This week on The Reading Life: Novelist Francine Prose, whose new book is Lovers at the Chameleon Club: Paris, 1932; she's coming to New Orleans for a Room 220 appearance May 19.
We’ll also hear from Edmund White, whose new memoir is Inside a Pearl: My Paris Years; he will be here for the Saints and Sinners Literary Festival next weekend.
And Susan reviews The Keillor Reader to give you a sneak preview of what's coming Tuesday night at Le Petit Theatre when Garrison Keillor presents a reading.
*Lagniappe Audio*
TRL_051314_FrancineProse_OUTTAKE_transdecadence.mp3
Francine Prose discusses decadence and fascism.
TRL_051314_FrancineProse_OUTTAKE_the_20s.mp3
Francine Prose talks about the 1920s.
TRL_051314_Edmund_White_OUTTAKE_namedrop.mp3
Edmund White discusses name-dropping in his book.