My New Orleans: Ballads to the Big Easy by Her Sons, Daughters and Lovers

A collection of personal essays by noted writers, personalities, and artists with ties to New Orleans celebrates diverse aspects of the Big Easy in works by Wynton Marsalis, Rick Bragg, Bret Lott, Stewart O'Nan, Paul Prudhomme, Walter Isaacson, Poppy Z. Brite, Christopher Rice, Mark Childress, and many others. Original. 75,000 first printing.