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About Morris Ardoin

Morris Ardoin is author of STONE MOTEL - MEMOIRS OF A CAJUN BOY, University Press of Mississippi, 2020.

Morris Ardoin is author of STONE MOTEL: MEMOIRS OF A CAJUN BOY (University Press of Mississippi, 2020)

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NBN Episodes hosted by Morris:

LGBTQ+ Studies May 28, 2023

With Hawks and Angels

Episodes from a Southern Life

Joel Lafayette Fletcher, III

Hosted by Morris Ardoin
In this episode of Queer Voices I talk to Joel Lafayette Fletcher III about his book With Hawks and Angels: Episodes from a Southern Life (UP of Mississippi, 2023) About the …
LGBTQ+ Studies February 26, 2023

Spoke by Spoke

How a Broken Back and a Broken Back Led to a WholeHearted Life

Terry M Chase

Hosted by Morris Ardoin
In this episode of Queer Voices I talk to Dr. Terry Chase about her book Spoke by Spoke: How a Broken Back and a Broken Bike Led to a WholeHearted Life …
LGBTQ+ Studies September 16, 2022

Pretty Baby

A Memoir

Chris Belcher

Hosted by Morris Ardoin
"The dominatrix is the id of American femininity. She says the words that we all wish we could say when we find ourselves frozen in the presence of men. No …
LGBTQ+ Studies March 8, 2022

Playhouses

Sexuality and Fundamentalism

Sherry Scott

Hosted by Morris Ardoin
In this episode of Queer Voices of the South I talk to Dr. Sherry Scott about her new book Playhouses: Sexuality and Fundamentalism, released in February 2022 by Black Rose …
LGBTQ+ Studies February 3, 2022

Living Queer History

Remembrance and Belonging in a Southern City

Gregory Samantha Rosenthal

Hosted by Morris Ardoin
Queer history is a living practice. Talk to any group of LGBTQ people today, and they will not agree on what story should be told. Many people desire to celebrate …
LGBTQ+ Studies January 12, 2022

The Life and Comics of Howard Cruse

Taking Risks in the Service of Truth

Andrew J. Kunka

Hosted by Morris Ardoin
In this episode of QUEER VOICES OF THE SOUTH, I talk with ANDREW J. KUNKA, who is a professor of English and division chair at the University of South Carolina …
LGBTQ+ Studies November 24, 2021

Queer As All Get Out

10 People Who've Inspired Me

Shelby Criswell

Hosted by Morris Ardoin
On this episode of Queer Voices of the South, I talk with Shelby Criswell, whose book Queer As All Get Out: 10 People Who've Inspired Me (Street Noise Books, 2021) …
LGBTQ+ Studies November 10, 2021

Mississippi Barking

Hurricane Katrina and a Life That Went to the Dogs

Chris McLaughlin

Hosted by Morris Ardoin
On August 29, 2005, the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States devastated the city of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Mississippi. Like …
LGBTQ+ Studies October 4, 2021

Cruising for Conspirators

How a New Orleans DA Prosecuted the Kennedy Assassination As a Sex Crime

Alecia P. Long

Hosted by Morris Ardoin
New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison's decision to arrest Clay Shaw on March 1, 1967, set off a chain of events that culminated in the only prosecution undertaken in the …
LGBTQ+ Studies September 10, 2021

Saved by a Song

The Art and Healing Power of Songwriting

Mary Gauthier

Hosted by Morris Ardoin
Mary Gauthier was twelve years old when she was given her Aunt Jenny’s old guitar and taught herself to play with a Mel Bay basic guitar workbook. Music offered her …
LGBTQ+ Studies June 2, 2021

Rising and Other Stories

Gale Massey

Hosted by Morris Ardoin
In story after story in her diverse new collection, Rising and Other Stories, Gale Massey illustrates the moments that shape and alter destiny. Bringing each to life through interconnected themes …
LGBTQ+ Studies March 31, 2021

Morris Kight: Humanist, Liberationist, Fantabulist

A Story of Gay Rights and Gay Wrongs

Mary Ann Cherry

Hosted by Morris Ardoin
How did the gay movement, which began as a sedate group of intellectuals, become what is arguably the most dynamic civil rights crusade in America? How did a deviant and …
LGBTQ+ Studies January 18, 2021

Live At Jackson Station

Music, Community, and Tragedy in a Southern Blues Bar

Daniel M. Harrison

Hosted by Morris Ardoin
The smoke was thick, the music was loud, and the beer was flowing. In the fast-and-loose 1980s, Jackson Station Rhythm & Blues Club in Hodges, South Carolina, was a festive …
LGBTQ+ Studies December 28, 2020

Queer Voices of the South

Year in Review

John Marszalek, Pip Gordon and Morris Ardoin

Hosted by Morris Ardoin
In this final episode of 2020, New Books Network hosts and fellow authors take a look back at the evolution of their podcast Queer Voices of the South, recount their …
LGBTQ+ Studies November 27, 2020

Stand by Me

The Forgotten History of Gay Liberation

Jim Downs

Hosted by Morris Ardoin
Despite the tremendous gains of the LGBT movement in recent years, the history of gay life in this country remains poorly understood. According to conventional wisdom, gay liberation started with …
LGBTQ+ Studies November 17, 2020

Gay Faulkner

Uncovering a Homosexual Presence in Yoknapatawpha and Beyond

Phillip Gordon

Hosted by Morris Ardoin
The life and works of William Faulkner have generated numerous biographical studies exploring how Faulkner understood southern history, race, his relationship to art, and his place in the canons of …