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Some say that New Orleans is a place weighed down by its past, doomed never to improve or flourish. Some say its a cesspool filled with nothing but slobs, drunks, whores, and well, you get the idea. Still there are others who say New Orleans is a safe heaven for the past, a place where remembering and reminiscing isn't scorned or mocked. They say it is a place where you can be whatever and whomever you please. All of "them" are, of course, correct. New Orleans is both the place of dreams and where dreams die. It functions in much the same way as literature does -- it is a testing ground for humanity and imagination. Growing up here, I was exposed to just about every type of elation and suffering a person might imagine, and it made me probe deeper into life as we all know it. Literature, art, and music have been a great means of doing such probing, and I hope to use this blog as a means of introducing great literature, art, and music that will either challenge others to think or invite them to enjoy.