Hoop Net Fishing
At Butte La Rose, the Atchafalaya River makes a sharp turn east-northeast in yet another bid to lure the Mississippi into its path. The river here runs black. It’s slender, smooth as paper. On a warm morning in late December,…
Author: Kevin Rabalais
Shrimping in Acadiana
We all have dreams in life,” Timmy Schouest Jr. said as he stood…
Music Makers
For several years, the Illinois-born singer-songwriter Andrew Bird has been travelling into natural and urban landscapes — the Coyote Gulch canyon of Utah, say, or under the Glendale-Hyperion Bridge in Los Angeles — to compose music that he bases…
Ties that Bind
"Everybody covers New Orleans, but they’re ignored down here." says Mark Porter, who owns a camp at Isle de Jean Charles. "People here are so used to not getting assistance, they…
A Cut Above
Acadiana’s Economy Leans on Cane
