Southeast Louisiana’s coastline is beautifully complex (geographically, but also politically). There’s no hard edge to it—no sandy beaches, no highways tracing the waterline. Instead, there are two-lane fingers that push south until they hit the marsh. At the tip of each is a small fishing community, like Pointe-aux-Chenes, pictured here. I’m currently in a deep-dive of articles about the Houma and Pointe-au-Chien Indians who have called this area home, and trying to understand some of the ways these areas have changed over the last few decades—if y’all have recommended readings, please slide in to the DMs!