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In this accessible and thoughtful collection of author profiles, Voices from Louisiana offers readers a primer on some of the state's most respected contemporary authors. Fans of fiction and poetry will discover a new appreciation for writers whose works emanate from the cultures and history of Louisiana. Author Ann Brewster Dobie examines eleven well-known authors--including James Lee Burke, Ernest Gaines, Tim Gautreaux, Shirley Ann Grau, Julie Kane, and Tom Piazza--and concludes with a consideration of several younger writers who have published well-received books over the past ten years,...

This book is the story of the struggle to achieve the civil service system that is in place today in Louisiana. It has its villains and its heroes, its times of crisis and times of triumph. Civil Changes ends its chronicle with the approach of the second decade of the 21st century, but the story is ongoing, as the Department of State Civil Service, the Civil Service Commission, and the Louisiana Civil Service League carry on their work to devise and implement more efficient and effective means of serving the citizens of the state.

With Hawks and Angels: Episodes from a Southern Life chronicles the fortunate life of a man born in the Cajun country of Louisiana and his interaction with the three distinct parts of his home state: the swampy, laissez-faire South where he was born, the red clay hills and piney woods of northern Louisiana where his relatives lived, and exotic New Orleans, where he was educated. Author Joel Lafayette Fletcher III examines his childhood on the campus of what is now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette where his father, Joel Lafayette Fletcher Jr., was president for twenty-five years, to...