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New Orleans Redux No. 3: Time traveling in the French Quarter
A tale of two cities.
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December 2023

New Orleans Redux No. 2: Asking for a possibly imaginary short story collection at Faulkner House Books
Does "Why I Can't Talk on the Telephone" actually exist?
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New Orleans Redux No. 1: From my river to your river
Revisiting an off-the-wall "what to do in New Orleans" list, circa 2001.
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Krampus, Swampus, and the Sisters of Shhh
Merry Krampusnacht — or if you prefer, St. Nicholas Eve.
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November 2023

Heilung's "amplified history"
On the medicinal properties of Iron Age music.
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Homesteading through the apocalypse
Our perpetual bend "back to the land"
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October 2023

Before little magazines, there were "ephemeral bibelots"
Otherwise known as "freak magazines," they cast the die for the 20th century's small presses.
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Transylvania, Louisiana
We went there. Because it's that season.
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The Coin-Operated Art Show
Or, how to build a tiny art collection with pocket change.
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September 2023

Who is Sarah Peldon?
The story of a salty lass.
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Not all of New Orleans' cemeteries are "cities of the dead"
On New Orleans' Jewish cemeteries.
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The factories making secret stuff for secret societies
Where do Masons get their fezzes?
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