Carl LindahlCarl Lindahl is Martha Gano Houstoun Research Professor of English and folklore at the University of Houston. He has authored or edited seventeen books, including Swapping Stories: Folktales from Louisiana, Cajun Mardi Gras Masks Perspectives on the Jack Tales and Other North American Märchen, American Folktales: From the Collections of the Library of Congress, Second Line Rescue: Improvised Responses to Katrina and Rita, and We Are All Survivors: Verbal, Ritual, and Material Ways of Narrating Disaster and Recovery. Read More Read Less