In "Season "(formerly titled "Voodoo""Season"), Jewell Parker Rhodes revisits the sensual, magical landscape of her highly acclaimed debut novel, "Voodoo Dreams." Marie Levant, raised in the North by foster parents, begins her medical residency in New Orlean's Charity Hospital. Plagued by deja vu an[...]
For Sugar, life is anything but sweet. Ten-year-old Sugar lives on River Road Plantation along the banks of the Mississippi River. Slavery is over, but working in the sugarcane fields all day doesn't make her feel very free. Thankfully, Sugar knows how to make her own fun, telling stories, climbing [...]