most radical and controversial publications of the counterculture movement. Contents of June 9, 1972, issue The contents of a single issue of NOLA Express, No. 108 from June 9, 1972, covered investigative reporting about environmental and community issues, essays about current political and social issues, bold cartoons, statements by self-styled fringe leaders, and more created for the large fringe hippie and artist society of New Orleans and Algiers: "The Poisoning of Our Water Supply" "Lake Charles Police Sued" "Suit Against Richard Nixon Dismissed" "Kumi Maitreya La-La" by John Bennett "Notes of a Dirty Old Man" by Charles Bukowski "Walter Collins Ani Maitreya Marilyn Austin John Dulude Ericka Huggins poem/art centerfold "Merit Unified Field Theory III Geophysical Warfare: Vietnam" "The Youth International Party in Miami" "Planet News Small Press Communications Conspiracy" "The North American Book of The Dead" by D. A. Levy Ads for warehouse concerts (1/4-page ad for gigs by Edgar Winter / Groundhogs, ZZ Top / Wishbone Ash) Letters, calendar of events, community bulletin board, classified ads Archives Darlene Fife, poet, translator, and co-founder of NOLA Express, wrote a personal and insightful memoir of the paper, the people who produced it, and the community it served, titled Portraits from Memory: New Orleans in The Sixties. The book includes some of the correspondence and illustrations from notable issues. An archive of NOLA Express correspondence and issues is housed at the University of Connecticut. See also List of underground newspapers of the 1960s counterculture References Mass media in New Orleans Publications established in 1967 Underground press