The Reading Life

Saturdays at 12:30 p.m. and Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m.
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Hear celebrated and up-and-coming authors read excerpts from new books and discuss their work with former Times-Picayune book editor Susan Larson.

Support for "The Reading Life" is provided by Octavia Books and Christwood Retirement Community.

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The Reading Life
7:13 pm
Wed February 22, 2012

Cornell Landry, Michael Patrick Welch, and the Mid-City Library

Happy Mardi Gras from The Reading Life as we hear from Cornell Landry, author of "Happy Mardi Gras! And "One Dat, Two Dat, Are You a Who Dat?," whose many children's books are perfect for our festive season. Writer/musician/teacher Michael Patrick Welch discusses "New Orleans: The Underground Guide," and his novels "The Donkey Show" and "Y'all's Problem." Michael will be appearing at Ogden After Hours, Thursday, February 23.

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The Reading Life 2/14/12
7:00 pm
Tue February 14, 2012

Storyteller Dianne de las Casas and Poet Gian Smith

On this special holiday edition of The Reading Life, meet Dianne de las Casas, author of "Dinosaur Mardi Gras!" Then hear some sexy love poetry from Gian Smith.

The Reading Life
7:00 pm
Tue February 7, 2012

Authors Constance Adler and Arthur Hardy

The Reading Life for 2/7/12:  Constance Adler shares her vision of home in “My Bayou: New Orleans Through the Eyes of a Lover," and writer/publisher Arthur Hardy talks about putting together the season's essential reading, "Arthur Hardy's Mardi Gras Guide."

The Reading Life
7:00 pm
Tue January 31, 2012

Author Robert Leleux and poet Alison Pelegrin

This week on The Reading Life: Robert Leleux, whose new book is "The Living End: A Memoir of Forgetting and Forgiving," and poet Alison Pelegrin, author of "Hurricane Party."

The Reading Life
10:56 am
Wed January 25, 2012

Historian Ellen Weiss and poet Andy Young

This week on The Reading Life: Architectural historian Ellen Weiss' new book:  "Robert R. Taylor and Tuskegee: An African American Architect Designs for Booker T. Washington." Also,  poet Andy Young tells us about her new collection: "The People Is Singular."

The Reading Life
10:49 am
Thu January 12, 2012

Author John Barry's new work, and more

This week on The Reading Life, we'll be talking with John Barry, whose new book is Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul: Church, State, and the Birth of Liberty. We'll also hear Fred Kasten's "Sound of Books" interview with Anka Muhlstein, author of "Balzac's Omelette: A Delicious Tour of French Food and Culture with Honore de Balzac."

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