Louisiana Anthology Podcast
280 episodes - English - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★★ - 76 ratingsThe Louisiana Anthology Podcast is an part of the larger project of the Louisiana Anthology. We release new episodes every Saturday, and the podcasts last for around an hour. The purpose of the Louisiana Anthology Podcast is to discuss the literature and culture of Louisiana. We broadcast interviews with various authors, artists, and scholars about their contributions to Louisiana.
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569. Jeroen Dewulf
April 13, 2024 05:59 - 59 MB569. We welcome Jeroen Dewulf back to the podcast to discuss his new book, Afro-Atlantic Catholics: America’s First Black Christians. "This volume examines the influence of African Catholics on the historical development of Black Christianity in America during the seventeenth century. Dewulf’s analysis focuses on the historical documentation of Afro-Atlantic Catholic rituals, devotions, and social structures. Of particular importance are brotherhood practices, which were critical in the...
568. Lisa Wingate
April 05, 2024 07:47 - 52.8 MB568. We welcome author Lisa Wingate to the podcast to discuss her novel, Book of Lost Friends. “From the bestselling author of Before We Were Yours comes a dramatic historical novel of three young women searching for family amid the destruction of the post–Civil War South, and of a modern-day teacher who learns of their story and its vital connection to her students’ lives” (NYT). "Louisiana, 1875: In the tumultuous era of Reconstruction, three young women set off as unwilling companio...
567. Diane McPhail.
March 29, 2024 06:32 - 59.3 MB567. This week we talk to novelist Diane McPhail, author of The Seamstress of New Orleans: A Fascinating Novel of Southern Historical Fiction. Set against the backdrop of the first all-female Mardi Gras krewe at the turn-of-the-century, the acclaimed author’s mesmerizing historical novel tells of two strangers separated by background but bound by an unexpected secret — and of the strength and courage women draw from and inspire in each other....
566. Mimzy MC
March 23, 2024 06:59 - 58.3 MB566. This week we talk to rap artist Mimzy MC. Rapper. Mimzy MC, born and raised Mim McCoy in Shreveport, LA, has been influenced by artists such as ICP, Korn, Eminem, Timbaland, and Cindi Lauper. She wishes to accomplish visual and listening pleasure with her unique style for all others to enjoy! Her philosophy regarding her visual art is, “My inward energy being manifested outwardly that cannot be expressed verbally. Only visually.” How she feels and how she is moved by music enhance...
565. Catharine Cole, Woman Journalist
March 15, 2024 05:21 - 78.7 MB565. Catharine Cole, Louisiana journalist. Louisiana Studies Conference presentation. Stephen & Bruce give their presentation about Catharine Cole, one of Louisiana's first women journalists. Catharine was best known from visiting every parish in the state at that time, writing articles on each one that reached every corner of Louisiana and beyond. "Martha Reinhard Smallwood Field (May 24, 1854 – December 19, 1898), known as Mattie Fiel...
564. Richard Anderson. DSCC candidate.
March 08, 2024 08:22 - 60.6 MB564. Candidate Richard Anderson talks to us about his campaign to be elected to the Louisiana DSCC. The Democratic State Central Committee (DSCC) is the governing body for the Democratic Party of Louisiana and has sole responsibility for the affairs of the Louisiana Democratic Party. This is Richard's call for support: "For a NEW DAY, VOTE # 3 for Richard R Anderson of the Richard Anderson Campaign as the Louisiana Democratic State Central Committee Member representing District 11-B encompas...
563. Cordelia Frances Biddle.
March 01, 2024 07:48 - 111 MB563. Cordelia Frances Biddle visits with us this week. She has written a biography of Saint Katharine Drexel, the founder of Xavier University. Saint Katharine: The Life of Katharine Drexel. "Katharine Drexel devoted her life to social justice, creating schools for those whom racism marginalized and persecuted. Born in 1858, she died in 1955; her life reflects the nation’s history: the tumultuous years leading to the Civil War, Lincoln’s assassination, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, the movement ...
562. Greta de Jong
February 23, 2024 07:31 - 106 MB562. This week we talk to Greta de Jong about civil rights in North Louisiana. "Civil rights in North LA. Examining African Americans' struggles for freedom and justice in rural Louisiana during the Jim Crow and civil rights eras, Greta de Jong illuminates the connections between the informal strategies of resistance that black people pursued in the early twentieth century and the mass protests that emerged in the 1950s and 1960s. Using evidence drawn from oral histories and a wide ra...
