Friday, May 6, 2011

Finding Our Way Home: Three Life Stories Set in New Orleans

This is why I haven't posted any new blogs in a long time. I have been writing a book about three people's lives in New Orleans: my mom's, my grandma's and my own. Each of us has our own trajectory. My mom comes from another country, my grandma has always lived in New Orleans but grew up in a much different time, and I presently continue to have a love-hate relationship with the area. Part personal narrative, part ethnography, part philosophy, this book is about how people learn to call a place their home and how people choose and negotiate their own identity. This is a preview of it. Enjoy!