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New Orleans Memories

A few articles about New Orleans and its past and future, as we all prepare for a weekend no doubt full of grim news about Katrina's aftermath:

• "Letter from New Orleans," a moving reminiscence by Gridskipper editor Chris Mohney, who was born in the Metairie: "As I watch New Orleans physically and psychically disintegrate, I suddenly realize how much I love and miss it. No American city this large has ever died, and I don't believe New Orleans will, not really."


• An interview with Rob Walker from last month. Walker's Letters from New Orleans sketches out "celebratory gunfire, rich people, religion, the riddle of race relations in our time, robots, fine dining, drunkenness, urban decay, debutantes, the nature of identity, Gennifer Flowers, the song 'St. James Infirmary,'" and other things that make the town what it is.


• The Christian Science Monitor on New Orleans and its many literary ties

Related Stories:
·   Letter to New Orleans [Gridskipper]
·   Letters From New Orleans: An Interview with Rob Walker [Flak Magazine]
·   All booked up in New Orleans [CS Monitor, via Maud Newton]
·   Will New Orleans Survive? [Times-Picayune; page down to Tuesday, 5 p.m.]
·   American Red Cross [Donation page]