561. Kelly Jasckson, part 2
February 17, 2024 09:10 - 51.8 MB561. Part 2 of our friend Kelly Jackson's return to the podcast to discuss her Metoyer documentary. “Kelly is the creator of the Cane River Film Festival. The film festival is sponsored by her historical preservation nonprofit – the Resurrection Fern Foundation. Resurrection Fern serves as a way for Kelly to support her community events and historical films. A project close to Kelly’s heart is the documentary “Resurrection Fern: The Life and Times of Marie Thérèse Coincoin,” a film about her...
560. Kelly Jackson, Part 1
February 09, 2024 07:33 - 50.1 MB560. Part 1 of our friend Kelly Jackson's return to the podcast to discuss her Metoyer documentary. “Kelly is the creator of the Cane River Film Festival. The film festival is sponsored by her historical preservation nonprofit – the Resurrection Fern Foundation. Resurrection Fern serves as a way for Kelly to support her community events and historical films. A project close to Kelly’s heart is the documentary “Resurrection Fern: The Life and Times of Marie Thérèse Coincoin,” a film abou...
559 C. J. Hunt
February 03, 2024 08:29 - 91.5 MB559. C.J. Hunt returns to the Podcast to discuss "Neutral Ground — a documentary about memory, monuments, and how to break up with the Confederacy. The Neutral Ground documents New Orleans’ fight over monuments and America’s troubled romance with the Lost Cause. In 2015, director CJ Hunt was filming the New Orleans City Council’s vote to remove four confederate monuments. But when that removal is halted by death threats, CJ sets out t...
558. Martha Boone
January 26, 2024 06:43 - 55.8 MB558. We talk to urologist Martha Boone about her work at the old Charity Hospital and the books she's written about it. "The Big Free is Charity Hospital and it’s 1982 in New Orleans, and Charity is a big medical free-for-all. Elizabeth is one of the first women in the toughest surgery department in America. With her pearls and her pink plaid socks, she doesn’t fit in …at first. Half the doctors who start the surgery program never finish. Nothing in her proper southern upbringing prepares E...
557. Chad Adams
January 20, 2024 08:02 - 96.5 MB557. We're excited to have Chad Adams on the podcast to discuss his novel, How to Walk on a Marsh. “On his first ever hunting excursion as a young boy, James takes an uncalculated step in the delicate South Louisiana marsh that becomes the catalyst for a metaphor used by his dad which foreshadows his life: there’s an art to navigating the marshland, and the steps you take while on your journey can cause you to either sink or swim. Through their many adventures together, James’ dad help...
556. Richard Sexton and Randolph Delehanty
January 14, 2024 07:42 - 53.9 MB556. Today we talk with Richard Sexton and Randolf Delehanty about the 2nd edition of their classic work, New Orleans: Elegance and Decadence. The book focuses on the interiors, furnishings, art collections, and gardens of a handful of creative people in New Orleans in the 1990s. Dreamers and urban pioneers, they included bohemian artists, artisans, architects, preservationists, activists, antiquarians, restaurateurs, and teachers, all livi...
555. Randy Gonzales. "St. Malo."
January 05, 2024 08:24 - 87.8 MB555. This week we talk to Randy Gonzales about his poetry book Settling St. Malo. "I am excited about the launch of a book I spent more than a decade writing. My research into Filipino Louisiana started as a way to understand my family’s Filipino story. I learned that without the fishermen at St. Malo, the shrimpers at Manila Village, and the seamen who settled in New Orleans, my Filipino ancestors may not have moved to Louisiana. Poe...
554. Derby Gisclair, Part 2
December 30, 2023 06:58 - 86.6 MB554. Part 2 of our interview of Derby Gisclair about his newest book, New Orleans Steamboat Stories – The Brief Lives of Mississippi Riverboats. "Steamboats shaped America’s future, its economy, and its culture while expanding trade and expanding the country’s footprint into new territories. This economic expansion was not limited to New Orleans, but also to Cincinnati, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Memphis, Louisville, Nashville, St. Paul, Kansas Cit...
