Quick thread, but please indulge me. In Aug 2021, my book “Across the River,” about a New Orleans high school football program in a city besieged by gun violence, published. Big @Todayshow piece. Smokehouse Pictures got film rights. New York Post & Los Angeles Times named it a best book of '21.

Sad news from the world of New Orleans music: Walter 'Wolfman' Washington has died nola.com/entertainment_…

Minnesota cops said they cannot accept a potential ban on white supremacist affiliation in POST certified officer ranks, cuz it will hurt recruitment. Please let that sink into your every consideration of each and every city/police budget conversation.

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i spent 2 hours curating a twitter blue screenshot storyline for my parents so here u go, for your own offline friends that want to have fun:

DAY 1 – ARRIVAL

both devin chandler and lavel davis were my students. devin was in my class in spring 2022, and lavel is in my class this semester. I am so indescribably sad right now but I wanted to share a few memories of them, because they were wonderful people

One question before I go:
Are all grocery stores out of tater tots, or just the Whole Foods on Broad Street?
Asking for a friend.

'They are carving out an identity akin to an Ivy League graduate just appointed executive vice president of daddy’s company.'

The Rogue Valley adjusts to fire and smoke, not from the kitchen nytimes.com/2022/10/25/din…

RIP. He was a genius.

A fascinating website on the oil industry's footprint in Louisiana by Imani Jacqueline Brown.
followtheoil.org/explore
#coastal #Louisiana #oil #landloss
Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana EDF National Wildlife Federation LouisianaCPRA Forensic Architecture Gov. John Bel Edwards
#resilience

Nearly 80% of hospitals in the New Orleans area are at risk of flooding from a Category 2 storm. From Emily Woodruff nola.com/news/environme…

1/3 Beautiful obit by @mgsledge in NOLA.com abt Billy Sothern, dead at 45. There is so much trauma in the work Billy did unflinchingly every day for more than 20 years, representing death row defendants in the Deep South. He was a legend in New Orleans. nola.com/news/article_d…

Jerry Brewer: 'In all my years of covering the emotional, confrontational and sometimes crude world of sports, I’ve never encountered such a disturbingly bitter moment.' washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/09…

Lots of discussion about the pending release of a book with new, agonizing @bourdain details based on access to his phone and laptop. Here is a gift link so anyone who wants to can read my report. nyti.ms/3BJhWa2

Louisiana AG weighs in on Italian elections