If you’re reading this in New Orleans—and not some godforsaken hotel room or a dark and sweltering home in a still city—then congratulations. While there’s a long ways to go until the end of hurricane season, every time we can pass another Katrinaversary unharmed it’s another cause for quiet celebration and relief. September is always a “get back to business” month so it’s nice this time of year to do just that, without the serious momentum killer that is an evacuation or hunkering down for an approaching storm.
It’s also back to school season, so naturally we’re all about teachers for this issue. Some of our featured artists, like Dr. Ike, Mark Bingham, the Trachiotomy crew and R. Scully certainly have a thing or two to pass down from their decades of creative output and we’re grateful for their willingness to share with us. They’re also proof that in this city, age is truly a frivolous notion. We also have a few actual classroom teachers as contributors, one of whom gives us a damning primer on how the Orleans Parish School Board was thrown under the figurative school bus in the wake of Katrina. See? It’s not all shenanigans at AG headquarters.
A big ups to the AG team for pulling together another dynamite issue this month, despite post- summer hangovers and the usual heavy dose of sleep deprivation. It’s clear that despite the million other things barking at our heels, everyone’s laboring hard for their love and it’s much appreciated. See you out there.
