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Library of Congress: American Stories: A Reading Road Trip- Ep 105 Louisiana

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Library of Congress: American Stories: A Reading Road Trip- Ep 105 Louisiana

Season 2025 Episode 62 | 38m 6s | CC

Hit the gas and join PBS Books and the Library of Congress as we roll into Louisiana on American Stories: A Reading Road Trip! Step into a literary heritage as rich and soulful as a bowl of gumbo. From George Washington Cable’s The Grandissimes and Grace King’s Balcony Stories, which sought to capture Creole life, to Ernest J. Gaines’s powerful reflections in A Lesson Before Dying and much more!

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