553. Derby Gisclair. Mississippi Riverboats, Part 1.
December 23, 2023 07:04 - 124 MB553. We chat with Derby Gisclair about his newest book, New Orleans Steamboat Stories – The Brief Lives of Mississippi Riverboats. "Steamboats shaped America’s future, its economy, and its culture while expanding trade and expanding the country’s footprint into new territories. This economic expansion was not limited to New Orleans, but also to Cincinnati, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Memphis, Louisville, Nashville, St. Paul, Kansas City, and Chattanooga. A round trip voyage from Pittsburgh to New...
552. Doug Duffey
December 15, 2023 08:35 - 158 MB552. Today we talk with Doug Duffey, North Louisiana blues musician. "Blues musician.Doug Duffey is a singer, songwriter, pianist, bandleader, music arranger, record producer, music publisher, poet, diarist, photographer and visual artist. From Monroe, Louisiana, Doug Duffey was inducted into the "Louisiana Hall of Fame" in April, 2001 and inducted into the National Blues Hall of Fame in 2009" (Wikipedia). This week in Louisiana history. December 8, 1879. Citizens of Louisian...
551. Shane K. Barnard, part 2.
December 10, 2023 07:25 - 113 MB551. Part 2 of our conversation with Shane K. Barnard about his research into Tabasco Sauce and Bayou Teche. Holding a Ph.D. in history, Bernard has served as historian and curator to McIlhenny Company for over twenty-five years. He is the author of Tabasco: An Illustrated History and several books about Cajun and Creole history. Teche: A History of Louisiana's Most Famous Bayou. Recipient of a 2017 Book of the Year Award presented by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. Shane K. Bern...
550. Shane K. Bernard
December 02, 2023 05:23 - 139 MB550. Part 1 of our conversation with Shane K. Barnard about his research into Tabasco Sauce and Bayou Teche. Holding a Ph.D. in history, Bernard has served as historian and curator to McIlhenny Company for over twenty-five years. He is the author of Tabasco: An Illustrated History and several books about Cajun and Creole history. "Teche: A History of Louisiana's Most Famous Bayou. Recipient of a 2017 Book of the Year Award presented by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. Shane K....
550. Shane K. Bernard, Part 1
December 02, 2023 05:23 - 139 MB550. Part 1 of our conversation with Shane K. Barnard about his research into Tabasco Sauce and Bayou Teche. Holding a Ph.D. in history, Bernard has served as historian and curator to McIlhenny Company for over twenty-five years. He is the author of Tabasco: An Illustrated History and several books about Cajun and Creole history. "Teche: A History of Louisiana's Most Famous Bayou. Recipient of a 2017 Book of the Year Award presented by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. Shane K....
549. Alison Pelegrin, Poet Laureate
November 24, 2023 09:10 - 67.9 MB549. This week we're happy to have Louisiana's current poet laureate Alison Pelegrin visiting us. 'Alison was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. She received an MFA from the University of Arkansas. Pelegrin is the author of Waterlines (Louisiana State University Press, 2016); Hurricane Party (University of Akron Press, 2012); Big Muddy River of Stars (University of Akron Press, 2007), which received the 2006 Akron Poetry Prize; and The Zydeco Tablets (Word Press, 2002). About Pelegri...
548. The New Orleans Writers' Workshop
November 17, 2023 08:59 - 47.9 MB548. We talk with Allison Alsup and Jessica Kinnison, who run the New Orleans Writers’ Workshop. "Since its founding in Spring 2017, the New Orleans Writers Workshop has aimed to affordably meet the need for quality creative writing classes in the New Orleans community. Joining forces with an ever-growing number of community partners that embraced the venture like only New Orleans can, NOWW has held one-day, two-day, four-week, and n...
547. Isabelle Jacopin
November 10, 2023 07:37 - 24.1 MB547. This week to caught up with Isabelle Jacopin, an artiste peintre born in France, who has been drawn to the world of art since her early childhood. In 1998, her artistic path led her to New Orleans, where she delved into pastel painting, using the vibrant city as her muse. She sketched the lively streets, vibrant clubs, and distinctive elements that make New Orleans so unique. In 2004, Isabelle transitioned to oil painting on linen canvas, a medium that has held her fascination ever sinc...
