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Gwen Romkins Book Report

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Gwen Thompkins, a correspondent for NPR, reports on the struggling city of New Orleans, Louisiana, 10 years after hurricane Katrina. She begins her report with a conversation she had with Roberta Brandes Gratz, who studies city around the globe. They discussed Gratz book discussing how the people of New Orleans rebuilt their city after the natural disaster and failed levies. Gratz explains how New Orleans use to be a booming densely populated area and how residents are struggling to retain this aspect of their community. Gratz says the communities are slowly progressing which she states is a good thing. Thompkins goes on to address her hometown, Pontchartrain Park, and how it has slowly evolved after the hurricane and levee failures. The narrator

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