Looziana Oct 27
Hear Jason Berry, help LEAN at LSU tonight Sep 28
A one-of-a-kind cookbook Jul 28
Do You Know crew visits Austin Jun 02
Not enough mousse for this makeover May 10
Reading in a stressed out corner of the world Apr 06
What New Orleans is reading Mar 24
ThinkLouisiana.com hungers for ideas Mar 03
Join us at The Saturn today at 6 pm Feb 15
Times Picayune reviews DYK Feb 12
DYK arrives in time for Mardi Gras Feb 02
DYK launch party at The Saturn Bar Jan 26
Rebuilding Together gets our vote Jan 24

Colleen Mondor

Intense teen novel set in Superdome after Katrina May 13
The underrepresented life Mar 19
Rediscovering Louisiana with Catharine Cole Feb 12
The mysterious, tragic tragic life of Buddy Bolden Nov 14
Brite brings us Southern writing at its finest Oct 01
Music Friday: Lisa Marie & Elvis singing for New Orleans Aug 24
'Sugarcane Academy': small story with big lesson Aug 15
Music Friday: In honor of the John Lennon Piano Tour.... Jun 06
Walker emerges as unique talent in 'Letters' May 30
Music Friday: Sing Me Back Home May 24
Music Friday: Joe Topping sings 'Lord Willing' May 18
Music Friday: Dizzy raps about 'The Day After Tomorrow' May 09
Music Friday: Ivan Neville and John Fogarty's 'Fortunate Son' Apr 27
Music Friday: Dr. John is 'Goin' Back to New Orleans' Apr 20
Cypress Parish under the magnifying glass Apr 19
Music Friday: Grayson Capps & New Orleans Waltz Apr 12
'Voyage' a riveting drama about slave trade Apr 06
Music Friday: Led Zeppelin sings Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe Apr 06
Music Friday: 'Freedom Land' Apr 03
Music Friday: Timothea & 'Time For a Change' Mar 23
Houma comes to life in multigenerational tale Mar 20
Music Friday: Louis Armstrong and 'A Wonderful World' Mar 16
Music Friday: Shawn Mullins in the 9th Ward Pickin' Parlor Mar 09
Music Friday: Irma Thomas & 'Long After Tonight' Mar 02
'Playing a Jazz Chorus' eloquently captures current music scene Feb 27
Music Friday: The Be Good Tanyas and "The Littlest Birds" Feb 22
Music Friday: Bonerama blasts those trombones Feb 17
Music Friday: The joy that is the Dirty Dozen Brass Band Feb 09
Music Friday: Harry Connick's 'All These People' Feb 02
Rescued harrowing, effective if a bit broad Jan 30
Music Friday: Nicholas Payton reaching those high notes Jan 26
Music Friday: The Hot 8 on parade Jan 21
Music Friday: Hopefully, a turning point Jan 12
Aaron Neville sings for the lost on Music Friday Jan 04
Marc Broussard kicks off Voices' very first Music Friday Dec 29
In the Wake powerful, necessary Dec 07
Immersed in Poppy Z. Brite's world Nov 06
Mozart and Leadbelly: a precious glimpse into a gifted writer's mind Nov 06
Sara Gran's Come Closer Nov 06
A glimpse into zine culture before Katrina Jul 19
Codrescu's city of poetry and death Nov 06
When mama is a drug addict Nov 06
Author takes inspired walk down Palmyra Street Nov 06
Before & After N. Dorgenois Apr 21
Between Piety and Desire: The Ninth Ward before Katrina Apr 10
The Combination: "They think they are better" Mar 27
My New Orleans Feb 23

Craig Mod

Dar Wolnik

David Rutledge

Music Friday: Zen walking May 15
Music Friday: Tom Waits May 11
Music Friday: Jazz Fest & Terence Blanchard May 01
Music Friday: Stevie Wonder “Superstition” Apr 25
Music Friday: Santana Apr 18
Music Friday: Reggae Apr 10
Music Friday: On disaster tours Apr 04
Music Friday: Reluctant ambassadors Mar 28
Music Friday: Housing, protest, jazz Mar 14
Music Friday: Protest time Mar 07
Music Friday: Nicholas Payton Feb 29
Music Friday on Monday: Dianne Reeves Feb 18
Music Friday: Blind Boys of Alabama Feb 01
Music Friday: Grassroots Dancing Jan 18
Music Friday: Party with a Purpose Jan 04
Music Friday: Wynton and 'Silent Night' Dec 28
Music Friday: Public Enemy Dec 23
Music Friday: Dirty Dozen Dec 13
Music Friday: Lester Young Nov 30
Music Friday: George Lewis (again) Nov 23
Music Friday: Rugged Cross Nov 17
Music Friday: Jelly Roll Nov 02
(Belated) Music Friday: Requiem Oct 27
Music Friday: The new jazz funeral Oct 19
Music Friday: RIP Harry Lee Oct 05
Music Friday: Allen Toussaint Sep 28
Music Friday: Fats Sep 21
Music Friday: Leroy Jones Sep 13
Music Friday: New Orleans Jazz Orchestra Sep 06
Music Friday: A New Orleans theme song Aug 31
Music Friday: Joey Ramone Meets Louis Armstrong Aug 16
Music Friday: Jason Marsalis Aug 10
Music Friday: Branford Aug 02
Music Friday: Wynton Jul 26
Music Friday: Sing Soweto Jul 20
Music Friday: Saints Jul 13
Our Spangled Anthem: “Live Again” Jul 04
Zydeco Friday Jun 28
Music Friday: Traditional New Orleans jazz now Jun 21
Music Friday: 'Do You Know' then and now Jun 14
New Orleans v. Government Mar 12
The aftermath Feb 26
The Saints: more than an escape Jan 24
Progress in the flood zone Oct 09
8-29-05: The loss of an American city Aug 28
Watching When the Levees Broke in New Orleans Aug 18
Bringing New Orleans to Austin Jun 02
Sloppy Swedes and the Boss May 15
Demolition days and cussing out candidates Apr 26
My hour with Garland Apr 17
Garbage Mar 19
As Mardi Gras approaches Feb 27
Latino New Orleans Feb 10
Privateers Jan 30
One dog, three goldfish and other details Jan 17
A middle-aged man in my bed and other details Jan 17

Juliette Kernion

Karen Dalton Beninato

Kimberly Marshall

Ray in Austin

Rex Noone

Sarah Inman

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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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  • Sarah Inman
  • Craig Mod
  • Colleen Mondor
  • Rex Noone
  • Bruce Rutledge
  • David Rutledge
  • Dar Wolnik

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