New Orleans - Meeting Author and Community Spokesperson Ronald Lewis in His Lower 9th Ward Museum, "The House of Dance and Feathers"

I learned of Mr. Lewis and his museum while reading Dan Baum's "Nine Lives". If you are interested in knowing what New Orleans is really about, RUN, don't walk, to your nearest book shop and buy this book. I could not turn the pages fast enough. Dan Baum was a New Yorker reporter who landed in the city a couple of days after the levees broke. He came here to write magazine articles about a hurricane but realized that this amazing rich city could not be described only in the context of The Storm. He knew he had to tell this story through the lives of its people - specifically nine of the most interesting characters you will love by the end of the book. Read Nine Lives and then read Ronald Lewis's "The House of Dance and Feathers". Better yet, visit Mr. Lewis, listen to him humbly share his life's experiences, and walk away with a new friend and an autographed copy of his book. - Stephen

** The paperback edition of Nine Lives is being released on Mardi Gras day (Feb. 16). Get your copy and get ready to love those 9 New Orleanians and their city.

(by the way, it's a LONG walk to Mr. Lewis's house and museum out back. You may want to drive there.)