“A Confederacy of Dunces: A Graphic Novel Adaptation,” by Albert Monteys, Archaia / BOOM! Studios, 240 pages. With the 50th anniversary of “A Confederacy of Dunces” approaching — John Kennedy Toole’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel published in 1980 — we sho... See more
“Bunny Matthews: His Life, Art, and Obsessions,” by Alison Fensterstock and Michael Tisserand, The Historic New Orleans Collection, 336 pages. “Be witty. Be nasty. Be silly. Don’t be boring.” Those words, written by Bunny Matthews in 1988, might as well h... See more
"Mahalia Jackson, Moving On Up a Little Higher: The Story of an American Civil Rights Pioneer," by Timothy B. Tyson and Mary D. Williams, Liveright, 256 pages. Of the many celebrities and civil rights luminaries who attended and performed at the March on ... See more
“Cloudthief” by Nathaniel Rich, MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 304 pages Last month, the newspaper reported that Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, signed off on plans to double the size of their Richland Parish data center. Once complete... See more
“Should the Waters Take Us,” by Stephanie Soileau, Doubleday, 336 pages. In “Last One Out Shut Off the Lights,” her wickedly titled 2020 short story collection that didn’t receive its just laurels — perhaps blame the pandemic — Stephanie Soileau offered a... See more
