Tricentennial Reading List
Tuesdays during Morning Edition (8:44 a.m.) and All Things Considered (5:44 p.m.)
Make the most of your reading hours during 2018, New Orleans’ tricentennial year! Join Susan Larson, host of The Reading Life, as she talks with local authors and readers about their favorite books from three hundred years of New Orleans literature. The Tricentennial Reading List will comprise the “top 300” books from multiple genres—fiction to food, murder mysteries to music.
Production of the Tricentennial Reading List is supported by the Helis Foundation, the John Burton Harter Foundation, and the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.
Latest Episodes
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In this edition of the Tricentennial Reading List, Susan Larson continues her look at 300 great New Orleans books with Frank Perez, author of "In Exile:…
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In this edition of the Tricentennial Reading List, Susan Larson continues her look at 300 great New Orleans books with Frank Perez, author of "In Exile:…
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Susan Larson continues her look at 300 great New Orleans books with author Jason Berry, as they look at contemporary books on New Orleans Music.…
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This week on the Tricentennial Reading List, Susan Larson and Jason Berry discuss biographies of local, notable musicians. “Bamboula: The Life and Times…
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“The World that Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square,” by Ned Sublette“Jazzmen,” edited by Frederic Ramsay, with key chapters by William…
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“Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans,” by Louis Armstrong“Treat It Gentle,” by Sidney Bechet“Under a Hoodoo Moon, The Life of Dr. John, The Nightripper,” by…
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Susan Larson, host of The Reading Life, talks with local authors and readers about their favorite books from three hundred years of New Orleans…
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Susan Larson continues our discussion of food books with Judy Walker about cocktail guides.Cocktail booksFamous New Orleans Drinks and How to Mix ‘Em, by…
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Susan Larson sits down with Judy Walker to discuss food scholarship and memoirs.Food scholarship and memoir:New Orleans: A Food Biography, by Elizabeth…
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Susan Larson sits down with Judy Walker to discuss cookbooks, part two of four.Some of the classics come from chefs and food experts:The New Orleans…