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

By Susan Larson

Published February 22, 2012 at 7:13 PM CST

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. We'll also celebrate the first birthday of the Mid-City branch library in the American Can Company with librarian Jessica Styons and Mid-City author Barb Johnson, author of "More of This World, Or Maybe Another." You can join that celebration Saturday, February 25 at 1 p.m.; Barb appears with WWNO's own Ian McNulty and memoirist Constance Adler to talk about their Mid-City neighborhood.

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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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