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Down on the BayouOn 10/21/17, nine writers from the U. of New Orleans MFA program kayaked Shell Bank Bayou in SE Louisiana to Lake Maurepas. Often, the tangled vegetation made it hard going. But they all made it to the lake — and back — in good spirits and undaunted. Here are their reflections.
Note from the editor
On Saturday, October 21, nine writers in the University of New Orleans’ MFA program kayaked down Shell Bank Bayou in southeastern Louisiana to Lake Maurepas. At times, due to tangled and thick vegetation, the going wasn’t easy. They all made it to the Lake — and back — in bright spirits and undaunted. These stories reflect what they saw and thought about.
Editors
Richard Goodman
Author of French Dirt: The Story of a Garden in the South of France and co-editor of The Gulf South: An Anthology of Environmental Writing.
Writers
Betsy Housten
Jersey-born, Brooklyn-bred queer femme writer and massage therapist pursuing an MFA in poetry at the University of New Orleans.
