
A Disillusioned Democrat Burns Her Bridges, Seeking To Light the Way For the Left
By MARTIN PENGELLY
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ON NEW ORLEANS Tom Piazza reads from and discusses his new essay collection, “Why New Orleans Matters” (Regan-Books). The author, a longtime resident of the city, evacuated to a Missouri cotton gin during Hurricane Katrina to write most of this book, which includes reminiscences of New Orleans’s restaurants, jazz clubs, politics, Mardi Gras traditions, and people. Tonight, 7 p.m., KGB Bar, 85 E. 4th St. at Second Avenue, 212-505-3360, free.

By MARTIN PENGELLY
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By HOLLIE McKAY
|ON NEW ORLEANS Tom Piazza reads from and discusses his new essay collection, “Why New Orleans Matters” (Regan-Books). The author, a longtime resident of the city, evacuated to a Missouri cotton gin during Hurricane Katrina to write most of this book, which includes reminiscences of New Orleans’s restaurants, jazz clubs, politics, Mardi Gras traditions, and people. Tonight, 7 p.m., KGB Bar, 85 E. 4th St. at Second Avenue, 212-505-3360, free.
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