Tom Piazza, “Improvising Identity: New Orleans and the American Dream”

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Tom Piazza is a celebrated writer on American music. His twelve books include the novels A Free State and City of Refuge, the post-Katrina manifesto Why New Orleans Matters, and Devil Sent the Rain, a collection of his essays and journalism. He was a principal writer for the innovative HBO drama series Treme, and winner of a Grammy Award for his album notes to Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey. In 2015 he received the prestigious Louisiana Writer Award, given by the State Library of Louisiana and the Louisiana Center for the Book. His work has appeared in the New York Times, The Atlantic, Bookforum, The Oxford American, Columbia Journalism Review, and many other periodicals. He lives in New Orleans.
Posted July 23, 2020
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