Celebrating James Wilcox's Comedy of Manners
This year's Louisiana Book Festival showcases the Hammond native's debut novel Modern Baptists, first published 31 years ago.
The Other Saints of New Orleans
The Tellers can read a soul, its dead colors and flashing heat. The Tellers can count your tomorrows
Madame Beliveau
My name is Chirtle. I know that don’t sound like a name. I don’t think it is. But it’s the only one I got. I mighta had anotha name at some point, but I don’t know it. Madame Beliveau calls me Chirtle
Unlocking the Secrets of Old New Orleans With Laura Lane McNeal
The 'Dollbaby' author's story of five women in the 1960s was born out of her desire to share a slice of her hometown.
'Compulsion' for Southern Lit Giveaway
Enter to win seven books by Southern authors in celebration of the release of new thriller 'Compulsion.'
Best Tweets From American Horror Story: Freak Show
Think it's safe to say we're all terrified after last night's opening episode of "American Horror Story: Freak Show." Sarah Paulson with two heads, Evan Peters with lobster hands and Kathy Bates as the Bearded Lady were a welcome respite from Twisty the Clown, who is sure to reappear in viewers' nightmares all season. We live tweeted the show with @AynW and @NewOrleans (where the show if filmed even though it's set in Jupiter, Florida). The clown scared the pants off just about everyone, and Jessica Lange wowed us with her version of David Bowie's "Life on Mars." If last night was any indication, "Freak Show" is going to be the creepiest season yet — and possibly the best.
10 of New Orleans' Creepiest Sites
Get spooked at the city's most haunted cemeteries, hotels, museums and historic homes.
13 Coffee Roasters to Warm Up to This Fall
Sip the sweet taste of fall by visiting the following purveyors of deep-roasted goodness.
Sleeping With A Ghost Again: 8 More of the South's Most Haunted Hotels
Last year's haunted hotels list was so popular, we decided to do it again. Here are eight more hotels offering luxury, comfort and chilling encounters with a few special guests. The Tutwiler Hotel Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham’s first luxury hotel is celebrating its 100th year in 2014. For decades, the historic hotel served as the center of the city's political, social and business circles. Since 1914, The Tutwiler has hosted hundreds of dignitaries, politicians and celebrities, such as President Warren G. Harding and Charles Lindbergh. After falling on hard times in the 1970s, The Tutwiler closed its doors. Now relocated a few blocks over and reopened after extensive renovations, this Hampton property is once again the epitome of Southern elegance. The hotel’s namesake, Major E.B. Tutwiler, underwrote the the mortgage and lived in the luxury apartments that were eventually transformed into hotel rooms in 1985. He also decided to stick around for the past century. His ghost has the habit of knocking on doors late at night, but when drowsy hotel guests open up no one is there. Major Tutwiler has been blamed for these late-night visits and mischief in the restaurant downstairs. The story goes that a few years ago a bartender kept getting in trouble for leaving the lights and stoves on after closing. The