Literature: Eddie L. Harris, the Mississippi in "Paddle"

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Eddie L Harris.

© Philippe MATSAS / Éditions Liana Lei / Leextra

By: Chantal Lorho Follow

Thirty-five years ago, author Eddie L. Harris was solo and canoeing down the Mississippi.

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In 2016, the author decides to paddle again on this mythical river which crosses ten states over nearly 4,000 kms.

An initiatory journey that allows him to see how the country has changed.

Guest: Eddie L Harris,

author and essayist.

Mississippi solo

author

in 2020 which tells of his first solo journey.

Then

Mississippi in the skin,

 published by

Liana Levi

which recounts his second journey almost thirty years later.

And

Lucie Bouteloup's

column 

,

“Way of talking” today with chef 

Yves Camdeborde,

the Latin chef! 

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