Invitation to the Mistick Krewe of Comus' Ball, 1925My article on this year's Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans has been published in the New Statesman. Here's the first paragraph:
'Not for the first time in its history, New Orleans is being held together by glitter and glue. Much of the city is still in ruins, and rebuilding plans are being vehemently debated, but Mardi Gras festivities are proceeding as normally as they can - normally, that is, for New Orleans...'
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