{"product_id":"bohemian-new-orleans","title":"Bohemian New Orleans","description":"Winner of the 2007 Welty Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In 1960, Jon Edgar and Louise \"Gypsy Lou\" Webb founded Loujon Press on Royal Street in New Orleans's French Quarter. The small publishing house quickly became a giant. Heralded by the \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e as one of the best of its day, the \u003ci\u003eOutsider\u003c\/i\u003e, the press's literary review, featured, among others, Charles Bukowski, Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Robert Creeley, Denise Levertov, and Walter Lowenfels. Loujon published books by Henry Miller and two early poetry collections by Bukowski.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBohemian New Orleans\u003c\/i\u003e traces the development of this courageous imprint and examines its place within the small press revolution of the 1960s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Drawing on correspondence from many who were published in the \u003ci\u003eOutsider\u003c\/i\u003e, back issues of the \u003ci\u003eOutsider\u003c\/i\u003e, contemporary reviews, promotional materials, and interviews, Jeff Weddle shows how the press's mandarin insistence on production quality and its eclectic editorial taste made its work nonpareil among peers in the underground. Throughout, \u003ci\u003eBohemian New Orleans\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the messy, complex, and vagabond spirit of a lost literary age.","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":57610769105240,"sku":"9781496830821","price":23.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/bohemian-new-orleans","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}