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Jeanie Riess

Jeanie Riess is a writer from New Orleans. Her reporting and essays have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and the Oxford American, among others.

Stories from this author

Members of the Preservation All Stars perform in the hall on August 18, 2022.  

How Preservation Hall Has Kept New Orleans’ Iconic Jazz Alive

The plucky institution staged a brassy comeback for America’s signature music