Ebook {Epub PDF} The Wind in the Reeds by Wendell Pierce

Actor and producer Wendell Pierce discusses how Hurricane Katrina impacted his family's New Orleans neighborhood at the 27th annual Southern Festival of Book. The Wind in the Reeds is a moving and poignant memoir from actor Wendell Pierce, and his rootedness and connection to southern Louisiana, family and especially life in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. While centered on Pierce's life and how he grew up and developed a career, the moving centerpiece is Pierce's use of his acting 4/5.  · The Wind in the Reeds: A Storm, A Play, and a City That Would Not Be Broken, by Wendell Pierce (with Rod Dreher).Originally published in pages. I’ve read Rod Dreher’s recommendation of The Wind in the Reeds on more than one occasion, and a recent trip to the library reminded me that I had not read it. I’d always intended to, so I decided that now was as good a time Estimated Reading Time: 7 mins.

Wendell Pierce s uplifting memoir "The Wind in the Reeds" explores the transformative role theater played in healing New Orleans post-Katrina. " ""O Magazine " "The Wind in the Reeds" tells of his deep roots in the city, the catastrophe of Katrina, and his experience acting in David Simon s celebrated series. Actor and producer Wendell Pierce discusses how Hurricane Katrina impacted his family's New Orleans neighborhood at the 27th annual Southern Festival of Book. The Wind in the Reeds. A Storm, A Play, and the City That Would Not Be Broken. By: Wendell Pierce Rod Dreher. Narrator: Wendell Pierce. including Pontchartrain Park, the home of Wendell Pierce's family and the first African American middle-class subdivision in New Orleans. The hurricane breached many of the city's levees, and the.

Follow the StarTribune for the news, photos and videos from the Twin Cities and beyond. Read "The Wind in the Reeds A Storm, A Play, and the City That Would Not Be Broken" by Wendell Pierce available from Rakuten Kobo. ** Christopher Award Winner From acclaimed actor and producer Wendell Pierce, an insightful and poignant portrait of. Wendell Pierce’s uplifting memoir The Wind in the Reeds explores the transformative role theater played in healing New Orleans post-Katrina.”—O Magazine “The Wind in the Reeds tells of his deep roots in the city, the catastrophe of Katrina, and his experience acting in David Simon’s celebrated series. The center of the book is his intertwined effort to put on Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot” in post-Katrina New Orleans and to help bring back his old neighborhood.”.