Eve Abrams
Eve Abrams first fell in love with stories listening to her grandmother tell them; it’s been an addiction ever since.
Eve is a radio producer, writer, audio documentarian, and educator. Her work airs on WWNO, as well as on national programs such as the Tavis Smiley Show, Studio 360, The World, and This American Life. Her writing is published in the 2010 collection Where We Know: New Orleans as Home, as well as in Fourth Genre, Wesleyan Magazine, and the forthcoming New Orleans atlas, Unfathomable City. She is also the co-author of the book Preservation Hall.
Eve has taught in public and charter schools, both in New Orleans and New York City, and currently teaches writing at the Waldo Burton School and an audio workshop at Tulane University.
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The Myth of the Super Predator debunks an idea first made famous by then-first lady Hillary Clinton, an idea we still haven't fully shaken off: that... -
Thomas earned the title of the Soul Queen of New Orleans three decades ago. Earlier this month, she added the title of doctor to her name thanks to Tulane University. -
If there’s one person in New Orleans – in the world of criminal justice – that you really ought to meet, it’s this guy. -
Dominique Newton is a college sophomore. She’s only 20, but she’s already been through a lot. These days, she’s majoring in political science, with a... -
As part of our StoryCorps series on criminal justice, we bring you a conversation between social workers. Noelle Deltufo and Ginger Parsons are close... -
As part of our StoryCorps series on criminal justice, we bring you a story about re-adjusting to life on the outside. Kenneth Dilosa, Tyronne Smith, and... -
As part of our StoryCorps series on criminal justice, we bring you this conversation between two young attorneys. William Snowden and Barksdale... -
Louisiana is the incarceration capital of the world. But most people behind bars aren’t locked up forever. In fact, 90 percent of them will someday be... -
In nearly every state, prison populations have exploded -- in large part, because of drug laws and the people, like Manny Hills, who are arrested and... -
Over the last forty years, as incarceration has surged across the nation, so has the number of children with a family member in prison. According to the...
