bayou

Laughter and smoke from boudin and BBQ chicken drifted out across the bayou.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

The bayou battle breaks new ground: It marks a rare instance where an electric utility has been allowed to cut off customers through a regulatory process called abandonment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

Drawing on West African spiritual traditions, “The Brothers Size” relates the mythic story of two bayou country Louisiana brothers in conflict that is as tender as it is fierce.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2024

As various musical styles ebb and flow into one another, this fictional bayou feels fully alive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2024

I’d like to rush and get where we are going, but I know the bayou is a place where every step should be taken with care, so I’m more than okay with our snail’s pace.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

The family’s roots sprang from enslaved forebears, including Willie Rosenthal, whose dozen children and grandchildren rose from the Central Louisiana bayous to attain social and professional prominence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

“But our Giselle was transposed out of Austria to the bayous of Louisiana, so it made it relevant to us at the time.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2024

A longtime hunter, he had been raised in Orange County but born to roam — into the bayous of Louisiana and the mountains of Colorado and many points between.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2023

The flat, sparsely populated land divided by the Mississippi River delta is marbled by bayous and bays.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 10, 2023

“Yes. But not today. Today we join expert tour guide Merle Hodge on a lavish journey through the Arkansas bayous to seek out the elusive Lazarus woodpecker.”

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley