stories from the drowned city
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rmhttp://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/magazine/30doctors.html
It'll take me weeks to read this article, although I will read it. Katrina remains the only news event that has ever caused me to need to step away from coverage. Four years later that hasn't changed; I can only deal with it in rationed pieces. I am deeply ashamed of this. The news is a civic duty; witnessing is a moral one. And I worked for the AP, and let me tell you, I saw stuff -- a lot of stuff -- that never, ever reached an audience because it was so graphic. But Katrina remains the one story I can't handle.
It'll take me weeks to read this article, although I will read it. Katrina remains the only news event that has ever caused me to need to step away from coverage. Four years later that hasn't changed; I can only deal with it in rationed pieces. I am deeply ashamed of this. The news is a civic duty; witnessing is a moral one. And I worked for the AP, and let me tell you, I saw stuff -- a lot of stuff -- that never, ever reached an audience because it was so graphic. But Katrina remains the one story I can't handle.
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Date: 2009-08-28 10:18 pm (UTC)If you're up for fictional love stories of New Orleans, afterwards (or before), you might try Poppy Z. Brite's three restaurant books: Liquor, Prime, and Soul Kitchen. They're sensual, loving, smartass stories about the city and restuarant work/cooking.