Kiese Laymon's moving foreword speaks to the beauty of the essays in this collection—Essays that required courage and a great awareness of the world to write. These authors speak of the sensory amazement of New Orleans from the soothing taste of gumbo and the cool and happy nights, to the booming music of Sunday barbecues and the scent of freshly cut grass.

— Simon Traub-Epstein, International Library of Young Authors

From the publisher: “History Between These Folds is a collection of essays written by 11th graders at George Washington Carver High School. The narratives take many forms to chronicle family, neighborhood, identity, and New Orleans, and reconfigure how we think about ourselves in relationship to broader sweeps of history.”