In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, displaced Big Easy journalist Tisserand, the former editor of the estimable Gambit Weekly, has produced a truly inspiring and moving testament to the power of perseverance in the face of unimaginable exile. Sugarcane Academy: How a New Orleans Teacher and His Storm-Struck Students Created a School to Remember is an account of teacher Paul Reynaud’s heroic efforts to turn an abandoned New Iberia office into a one-room schoolhouse for a group of evacuee children. Tisserand will be joined by local traditional-jazz purveyors, the Southside Aces.
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