Author Night at Hubbell Library: Chris Champagne

Secret Louisiana: An Unusual Guide

This indispensable guidebook for locals and travelers alike will take you off the beaten track and show you the well-hidden treasures of the secret side of Louisiana.

Learn about unusual and offbeat sights around Louisiana. The smallest church in the world; a tree where old shoes promise to unburden your soul; a family home built from found objects such as window shutters, trampolines, and eight waterpark slides; the grave of married dogs; the only example of congo style architecture built by African Americans; one of the finest examples of folk art in the world built by one man on the side of a bayou; ancient Native American objects whose purpose is unknown; the one-time capital of Texas; one of the most humorous "battles" of World War II; millions of years old fossils on the side of a highway; the site of the finest wedding ever to take place in the South; the world's largest bald cypress tree...

Chris Champagne is a graduate of the Orleans Parish School system and of the University of New Orleans with a BA in History. He is a writer, performer, poet, comedian, political satirist, radio show host and columnist who has performed his work on stages all over the Greater New Orleans area. He was voted one of 144 New Orleans Characters in 2012 and was voted best comedian in New Orleans in 2013 and 2014. He was a member of National Poetry Slam teams in San Francisco in 1993 and Chicago in 1999. He received artists' residencies from the Alliance of Artists in 2006 and The College of Santa Fe in 2008. Chris is the author of the poetry book Roach Opera (Portals Press 2007), and The Yat Dictionary (Lavender Ink, 2013), a book on the dialect spoken by native Orleanians. His family on both sides has resided in New Orleans continuously since the first half of the 18th century.

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