Constance Adler: MY BAYOU: New Orleans through the Eyes of a Lover
Please join for a reading and signing with Constance Adler featuring her just released memoir of life along Bayou St. John, MY BAYOU: New Orleans through the Eyes of a Lover.
A vividly described and intensely personal memoir, My Bayou charts a personal and spiritual transformation along the fabled banks of Bayou Saint John in New Orleans. When Constance Adler moves to New Orleans, she begins what becomes a lasting love affair with the city, and especially the bayou — a living entity and the beating heart of local culture. Rites of passage, celebrations, mysterious accidents, and magic all take place on its banks, leading Adler to a vibrant awareness of the power of being part of a community. That faith is tested in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, and is ultimately proven right, as Bayou Saint John begins to rebuild.
Constance Adler teaches a creative writing workshop
and writes a blog, Emily Every Day. Her writing has
appeared in Spy Magazine, Utne Reader, Self, Cable
Guide, Baltimore Magazine, Philadelphia Magazine,
Oxford American, and Gambit Weekly.
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Michigan State University Press, 2/2012
- Street:
- 513 Octavia St
- City:
- New Orleans ,
- Province:
- Louisiana
- Postal Code:
- 70115-2055
- Country:
- United States
