Book
Nola face : a Latina's life in the big easy
Publication Information
Athens, Georgia : The University of Georgia Press, [2024]
Physical Description
xiii, 174 pages ; 22 cm.
Summary
"Nola Face is a collection of twenty-two essays that tell the story of the author's life and her time growing up in New Orleans. It describes her family as well as cultural and political contexts. The essays are reflective of Champagne's experience as a mixed race person, and pose important questions about racial identity, marriage, and family. The essays offer readers a diverse array of styles and emotions and are an emotional and transportive reflection on the past and our relationship with it"--
Contents
- Cielito Lindo
- Three Sacraments
- Pipón
- What I Know about the Chicken Lady
- McCleaning with the Dustbuster
- Lying in Translation
- Push
- Addendum to "McCleaning with the Dustbuster"
- Kingdom of Babes
- The Stump of "The Giving Tree"
- Don't You Forget about Me
- Exercises
- Nice Lady
- Bugginess
- Not the Loneliest Cover You Could Ever Do
- An Essay Entitled "Mrs."
- How Not to Hate Your Writing
- Bobbitt
- The Case for "Cunt"
- Nola Face.