Books

New Orleans, LA – This episode features an interview with Dr. Andre Perry. His new book about the problems facing New Orleans schools is called "The Garden Path: The Miseducation of A City." This interview was recorded before a live audience Feb. 27 at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, along with a performance by poet Chuck Perkins.

By Fred Kasten

New Orleans – Today - on "The Sound of Books" - with Fred Kasten - New Orleans writer Thomas Jacobsen's new book "Traditional New Orleans Jazz: Conversations with the Men Who Make the Music"...

Thomas Jacobsen's signing for "Traditional New Orleans Jazz" at the Palm Court Jazz Cafe is Saturday, March 12, 2011 - at 7pm.

To find out more about Thomas Jacobsen and "Traditional New Orleans Jazz" - please click here .

By Fred Kasten

New Orleans – Today - on "The Sound of Books" - with Fred Kasten - the recent novel by former Tulane University creative writing professor Josh Russell - "My Bright Midnight"...

To find out more about Josh Russell - and "My Bright Midnight" - please click here .

New Orleans, LA – It's Carnival time with Rex historian Dr. Stephen Hales, the indispensable historian/publisher Arthur Hardy, and poet/lawyer Maurice Legardeur!

By Fred Kasten

New Orleans – Today - on "The Sound of Books" - with Fred Kasten - the new book by Atlanta author and journalist Rebecca Burns - "Burial for a King: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Funeral and the Week That Transformed Atlanta and Rocked the World"...

To find out more about Rebecca Burns and "Burial for a King"- please click here .

New Orleans, LA – This week, the program features New Orleans' own Ian McNulty, food writer and author of the new Louisiana Rambles: Exploring America's Cajun and Creole Heartland. Fred Kasten's Sound of Books interview highlights Isabel Wilkerson, author of The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration, and David Rowe joins the program to read a poem.

By Fred Kasten

New Orleans – Today-on "The Sound of Books" - with Fred Kasten - the recent book by New Orleans mediator, psychotherapist and freelance writer Orissa Arend - "Showdown in Desire: the Black Panthers Take a Stand in New Orleans"...

To find out more about Orissa Arend, "Showdown in Desire" - or the audio version of the book - please click here .

New Orleans, LA – This week, the program features John Bemelmans Marciano, author and illustrator of Madeline at the White House, and grandson ofSusan Larson Madeline's original creator. Megan Burns recites a poem and Fred Kasten interviews Bud Faust, author of Great Moments in New Orleans History, Vol.2, in the latest edition of Sound of Books.