This week on The Reading Life: Nicholson Baker, whose new book is Substitute: Going to School with a Thousand Kids, and Hortensia Calvo, the director of the Latin American Library at Tulane University.
**Lagniappe Audio**
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Nicholson Baker describes the schools where he taught.
trl_11xx16_nicholsonbaker_out_fail_and_technology.mp3
Nicholson Baker talks about how children feel when they fail and also about technology in today's schools.
trl_110116_hortensiacalvo_outtake_fave_things.mp3
Hortensia Calvo talks about some of her favorite items in the Latin American Library at Tulane University.
trl_110116_hortensiacalvo_outtake_library_direction.mp3
Hortensia Calvo tells of the direction that she would like to take at the Latin American Library at Tulane University, and of libraries in general.