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NEW ORLEANS BETWEEN POETRY AND THE BLUES

NEW ORLEANS BETWEEN POETRY AND THE BLUES

Phyllis Parun

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Editorial:
Phyllis B. Parun
Año de edición:
2019
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Poesía
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9781732356030
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As a tourist, your New Orleans is a party town, a city of parades, music, festivals, Mardi Gras, jazz, free-flowing booze and food. But, there is more to her than this bon vivant façade. There is a deeper, haunting side of New Orleans, which the author unmasques and weaves into poetic tales of this once glorious city of faded hopes. Reduced to a court jester, New Orleans is now a mere shadow of her former grandeur. Like Brigadoon, on one fine day, she may return, but for now the glory that was once New Orleans ain't there no mo".

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