Books about New Orleans - Episode #111
Beyond Bourbon Street, an Insider's Guide to New Orleans
Mark Bologna
4.9 • 916 Ratings
🗓️ 22 April 2020
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
About This Episode
Today's episode is devoted to books about New Orleans. If you're caught up on Netflix and want to spend some time reading instead, this one's for you.
I recorded this in April 2020. Even if you are listening years from now, this will help you get to know the city better whether you are planning a trip or just wanting to stay connected with New Orleans.
We've done 110 episodes. Talked to many authors. What (I don't think I've done) is give you book recommendations. That's what I'll do today.
Here's what this is not. It is not a top 10 list. It's not a comprehensive list. It's just a list of very good books about New Orleans, across several categories.
For some reason, this topic makes me nervous. Mostly because I am not good about retention and I know a lot of authors!
Let's see how it goes. This might be a recurring sub-series or it might be a one and done!
Resources
New Orleans bookstores:
Octavia Books Garden District Bookshop Blue Cypress Books
Reading List
Founding of New Orleans
- The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square, by Ned Sublette
- Bienville's Dilemma: A Historical Geography of New Orleans, by Richard Campanella
- The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans, by Lawrence N. Powell
Myth Busting
- Bourbon Street: A History, by Richard Campanella
Death in New Orleans
- Stories From the St. Louis Cemeteries of New Orleans, by Sally Asher
- Tinderbox: The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation, by Robert W. Fieseler
Mardi Gras Indians
- The House of Dance and Feathers: A Museum by Ronald W Lewis
Novels
- We Cast a Shadow, by Maurice Carlos Ruffin
- The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, by Ernest Gaines
Fiction Series
- Dave Robicheaux Series, starting with Neon Rain, by James Lee Burke
Books for Children
- Happy Jazz Fest - Cornell P. Landry
- Goodnight NOLA - Cornell P. Landry
Cookbook
- The New Orleans Cookbook - Richard and Rima Collin
Previous Episodes Mentioned
Bourbon Street, a History - #36
Stories From the St. Louis Cemeteries of New Orleans #22
Fire at the UpStairs Lounge - #66
Slavery in Louisiana - a Visit to Whitney Plantation - #54
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You're listed to Beyond Bourbon Street, an insider's guide to New Orleans. |
| 0:03.0 | Beyond Bourbon Street is the podcast where we explore the food, |
| 0:16.3 | music, culture, places, and people that make New Orleans unique. Whether you are planning a trip, |
| 0:22.1 | living in New Orleans, or simply wanting a taste of the Crescent City from wherever you are, |
| 0:26.0 | you've come to the right place. |
| 0:29.0 | And now, your host, Mark Bologna. |
| 0:35.0 | Hi, this is Mark. |
| 0:38.0 | Welcome to episode 111. |
| 0:41.0 | Today's episode is all about books about New Orleans. If you caught up on Netflix and you want to spend some time reading instead, this one's for you. |
| 0:49.0 | I'm recording in April of 2020, and even if you're listening years from now I hope this will help |
| 0:54.7 | you to get to know the city better whether you're planning a trip or you just want to stay |
| 0:58.0 | connected with New Orleans. The last show was all about how two local businesses worked together to shift from producing |
| 1:05.0 | distilled spirits to hand sanitizer in just four days. I was joined by Sal Bivalqua of 7-3 distilling and Jess Bourgeois over at Lula Restaurant and Distillery. |
| 1:16.4 | If you missed it, go back and give it a listen. |
| 1:18.3 | I think you'll enjoy it. |
| 1:19.7 | I certainly enjoy the conversation with Sal and Jess, and I was just amazed at how quickly they transformed their businesses. |
| 1:25.0 | A quick update before we jump into the books, a bunch of you have asked, so I'm |
| 1:29.4 | recording this on April 20th, 2020. We're in the midst of day 800, it feels like, of the quarantine. |
| 1:39.9 | We're doing all right. We're homeschooling, running my day job, running the podcast, getting |
| 1:46.4 | used to the four of us being in the house all the time. Probably like many of you, it's been hard. |
| 1:52.1 | Spring Break was last week here in New Orleans |
| 1:54.1 | and instead of our beach trip, |
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