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Louisiana’s “Good Pirates” carry on in Katrina’s wake

Three years ago today at 6:10 a.m. CDT, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Plaquemines Parish, on the southeastern tip of Louisiana’s Gulf Coast. The effects of the storm were felt as far north as Canada but nowhere more intensely than in St. Bernard Parish, just south of New Orleans. When

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Once Upon a Bayou

Ken Wells, author of upcoming Yale Press release The Good Pirates of the Forgotten Bayous: Fighting to Save a Way of Life in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina, shares his thoughts on storytelling in the new issue of Mayborn magazine. In the article, Wells reflects on his experiences growing up

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