New Orleans, Mon Amour: Twenty Years of Writings from the City

A "lovely collection" of essays by the NPR commentator about his beloved adopted city, both before and after Hurricane Katrina (Publishers Weekly).

NPR commentator Andrei Codrescu has long written about the unique city he calls home. How apt that a refugee born in Transylvania found his place where vampires roam the streets and voodoo queens live around the corner; where cemeteries are the most popular picnic spots; the ghosts of poets, prostitutes, and pirates are palpable; and in the Fr...