After the Flood

摘要

A decade after Hurricane Katrina, #BlackLivesMatter may be trending, but many homes in the historically black, low-income areas of New Orleans still haven't been rebuilt. Gary Rivlin's Katrina: After the Flood (Simon & Schuster, 2015) is as raw as the title. Rivlin arrived in Louisiana right after the hurricane hit to report for the New York Times and has been writing about the area ever since. Katrina carries you from the days before the disaster through an aftermath so tumultuous and chaotic you can scarcely fathom it happening in a developed coun-try. Rivlin's careful storytelling won't let us escape, however, as he confronts us with testimonials from streets that remain uninhabited 10 years later.