The Washington Post, September 21st, 2005
Directions to Davant are simple: "Go to the end of the world and turn left." End-of-the-world Louisiana means going down, deep down, past New Orleans and its silent, flooded neighborhoods, through ruined St. Bernard Parish where the oil spilled after Hurricane Katrina, and down even deeper, down into the sinking marshes and bayous of Plaquemines Parish, where Creoles with lyricalFrench names talk matter-of-factly of walking the levee next to ghosts and spirits. Down to Davant. Except now it's hard to say what is Davant and what isn't Davant. New Orleans filled up with water slowly. Davant was ...
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