546. Robin Roberts
November 04, 2023 05:08 - 119 MB546. We interview Robin Roberts about her new book, City of the Undead. "From its looming above-ground cemeteries to the ghosts believed to haunt its stately homes, New Orleans is a city deeply entwined with death, the undead, and the supernatural. Its location near the mouth of the Mississippi River grants it a liminal status between water and land, while its Old World architecture and lush, moss-covered oak trees lend it an eerie beauty. Complementing the city’s mysterious landscape, spiri...
545. Stefan Schöberlein.
October 28, 2023 04:50 - 189 MB545. This week we chat with Stefan Schöberlein about his book, Walt Whitman's New Orleans: Sidewalk Sketches and Newspaper Rambles Whitman in NOLA. "Walt Whitman’s short stint in New Orleans during the spring of 1848 was a crucial moment of literary and personal development, with many celebrated poems from Leaves of Grass showing its influence. Walt Whitman’s New Orleans is the first book dedicated to republishing his writings about the Crescent City, including num...
544. David Ervin
October 20, 2023 07:52 - 46.3 MB544. We chat with David Ervin, creator of the drive-thru daiquiri stand. "The humble history of the drive-thru daiquiri dates back to 1981, when David Ervin first opened the Daiquiri Factory in Lafayette, Lousiana. Ervin got the idea from a liquor store he frequented during his college days, which had a frozen drink stand on the side. He saw that model's success and thought he could take it a step further by replicating just the frozen drinks part of the equation. He wasn't sure about the l...
543. Elista Istre Part 2
October 14, 2023 05:10 - 39 MB543. Part 2 of our interview with our friend Elista Istre. Elista has written a new book entitled, Josette and Friends Cook a Gumbo. “This beautifully written and illustrated children’s book is a brilliant blend of Louisiana’s culture and cuisine.”— Chef John Folse "Cool fall days and warm, cozy friendships bring Josette and her friends together to cook a delicious gumbo bursting with flavor. As the children add their favorite ingredie...
542. Elista Istre, part 1
October 07, 2023 01:42 - 36.2 MB542. Part 1 of our conversation with our friend Elista Istre. She has written a book entitled, Josette and Friends Cook a Gumbo. “This beautifully written and illustrated children’s book is a brilliant blend of Louisiana’s culture and cuisine.”— Chef John Folse "Cool fall days and warm, cozy friendships bring Josette and her friends together to cook a delicious gumbo bursting with flavor. As the children add their favorite ingredients to the pot, they stir up some fascinating stories a...
541. Audrey Gibson
September 30, 2023 05:27 - 200 MB541. We talk to Audrey Gibson about her book, Tempêtes et Éclairs, a collection of Louisiana French poetry by Adolphe Duhart. "'Duhart, a Louisiana Creole who wrote poetry in French for the first Black daily newspaper in the United States. Duhart, who lived in New Orleans, was also a teacher in the 1850s and fought in the Civil War. All of Duhart's poetry was meant to inspire, elevate, and humanize those for whom he wrote,' explained Dr. Dana Kress, professor of French at Centenary and ed...
540. Candice Battiste.
September 23, 2023 06:46 - 154 MB540. We talk to Candice Battiste about redistricting in Louisiana. “Candice Battiste is the North Louisiana Organizer for the Power Coalition for Equity and Justice where she is committed to building voices and power in traditionally disenfranchised communities and bringing together groups across North Louisiana.” “The Power Coalition is a coalition of community-based organizations who work together to educate and empower voters across ...
539. Bob Mann
September 15, 2023 05:09 - 202 MB539. We talk to Bob Mann about his new book, Kingfish U: Huey Long and LSU. Huey Long & LSU. "No political leader is more closely identified with Louisiana State University than the flamboyant governor and U.S. senator Huey P. Long, who devoted his last years to turning a small, undistinguished state school into an academic and football powerhouse. From 1931, when Long declared himself the “official thief” for LSU, to his death in 1935, the school’s budget mushroomed, its physical plan...
538. Jared Fishman
September 08, 2023 07:10 - 101 MB538. This week we talk to Jared Fishman about prosecuting the case of a post-Katrina police cover-up in New Orleans. Jared, a "former federal prosecutor and founder of Justice Innovation Lab tells the story of his struggle to unravel the cover-up of a police shooting, and subsequent incineration of the shooting victim, in Hurricane Katrina–era New Orleans... Fire on the Levee tells the story of a young idealistic prosecutor determined to bring the truth to light. The case would lead to majo...
