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The Reading Life With Rick Bragg And Sheba Turk

This week on The Reading Life: Susan talks with Rick Bragg, whose new memoir and cookbook is "The Best Cook in the World: Tales from My Momma’s Table.” Delicious! And WWL news anchor Sheba Turk previews her new memoir," Off Air: My Journey to the Anchor Desk.”

Here’s what’s on tap in the literary life this week:

  • Heather Hoeksema discusses and signs "Flashlights: 9 Girls Stories for Grownups," Tuesday, May 1, at 6 p.m. at Octavia Books513 Octavia St., New Orleans.
  • Lauren Marino discusses and signs "What Would Dolly Do: How to Be a Diamond in a Rhinestone World,” Wednesday, May 2, at 6 p.m. at Garden District Book Shop2727 Prytania, New Orleans.
  • W. Bruce Cameron discusses and signs “A Dog’s Way Home,” (he is also the author of “A Dog’s Purpose”), Wednesday, May 2, at 6 p.m. at Octavia Books. A portion of the proceeds benefit the Louisiana SPCA.
  • Rick Bragg discusses and signs “The Best Cook in the World: Tales from My Momma’s Table.” Thursday, May 3 at 6 p.m. at Octavia Books.
  • Sheba Turk discusses and signs “Off Air: My Journey to the Anchor Desk.” Thursday, May 3 at 7 p.m. at the East Bank Regional Library in Metairie.
  • Poets David Rowe and Caroline Zimmer read Sunday, May 6, at 3 p.m. at the Maple Leaf Bar.
  • And here’s a fun fact: The Friends of the New Orleans Public Library will be making the rounds of the city on May 1, Give NOLA Day, filling up all 200 Little Free Libraries with books in just 24 hours. Follow their journey on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook, and don’t forget to support the Friends.
  • Just a reminder: The Main Library of the New Orleans Public Library is closed through May 13 for renovations.
  • Two big shout outs: Tulane professor and award-winning novelist Jesmyn Ward was named one of the Time 100, the magazine’s annual list of the most influential cultural figures. And Emily Nemens, co-editor of The Southern Review, has been named editor of The Paris Review. Bravo to both!
  • Coming up June 1-3 is the annual Walker Percy Weekend in West Feliciana Parish, with an emphasis this year on the work of Shelby Foote as well. Check out walkerpercyweekend.org to buy tickets; the event is headquartered at Conundrum Books in St. Francisville.
  • And here at The Reading Life we’re celebrating New Orleans Tricentennial by putting together a list of 300 great books about New Orleans. Send us your favorites to Labooks@wwno.org and see if they make the list!
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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.