Dear America, I suppose we should introduce ourselves: We're South Louisiana. . . You probably already know that … - Chris Rose

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Dear America, I suppose we should introduce ourselves: We're South Louisiana. . . You probably already know that we talk funny and listen to strange music and eat things you'd probably hire an exterminator to get out of your yard. We dance even if there's no radio. We drink at funerals. We talk too much and laugh too loud and live too large and, frankly,we're suspicious of others who don't.

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If there was no New Orleans, America would just be a bunch of free people dying of boredom. " -Judy Deck in an e-mail sent to Chris Rose

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I'm not going to lay down in words the lure of this place. Every great writer in the land, from Faulkner to Twain to Rice to Ford, has tried to do it and fallen short. It is impossible to capture the essence, tolerance, and spirit of south Louisiana in words and to try is to roll down a road of clichés, bouncing over beignets and beads and brass bands and it just is what it is. It is home.

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we dance even if there's no radio. we drink at funerals. we talk too much & laugh too loud & live too large, and, frankly, we're suspicious of others who don't.

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