537. Ed Abraham
September 01, 2023 07:45 - 49.1 MB537. Ed Abraham talks to us about trans rights in LA. "Ed Abraham of the Real Name Campaign said “it was people like us and everyone here whose activism made our ‘representatives’ know that we wouldn’t allow them to attack us or to attack trans children.” Speakers at Trans March of Resilience highlighted the disproportionate rates of violence and discrimination faced by Black transgender women and trans people of other oppressed natio...
536. Johnette Downing and Scott Billington
August 26, 2023 06:05 - 155 MB536. We chat with Johnette Downing and her husband, Scott Billington. "Musician and author Johnette Downing and three-time Grammy® winner Scott Billington are the foremost children’s music performers from New Orleans. Their Swamp Romp program is a Louisiana dance party that brings the sounds of Cajun music, zydeco, traditional jazz, Isleño culture, swamp pop and New Orleans rhythm and blues to life for young ears. It is a toe-tapping, interactive, and authentic roots music experience t...
535. Chris Finan
August 18, 2023 07:51 - 97.6 MB535. We talk to Christopher M. Finan about his book, How Free Speech Saved Democracy. "Free speech is not an obstacle to change: it is the way change happens... To those who see free speech as a threat to democracy, Finan offers engaging evidence from a long and sometimes challenging history of free speech in America to show how free speech has been essential to expanding democracy. From the beginning of American history, free speech has been used to advocate for change. In...
534. Johnny Armstrong
August 11, 2023 07:17 - 169 MB534. We talk to Johnny Armstrong about his new book, Rescuing Biodiversity The Protection and Restoration of a North Louisiana Ecosystem. According to the LSU Press website, "Restoration ecology is a vital tool to mitigate the crisis caused by the global destruction of biodiversity, one of the most powerful existential threats to future generations. Johnny Armstrong’s Rescuing Biodiversity tells the story of one man’s attempts to preserve a vanishing Louisiana ecosystem and restore the...
533. Seth Pevey
August 04, 2023 06:16 - 37.7 MB533. We talk to author Seth Pevey about his life and his writing. Seth is a Louisiana native who has worked as a teacher and journalist around the world, and now writes both fiction and non-fiction from his country home outside of New Orleans. "Seth Pevey writes gritty, compelling mystery and thriller fiction with a southern noir flair. His novels are best enjoyed by readers who love deep settings, flawed characters, and compelling situations with morally gray sol...
532. Eli Langley, part 2
July 28, 2023 06:31 - 107 MB532. Part 2 of our conversation with Eli Langley, a member of the Coushatta Tribe and a graduate of Harvard. “Eli Langley ’21 grew up in a family devoted to safeguarding the culture, history, and language of the Coushatta Tribe. His father, a tribal cultural adviser, and his mother, an anthropologist and tribal historian, nourished him with Native folktales and inspired him early on to take pride in his roots. At 12, he asked his parents to send him to a boarding school to challenge him...
531. Eli Langley, part 1
July 21, 2023 05:30 - 36.4 MB531. Part 1 of our conversation with Eli Langley, a member of the Coushatta Tribe and a graduate of Harvard. “Eli Langley ’21 grew up in a family devoted to safeguarding the culture, history, and language of the Coushatta Tribe. His father, a tribal cultural adviser, and his mother, an anthropologist and tribal historian, nourished him with Native folktales and inspired him early on to take pride in his roots. At 12, he asked his parents to send him to a boarding school to challenge himself ...
530. Katy Morlas Shannon
July 14, 2023 04:05 - 183 MB530. Katy Morlas Shannon returns to talk about her children's historical fiction, Sharcropper's Daughter. "Born a sharecropper’s daughter on a Louisiana plantation, Frances Darbonne wonders if she will ever escape the rural poverty that has plagued her family for generations. When Frances learns that going to school requires her to abandon the French language she has spoken all her life, she struggles to reconcile her Cajun identity with her desire to read and write. Determined to Amer...
