Why New Orleans Matters

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Why New Orleans Matters
by Tom Piazza

# Paperback: 224 pages
# Publisher: Harper Perennial (August 19, 2008)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0061131504
# ISBN-13: 978-0061131509

Review
"A minor miracle unto itself… a heartfelt, 180-page manifesto… There’s a little something for everyone." -- Gambit Weekly

"An enjoyable meander through what used to be called ‘the city that care forgot.’" -- Houston Chronicle

"Hot and real and from the heart… An emotionally wrenching experience—at times hilarious, at times heartbreaking." -- New Orleans Times-Picayune

"Insightful… a sensory paradise... Why New Orleans Matters is a celebration of the spirit of New Orleans." -- BookInfo.net

"Pensive and elegiac… sharp [and] steely. …A mournful dirge and a vivacious ode to the city." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"Powerful, rich with anger, longing, and barely expressible loss." -- Providence Phoenix

Best Book Award, New Orleans Gulf South Booksellers Association -- No Source

Humanities Book of the Year Award, Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities -- No Source