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- Collection: "She left us to salvage": Reflecting on Hurricane Katrina in U.S. Literature and Culture
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Mississippi Residents recovering personal items from destroyed home
From left, Tam Cu, Jason Jackson, and Linda Bryant look for belongings from Bryant's home, which was devastated in Biloxi, Mississippi. Barbara Davidson/The Dallas Morning News/AP
Natasha Tretheway Headshot
The author Natasha Trethewey posing for a headshot. Wearing a grey coat.
Photograph of destruction in Mississippi following Hurricane Katrina
An apartment complex damaged by Hurricane Katrina is shown in this aerial view Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2005 in Long Beach, Miss. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Photograph of Jesmyn Ward
Proffesional Photograph of Jesmyn Ward
Photograph of Levees breaking in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.
Levees falling, and water overflowing from Lake Pontchartrain into the streets of New Orleans.
Photograph of Spike Lee.
A photograph of Spike Lee attending a formal event.
Press photo of Jesmyn Ward receiving the 2011 National Book Award for Fiction
The image shows a woman in a black dress, wearing a gold medal engraved with an icon of a book. She smiles brightly, looking slightly to the left of the camera. The woman is Jesmyn Ward, having just received the 2011 National Book Award for Fiction.
Real Life Image of Hurricane Katrina Image
The road is cracked and empty, and on one side, there are broken trees stripped of most of their leaves. Debris—such as broken wood, metal, and household items—is scattered along the roadside. A fallen orange construction barrel lies in the…
S Leo Chiang Headshot
Headshot of documentary director S. Leo Chiang