Tom Piazza is the author of the novels City of Refuge and My Cold War, the post-Katrina manifesto Why New Orleans Matters, the essay collection Devil Sent the Rain, and many other works. He was a principal writer for the HBO drama series Treme and the winner of a Grammy Award for his album notes to Martin Scorsese Presents: The Blues: A Musical Journey. He lives in New Orleans.
"Insightful... a sensory paradise... Why New Orleans Matters is a celebration of the spirit of New Orleans." -- BookInfo.net"An enjoyable meander through what used to be called 'the city that care forgot.'" -- Houston Chronicle"Powerful, rich with anger, longing, and barely expressible loss." -- Providence Phoenix"Hot and real and from the heart... An emotionally wrenching experience--at times hilarious, at times heartbreaking." -- New Orleans Times-Picayune"Pensive and elegiac... sharp [and] steely. ...A mournful dirge and a vivacious ode to the city." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution"A minor miracle unto itself... a heartfelt, 180-page manifesto... There's a little something for everyone." -- Gambit WeeklyHumanities Book of the Year Award, Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities -- Best Book Award, New Orleans Gulf South Booksellers Association -- PRAISE FOR MY COLD WAR: "Tom Piazza's writing pulsates with nervous electrical tension--reveals the emotions that we can't define." -- Bob Dylan
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