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The Reading Life With Richard Campanella, Susan Tucker And Lee Grue

By Susan Larson
Published October 24, 2017 at 1:30 PM CDT

This week on The Reading Life:  I’ll be talking with Richard Campanella, whose insightful new book of essays is Cityscapes of New Orleans. We’ll also hear from Susan Tucker and Lee Grue about their fascinating anthology, Mending for Memory: Sewing in Louisiana – Essays, Stories, and Poems, and I’ll have a preview of the Louisiana Book Festival, October 28 at the State Capitol.

**Lagniappe Audio**

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Richard Campanella talks about early New Orleans streetlamps and the origin of Monkey Hill.
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Richard Campanella explains the role of hotels in the development of New Orleans.
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Richard Campanella tells the story of Honey Gee.

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Lee Grue talks about her mother, the seamstress.

Susan Larson
The Reading Life in 2010, Susan Larson was the book editor for The New Orleans Times-Picayune from 1988-2009. She has served on the boards of the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival and the New Orleans Public Library. She is the founder of the New Orleans chapter of the Women's National Book Association, which presents the annual Diana Pinckley Prizes for Crime Fiction.. In 2007, she received the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities lifetime achievement award for her contributions to the literary community. She is also the author of The Booklover's Guide to New Orleans. If you run into her in a local bookstore or library, she'll be happy to suggest something you should read. She thinks New Orleans is the best literary town in the world, and she reads about a book a day.
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