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Jan Risher

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Features editor at The Advocate in Baton Rouge. Editor of Louisiana Inspired for The Advocate/Times-Picayune. Author of “Looking to the Stars from Old Algiers”

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Jan Risher is the Louisiana culture editor for The Times-Picayune, The Advocate and The Acadiana Advocate. She is based in Baton Rouge.

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How a Baton Rouge interview led me to Denver's original angel Original

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By Jan Risher Verified
| The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate Verified
For the third summer in a row, our daughter Piper has moved to a new spot in Denver. When she sent me the new address last month, I looked it up, the way a mother does. I realized it was barely a block from East High School, which made me think of Mary Nell Barringer. I had gone on a walk with and written a story about Barringer in April. At 82, she takes daily walks, picks up bits she finds along the way and makes bug art from the unsuspected treasures.
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By Jan Risher Verified
| The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) Verified
142 postcards. 40 states. 14 countries. Eight weeks into the 2026 Postcard Project, Jan Risher's mailbox is telling stories from Grand Coteau to Ireland - including one handmade by a reader who sketched Cathedral Rock himself. Ten states still missing. Read on:
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40 down, 10 states to go for the 2026 Postcard Project to hit goal of all 50 states

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By Jan Risher Verified
| The Shreveport-Bossier Advocate Verified
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