Margaret Media, Inc. is a gateway to Louisiana's colorful history with books on Creoles, their culture, language and CDs of their music, women's history, Mississippi River lore, and articles on Mexican-Louisiana Creoles, and Katrina hurricane and flood survival.
We are actively seeking manuscripts on the above topics for publication. See Publishing Guidelines page.
New Books!
Marietta’s House: A Grandmother’s Cottage Text by J.E. Bourgoyne, photos by J.G. Tyburski, Plaquemine.
A photographic tour of an 1880s cypress home in the river town of Old Turnerville. Bourgoyne lovingly guides us, his childhood memories infusing each page. Tyburski's studied eye captures the nostalgia of rooms, furnishings and gardens from the past.
ISBN 978-0-9616377-5-0; hardcover w/dust jacket, 272 pp.
Down at the End of the River by Angus Woodward, Baton Rouge.
A short story collection capturing the soul of south Louisiana. A hilarious and poignant debut for Woodward, widely published in literary journals.
ISBN 978-0-9616377-6-7; trade paperback, 144 pp.
Announcing other 2008 titles, coming soon!
Matters of the Heart: A Creole Love Story by Mary M. Culver, Covington.
An historic romance set in mid-19th century Louisiana. Torn by love and loyalty to his traditional plantation wife and his side family with a free woman of color in New Orleans, Emile de Marigny maneuvers love’s minefields, interrupted by a stint in the War with Mexico. Culver takes us into the vortex of this Creole dilemma.
ISBN 978-0-9616377-8-1; trade paperback , 336 pp.
New Orleans: A Bilingual Cultural Encyclopedia
by Maria Elena Amador, New Orleans.
Everything you want to know about New Orleans celebrations, music, cuisine and cultural anomalies. An English/Spanish take on the Big Easy. Makes a good learning and teaching tool for comparing the two languages.
ISBN 978-0-9616377-7-4; trade paperback, 328 pp.
Louisiana Creole language in poetry and song. Sheet music, essays on current day Creole speakers.
Our CD, Gardenias y Rosas, contains songs from the book, brings them to life!
A collection of CD's featuring Sybil Kein and other artists. Hear a live MP3 selection!
Marietta’s House: A Grandmother’s Cottage
Down at the End of the River
Donaldsonville, LA 70346 