529. The Ursuline Correspondence
July 07, 2023 07:43 - 159 MB529. Stephen and Bruce give their presentation over the Ursuline Correspondence. In the summer of 1804, the Mother Superior or the Ursuline Convent, Therese de St. Xavier Farjon, wrote a petition signed by all the nuns in the convent to President Jefferson, asking his assurance that their property be protected by the Unites States government, so that they could continue their mission of educating girls in New Orleans. Gov. Claiborne sent a cover letter supporting their request, whic...
528. Nicholas Lehmann on the Colvax Massacre.
June 30, 2023 05:25 - 148 MB528. We talk to Nicholas Lemann, a journalist who grew up in Louisiana, about his book, Redemption: The Last Battle of the Civil War. "Nicholas Lemann opens this extraordinary book with a riveting account of the horrific events of Easter 1873 in Colfax, Louisiana, where a white militia of Confederate veterans-turned-vigilantes attacked the black community there and massacred hundreds of people in a gruesome killing spree. This began an insurgency that changed the course of American hist...
527. Cheryl White.
June 23, 2023 06:52 - 112 MB527. Cheryl White joins us to discuss her research into the Yellow Fever outbreak in Shreveport in 1873, and the priests who died while ministering to patients suffering from the fever. Dr White recently unveiled a report on the Yellow Fever epidemic of 1873 and the COVID outbreak of 2020. "The sacrifice of five Catholic priests who gave their lives ministering to people in Shreveport during the 1873 yellow fever epidemic is memorialized in stained glass at Holy Trin...
526. John Holland, part 2
June 16, 2023 07:35 - 67.7 MB526. Part 2 of our conversation with John Holland about his work writing comic books. "Die Bold Comics is the home of the words of John Holland and an assortment of fantastic artists. I've been very fortunate over the years to work with some amazing artists. You might recognize the names of some of the artists such as Sam Kieth, the creator of The Maxx, but even the ones you've never heard of are amazing artists and I think you'll agree. The ty...
525. John Holland, Part 1.
June 09, 2023 05:12 - 134 MB525. Part 1 of our conversation with John Holland about his work writing comic books. "Die Bold Comics is the home of the words of John Holland and an assortment of fantastic artists. I've been very fortunate over the years to work with some amazing artists. You might recognize the names of some of the artists such as Sam Kieth, the creator of The Maxx, but even the ones you've never heard of are amazing artists and I think you'll agree. The ...
524. Anniversary Episode with Lamar White, Jr.
June 02, 2023 08:03 - 133 MB524. Anniversary Episode with Lamar White, Jr. Lamar joins us once again, and we catch up on our projects. The Louisiana Anthology is happy to announce that we have be selected for a $5,000.00 grant from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, as well as a $500.00 grant from Wal Mart #23 in Ruston. We have established a permanent website at https://louisiana-anthology.org/, and we have passed 9 million words in our Anthology. Lamar is researching thousands of recently released documents ...
523. Diana M. Greenlee and Jenny Ellerbe.
May 26, 2023 05:05 - 42 MB523. We talk to Diana M. Greenlee and Jenny Ellerbe about their book, Poverty: Revealing the Forgotten City. "The settlement of Poverty Point, occupied from about 1700 to 1100 BC and once the largest city in North America, stretches across 345 acres in northeastern Louisiana. The structural remains of this ancient site-its earthen mounds, semicircular ridges, and vacant plaza-intrigue visitors as a place of artistic inspiration as well as an archaeological puzzle. Pov...
522. Charlotte Bentley, part 2.
May 19, 2023 05:50 - 65.6 MB522. Part 2 of our conversation with Charlotte Bentley about New Orleans French opera. "New Orleans and the Creation of Transatlantic Opera, 1819–1859 explores the thriving operatic life of New Orleans in the first half of the nineteenth century, drawing out the transatlantic connections that animated it. .. This book pieces together what it took to bring opera to New Orleans and the ways in which the city’s operatic life shaped contemporary perceptions o...
521. Charlotte Bentley, Part 1.
May 12, 2023 06:14 - 139 MB521. Part 1 of our conversation with Charlotte Bentley about New Orleans French-language opera." New Orleans and the Creation of Transatlantic Opera, 1819–1859 explores the thriving operatic life of New Orleans in the first half of the nineteenth century, drawing out the transatlantic connections that animated it..... This book pieces together what it took to bring opera to New Orleans and the ways in which the city’s operatic life shaped contemporary perceptions of global interconnec...