Storyville is a new collaboration between of the University of New Orleans and WWNO.
These are true stories about New Orleans written by the students in the University’s Creative Writing Workshop — our next generation of writers. The stories are as diverse, original and colorful as the city itself. The subjects range from bicycling in New Orleans in the 1880s to Hubig’s pies to teaching high school in the city to the original Storyville neighborhood. The scope is limitless. Expect to be surprised, delighted, moved and entertained.
The stories are read by the students themselves. You can hear the stories here as podcasts, as well as read the entire script and learn about the students themselves. You will also hear the stories on the air.
From the moment you hear Irvin Mayfield play the spirited theme he composed especially for Storyville, you know you’re someplace special.
Welcome to Storyville.
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Baseball season is underway. This is a sacred time where I’m from. Sun, grass, children playing in the park, all the memories of youth rushing back. But… -
Canal Street was unusually quiet for a Thursday. Along the broad thoroughfare that divides the city between Downtown and Uptown, Old and New, American and… -
The guy next to me is wearing an orange fur coat and a red feather boa; his wife is dressed as a giant grape. Someone playing the trumpet looks like a… -
I’m a fan of most South Louisiana specialties — crawfish, king cake, Zapp’s Potato Chips, et cetera — but a few things make me feel like a traitor to my… -
In Memory of Rod and Miss ImeldaMan, I swear you could hear Rod coming all the way from clear across Broad Ave. Laughing that big throaty Rod laugh and… -
I first visited New Orleans in the 1970s as a teenager with my father. He and four of his friends coordinated their business trips to meet here several… -
I take a job during the summer as a weekend crime reporter.The first morning nothing happens. Mostly, I bend my ear over the police radio. I’m listening… -
When I tell people I’m a high school teacher in New Orleans, they look at me like I’m a few inches taller than I was before. They look at me like I’m a… -
"Just get in your car and drive, George."That’s what I think whenever I watch It’s A Wonderful Life, my favorite film about a man who either is visited by… -
Storyville. What strikes me most when I hear the word or see it emblazoned across the chest of a baby romper is how weird New Orleans is. We have embraced…
