Product Description: Wide Awake in the Pelican State -- which mimics the title of Dinty W. Moore's contribution to the collection -- brings together twenty-one of the finest modern writers who claim Louisiana as home, having lived all or some part of their lives in the Pelican State...read more

Brought together here in one volume are sixty-seven vibrant poets united by deep ties to Louisiana. They sing of this uncommon place in voices enticingly diverse. Professor, grandmother, petroleum landman, insurance salesman - they are black and white; young and old; French- and English-speaking; native, transient, displaced, and even "recovering" Louisianians. They hail not only from cities, small towns, and farms throughout Louisiana, but also from states across the country where, despite time and distance, many continue to think of themselves as belonging to the bayous and cottonfields of their former home. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Book by McAlexander, Patricia J., Dobie, Ann Brewster, Gregg, Noel

Collects nineteen stories by such well-known Louisiana writers as Walker Percy, Ernest Gaines, Shirley Ann Grau, and Andre Dubus