In post-Civil War New Orleans, Creole leaders won elections and oversaw the desegregation of public schools, a short-lived experiment destroyed after Reconstruction.

In the poems of 'Delta Tears,' Philip Kolin blends ecotheology and Scripture with pleas for social justice.

hung up for too long on a mind's rack to stretch

The infant won't remember reeling images

Eleven different poetry collections reviewed by four America editors offer a sample of the God-haunted and the God-hunted contemporary literary artists who work out their spiritual, intellectual and emotional conundrums through lyrical compositions.

Going through old files, America's editors found a few interesting submissions (and rejections).