Literary scholar Dr. Kenneth Holditch taught at the University of New Orleans for almost three decades. He was considered one of America’s most respected scholars concerning the life and work of Tennessee Williams and works by many Southern authors. In this interview with Peggy Scott Laborde, Holditch, who died in 2022, discusses Williams and numerous writers connected to New Orleans, including Walker Percy, John Kennedy Toole and Anne Rice and also what makes New Orleans an irresistible setting for writers and their literary works.