Tag Archives: New Orleans

All the Devils of Hell Unleashed by Katrina

By Robin Bates | Published: August 28, 2015

The panic of New Orleans 9th Ward residents ten years ago is reminiscent of the passengers on board the ship in Shakespeare’s “Tempest”: “Hell is empty and all the devils are here!”

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Twelfth Night and the End of Carnival

By Robin Bates | Published: January 8, 2015

Twelfth Night in New Orleans, as in Shakespeare’s play, seems to be about carnival time winding down.

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New Orleans, Kind to Strangers

By Robin Bates | Published: May 26, 2011

For me as a tourist, New Orleans was a study in contrasts: the best live music I have ever heard performed in seedy bars, old world charm a block away from Bourbon Street decadence, the elegance of the Garden District mansions clashing with the boarded-up Katrina-ravaged houses of the Ninth Ward. There is a similar study of contrasts in the most famous literary work connected with the city.

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