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For context, this book was first published in 1960, and the narrator is currently in New Orleans just before Mardi Gras.
“A krewe is a group of people who get together at Carnival time and put on a parade and a ball. Anyone can form a krewe. Of course there are famous old krewes […], but there are also dozens of others. The other day a group of Syrians from Algiers formed a krewe named Isis.”
— Jun 12, 2026 12:45PM
“A krewe is a group of people who get together at Carnival time and put on a parade and a ball. Anyone can form a krewe. Of course there are famous old krewes […], but there are also dozens of others. The other day a group of Syrians from Algiers formed a krewe named Isis.”
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[…]phenomenon of moviegoing […] called certification. Nowadays when a person lives somewhere, in a neighbourhood, the place is not certified for him. More than likely he will live there sadly and the emptiness which is inside him will expand […]. But if he sees a movie which shows his very neighbourhood, it becomes possible for him to live, for a time at least, as a person who is Somewhere and not Anywhere.
— Jun 13, 2026 04:15PM
