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Photograph by Christy Lorio
Poetry editor Skye Jackson names the winners of the first French Quarter Journal poetry contest and introduces their compelling entries.
Writer Nan Parati in the French Quarter, 1981
In 1981, a young woman moves to the French Quarter and lucks into a job at the Toulouse Theatre, home of the hit show One Mo' Time.
- by Nan Parati
Step into the “organized chaos” of Arcadian Books & Prints, where the love of the written word and two languages has reigned for 40 years.
- by Matt A. Sheen - photos by Ellis Anderson
New owners transform a familiar Quarter restaurant location with a swank makeover and a menu offering both Thai and Chinese dishes. - story and photos by Kim Ranjbar
A North Carolina mother and daughter claim Jean Laffite faked his death and lived to a ripe old age in the Tar Heel State.
-by John S. Sledge
Ausettua Amor Amenkum, a member of The New Orleans Culture Preservation Committee, at a sign-making event at Tuba Fats Square in the Tremé on May 29. Photo by Ellis Anderson
A seemingly unstoppable juggernaut proposal to move city headquarters to Armstrong park runs up against a new and determined coalition of community groups.
- story by Ellis Anderson and Frank Perez
Just a few of the dishes served to the 2021 NOWFE judges. See details below. Photos by Katherine Kimball and Kim Ranjbar
Food writing may not be the most lucrative career, but it definitely has its perks, such as judging for the New Orleans Wine & Food Experience's culinary awards.
- by Kim Ranjbar - photos by Katherine Kimball and Kim Ranjbar
The popular annual benefit by Patio Planters of the Vieux Carré resumed with a tour of nine courtyards in the lower Quarter. Funds raised help the group produced Caroling in Jackson Square each December.
- photos by Ellis Anderson
Bayou Cadet, looking out into the Mississippi Sound. Book review photos by Ellis Anderson
Even regional literary connoisseurs are likely to discover new favorites in the first powerhouse anthology of Gulf Coast environmental writing, edited by Tori Bush and Richard Goodman. - by John Sledge
City of Vancouver's Crystal Palace pool, 1929. Photograph by Stuart Thomson
The muses of poetry catch up with one writer at a Vermont swimming pool, where she reflects on a not-so-distant past.
- by Skye Jackson
 Announcing French Quarter Journal's first poetry contest, and FQJ poetry editor/judge Skye Jackson is looking for lightning to strike. Publication and cash prizes for winners: $100, $50 and $25. Entry fee is $5 per poem. Enter through our Submittable page. Contest Deadline May 15, 2021. Publication in June 2021. Full details below.
Poster detail, Library of Congress
When a young writer lands a bit part in A Streetcar Named Desire, he steps onstage and is instantly transported into the passionate world of Tennessee Williams.
- by Richard Goodman
Despite the state's legacy of repression, some of the country's best writers are Mississippi natives. It's the birthplace of contemporary luminaries like Kiese Laymon and Jesmyn Ward. Tennessee Williams scholar Kenneth Holditch looks back at two 20th-century literary lions who wrote about that “postage stamp of native soil.”
- by Kenneth Holditch
The altar at Irene's restaurant on Bienville Street
For one of our last stories before the COVID shutdown last March, "Famine to Feast," we visited three neighborhood St. Joseph's altars. This year, only the Beauregard-Keyes House and Irene's restaurant participated in the celebration. But while New Orleans isn't feasting yet, the many open doors around the Quarter seem to signal the end of a dark and anxious year.
- photos by Ellis Anderson
George Washington Cable at his desk in an 1898 portrait. Photo: Library of Congress
More than 150 years since its publication, George Washington Cable’s Old Creole Days remains an essential New Orleans read.
- by John S. Sledge
Jackson Square, Mardi Gras day 2021
A young writer roaming the French Quarter during this historic Carnival discovers different doesn't mean dead.
- story and photos by Kirsten Reneau
COVID shutdowns and frigid temperatures kept all but the die-hards out of the French Quarter and Marigny neighborhoods on Mardi Gras day. Those who came strutted with style, keeping the torch of Carnival Spirit lit until next year. - photography by Andrew Simoneaux
Photo excerpted from Mosquito Supper Club by Melissa Martin (Artisan Books). Copyright © 2020. Photographs by Denny Culbert.
Food, culture and memories are woven together into this extraordinary cookbook, revealing the heart of chef Melissa Martin.
- by Scott Naugle
One of the loveliest streets in the French Quarter and Tremé neighborhoods is about to get a name change. Find out why and learn about the New Orleans legends whose names have been put forward as replacements.
- by Frank Perez - photographs by Ellis Anderson |
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