Our Books

NOLAFugees Press is dedicated to publishing work by New Orleans writers.

The Least Resistance (2010), Sarah K. Inman

The Least Resistance

Sarah K. Inman, 2010
(150 pgs, $12.00)

Chanda’s mind is as soft as the alluvial soil that enriches the gardens surrounding the Uptown New Orleans estate where she has spent her entire life.  When she wakes the morning after Hurricane Katrina, she finds the Old Woman, her sole provider, has died. Forced to leave her paradise, and wander the storm-ravaged city, Chanda finds herself everywhere from the toxic floodwaters of Central City’s slums to the refuge of a gated French Quarter apartment. As she associates with others dealing with the storm’s anarchic aftermath—the struggling black underclass, impromptu militias, and media hordes—Chanda’s slow-witted ways are often mistaken for genius.

The Parade Goes On Without You (2009), Andrea Boll

The Parade Goes On Without You

Andrea Boll, 2009
(150 pgs, $12.00)

Luna met Blue at the secondline; he played bass drum and she danced behind him.  The Parade Goes On Without You follows their lives through the streets of New Orleans. For Luna, Blue’s world opens up to her, and gradually she discovers her true place in it.

Year Zero: A Year of Reporting from post-Katrina New Orleans(2006)

Year Zero: A Year of Reporting from post-Katrina New Orleans

The writers of NOLAFugees.com
(2006, 300 p., $15.00)

A collection of the best writing from our first year of publication, Year Zero provides an alternate  chronicle of life after the drowning of New Orleans.  From November, 2005- November, 2006 our correspondents covered the city from the ground up, with a mix of satire and first person commentary.  From the first shot across the bow of the Chocolate City controversy to the murder-suicide of Addie Hall and Zachary Bowen, Year Zero: A Year of Reporting from Post-Katrina New Orleans records the events, major and minor, that will forever affect the Crescent City.

Soul is Bulletproof: Reports from Reconstruction New Orleans (2008)

Soul is Bulletproof: Reports from Reconstruction New Orleans

The writers of NOLAFugees.com
(2008, 300 p., $15.00)

In New Orleans, 2007 began with thousands of spirited citizens marching on City Hall to protest the rising wave of violent crime in the city; the year ended with hundreds of public housing advocates getting pepper sprayed, tasered, and locked out of the City Council chambers. In between, over 200 people were murdered. “Soul Is Bulletproof” features the work of 23 writers and a mix of investigative journalism, first-person reportage, political analysis, and vicious satire, all of which serves to reveal New Orleans–with its uneasy race relations, its shadowy visionaries, its struggling citizens– as a city of profound uncertainty.

Life in the Wake: Fiction from post-Katrina New Orleans (2007)

Life in the Wake: Fiction from post-Katrina New Orleans

The writers of NOLAFugees.com
(2007, 280 p., $15.00)

Life in the Wake collects 23 short stories set amidst the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, written by authors actually living in the ruins.