Projects

Writings

The Gorilla Man and The Empress of Steak
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The Most Important Fish in the Sea
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The Ol' Boys of Braithwaite: Hurricane Gustav and Wetland Ingenuity
Randy Fertel from the Huffington Post: Go to article on the Huffington Post...

The BP Oil Spill and the Bounty of Plaquemines Parish
Randy Fertel
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Earner the Trickster Stirs it Up… A Monologue from Native Tongues
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Hurricane Katrina: “Katrina Five Ways” in The Kenyon Review
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Spike Lee Gets It Right
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The Political Circus: Series Featured on NPR
Tales of an unconventional father who ran for Mayor of New Orleans on a campaign platform of gorillas for the zoo.

The Political Circus: The Gorilla Man [PART 1]
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The Political Circus: The Black Cat [PART 2]
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Travels with Dad : Series Featured on NPR

Travels With Dad: Travel Clears the Mind [PART 1]
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Travels With Dad: Dad Meets His Match [PART 2]
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Travels With Dad:Props [PART 3]
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Travels With Dad: Money For Nothing [PART 4]
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Travels With Dad: Dad's Day [PART 5]
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Travels With Dad: Second Best [PART 6]
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The Empress of Steak and her Loyal Subjects
Read the appreciation of Ruth Fertel by her son Randy

Celebrating a Significant Anniversary
A piece on some New York friends written for the New Yorker’s “Talk of the Town” (but declined in 46 seconds flat)
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Photography

Viet Nam →
Europe →
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Teaching

Courses at the New School for Social Research
The Exiled Self (fall, 2007)
Literature and the Experience of War (fall, 2008)