{"product_id":"voices-and-visions-nancy-dixon-9781496853639","title":"Voices and Visions: Essays on New Orleans's Literary History","description":"Contributions by Ruth R. Caillouet, Mary C. Carruth, Nancy Dixon, Kathleen Downes, Edward J. Dupuy, Shari Evans, Paul Fess, Carina Evans Hoffpauir, Leslie Petty, Heidi Podlasi-Labrenz, Tierney S. Powell, Shanna M. Salinas, Matthew Teutsch, and Marcus Charles Tribbett \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eVoices and Visions: Essays on New Orleans's Literary History \u003c\/i\u003eexamines a rich combination of writers and texts, from antebellum works like Martin R. Delany's novel, \u003ci\u003eBlake\u003c\/i\u003e, and the poetry of\u003ci\u003e Les Cenelles\u003c\/i\u003e to Patricia Smith's recent collection of poems, \u003ci\u003eBlood Dazzler\u003c\/i\u003e. The thirteen essays in \u003ci\u003eVoices and Visions \u003c\/i\u003etreat two hundred years of literature and include discussions on canonical, contemporary, and experimental writers. Authors often associated with New Orleans such as Kate Chopin, George Washington Cable, and Walker Percy are treated in new ways, as are well-known writers who are not often thought of in relation to the city: Charles Chesnutt, Eudora Welty, Zora Neale Hurston, and Joy Harjo. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExamining this wide array of voices demonstrates the myriad ways New Orleans's storied past has affected its present. Scholars find enduring themes--race, gender, religion, disease, art--but do so in the context of emerging conversations. Essayists in the volume address such topics as New Orleans as part of the Global South and the Black diaspora, the transformation of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, and the recovery of previously lost voices, including those of Native Americans and immigrants. They also discuss the legacy of pandemics and racial violence that in more recent years has been manifest in the COVID-19 outbreak and the Black Lives Matter movement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nancy Dixon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496853636\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496853639\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 241\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Nancy Dixon","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46767315648767,"sku":"9781496853639","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c7bca7dc-c12c-4609-957e-6377c45b8a79.jpg?v=1744169460","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/voices-and-visions-nancy-dixon-9781496853639","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}