When Rex Met Zulu and Other Chronicles of the New Orleans Experience - by Errol Laborde (Paperback)
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Highlights
- In chapters ranging from food and drink to history and war, this book shares real-life stories that only New Orleans could produce.
- About the Author: Errol Laborde, the editor of New Orleans Magazine, has won more than twenty-five New Orleans Press Club Awards for outstanding journalism since 1972.
- 160 Pages
- Literary Collections, Essays
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About the Book
"From a city rich with stories, Errol Laborde weaves local color into a tapestry depicting the unique history, food, people, and celebrations that only New Orleans could produce. With a front-row seat at many of the events chronicled (Laborde founded the now-beloved tradition of Zulu meeting Rex at Spanish Plaza before a loud, excited crowd on the eve of Fat Tuesday), he shares vignettes adapted from his national-award-winning "Streetcar" column in New Orleans magazine and his weekly Myneworleans.com blog, "The Editor's Room," which has won three New Orleans Press Club awards."--Back cover.Book Synopsis
In chapters ranging from food and drink to history and war, this book shares real-life stories that only New Orleans could produce. Errol Laborde founded Lundi Gras and the now-beloved tradition of Zulu meeting Rex at Spanish Plaza before a loud, excited crowd on the eve of Fat Tuesday. He tells that origin story here, along with other vignettes adapted from his national-award-winning Streetcar column in New Orleans magazine.
About the Author
Errol Laborde, the editor of New Orleans Magazine, has won more than twenty-five New Orleans Press Club Awards for outstanding journalism since 1972. Laborde is also the founding president and a current board member of the annual Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival.