Calling all bibliophiles! Check out the Louisiana Anthology online; a digital collection of texts about Louisiana launched in 2012. The site's is to include the widest possible collection of works — fiction, poetry, drama, myths, folk-tales, exploration narratives, travelogues, letters, diaries, journals, memoirs, biographies, autobiographies, speeches, histories, recipes, lyrics, newspaper articles, blog posts, etc.-- and to make them available to users for free. The common denominator among these very diverse genres is that they all involve Louisiana. The works time span ranges from the early days of Louisiana to modern times.
It's a collaborative project between editors Bruce R. Magee and Stephen Payne, Louisiana writers, publishers, groups of Magee's English students, and the general public. The archive is fun to browse and features full texts of a lot of interesting old works like The Story of the Old French Market and Social Life in Old New Orleans.
The site's satellite anthology, The Louisiana Cookbook, may also be of interest with one of the most delicious times of year coming up. There are lots of great recipes you may want to make for your family during the holidays (and some you almost certainly won't!). They've also got a call out for recipe submissions, so if there's a Louisiana-based recipe you love, please submit it for the greater good of our bellies.
