The persona of Benito Juárez, revolutionary and first president of Mexico, transports readers to pre-Civil War New Orleans in this tale of bear fights, murders, infatuation, and yellow fever.
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All articles filed in Toby LeBlanc
Toby currently lives in Austin, TX. His writing has appeared in Barrelhouse Magazine, Deep South Magazine, The Writing District, and Coffin Bell Journal. His novel, Dark Roux (Unsolicited Press, 2022), is set in South Louisiana, the place of his birth. Soaked (Cornerstone Press, 2025) is set in a not-distant-enough future of Louisiana.
Social Justice Propels “Pay the Piper”
Daniel Kraus brings the late George Romero’s last manuscript to light in this horror novel.
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Native Woman Looks Back to Move Forward
Leah Myers’ has structured her memoir as a totem pole, carving into history the stories of the three generations before her.
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“Nola Face”: A Bold and ‘Buggy’ Debut
The New Orleans literary landscape is rich, but Brooke Champagne’s memoir fills a gap in the Big Easy canon.
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Michael Odom Explores the “Southern Strategies” of Evangelical Christianity-Informed Society and Power
To answer the resounding “How did we get here?” question focused on our current political, and even existential, functioning as a country, Michael Odom offers Southern Strategies: Narrative Negotiations in an Evangelical Region. The book offers an exploration of religion’s role in how the evangelical movement has shifted in its power and perspective attempts to…
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Keagan LeJeune Explores the Cajun Beauty of “Finding Myself Lost in Louisiana”
Just like this place, LeJeune offers no easy answers. Louisiana doesn’t define you. And you definitely don’t define it. There is only ever the scenic byway, where the bayou connects, or the high ground of the next chenier.
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A Protest Artist, a Klansman, and a Reckoning with Race
A review of “Those We Thought We Knew” by David Joy.
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Wanderlust, Reinvention and Authenticity in “With Hawks and Angels”
Joel Lafayette Fletcher III recounts his adventures finding himself as a gay man in a time when it could get him killed in this memoir.
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Lyrical Memories in Glenn Taylor’s “The Songs of Betty Baach”
A review of Glenn Taylor’s new novel, “The Songs of Betty Baach.”
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