619. Rien Fertel, Part 1.

619. Part 1 of our interview with Rien Fertel. “I’m a Louisiana-born and based writer and teacher. My most recent book, out September 2022, is Brown Pelican, a human history of the very best bird. I’ve penned three earlier books. The Drive-By Truckers’ Southern Rock Opera, #133 in Bloomsbury's 33 1/3 series, about a road trip based on a recent classic album about a road trip. The One True Barbecue: Fire, Smoke, and the Pitmasters Who Cook the Whole Hog, a personal/historical reflection on race, labor, and foodways in the Deep South, came out in 2016 from Simon & Schuster's Touchstone imprint. My first book, Imagining the Creole City, an intellectual and literary study of a circle of writers in nineteenth-century New Orleans, arrived in 2014.”

1. Now available: Liberty in Louisiana: A Comedy. The oldest play about Louisiana, author James Workman wrote it as a celebration of the Louisiana Purchase. Now it is back in print for the first time in 221 years. Order your copy today!
   
2. This week in Louisiana history. March 29, 1962. N.O. Parochial schools ordered to desegregate by Archbishop.
   
3. This week in New Orleans history. Theodore "Parson" Clapp was born
   March 29, 1792. He pastored the First Presbyterian Church of New Orleans 1821-1856.
   
4. This week in Louisiana.
   9^th Annual
   Books Along The Teche Literary Festival
   April 4-6, 2025
   317 E. Main St.
   New Iberia LA 70560
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   Events
   Various venues will celebrate literature and its impact on the area's culture with storytelling, workshops, readers theatre, music, bourée lessons and tournament, bus and boat tours, a 5K run and food, food, food. Anyone who is familiar with James Lee Burke and his fictional character, detective Dave Robicheaux, knows of New Iberia and our fascinating blend of heritage, hospitality and history.
   
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   • Divine Dirt: Inspirations, Spiritual Teachings & Gardening Tips!
   • Destination Publication: Turning Travels into Books and Articles
   • I’ve Got an Idea for a Picture Book! Now What?
   • Dave’s Haunts and Jaunts Mystery Bus Tour
5. Postcards from Lo