The author was at the end of her summer break when Hurricane Katrina struck her hometown of Delisle, Mississippi.
There's a big difference between an earthquake and a hurricane. But both of them unleash the same kinds of devastation, says researcher Malka Older.
PRI's The World host Marco Werman is in the middle of a two-week, cross-country writing residency aboard Amtrak trains. His first stop was in New Orleans, where he heard about the death of famed trumpet player Travis "Trumpet Black" Hill and was reminded of how Japan and New Orleans are linked by a love of jazz