The Reading Life

On this week's 'Reading Life', Susan Larson talks with Robert Jones, Jr. about his best selling new novel, “The Prophets”, a book that explores the sexual underpinnings of slavery.

Susan Larson talks with Brian Mitchell and Nick Weldon about “Monumental: Oscar Dunn and His Radical Fight in Reconstruction Louisiana”; and Elizabeth Miki Brina about her first book, “Speak Okinawa: A Memoir.”

On this week's Reading Life, Susan Larson interviews Fatima Shaik about her new book, “Economy Hall: The Hidden History of a Free Black Brotherhood.”

This week on The Reading Life: Bill Fagaly talks about “The Nightcrawler King: Memoirs of an Art Curator.”

This week on The Reading Life: Howard Philips Smith, whose new book is “A Sojourn in Paradise: Jack Robinson in 1950s New Orleans.” And Claudia Gray, author of “House of El, Book One: The Shadow Threat.”

This week on The Reading Life: Robert Cangelosi, Jr. author of “New Orleans Architecture, Vol. IX: Carrollton," and Jason Strada, executive director of Friends of the Cabildo. We;ll also hear from Chris Champagne, whose new book is "The Most Interesting League in the World: How the NFL Explains America."

This week on The Reading Life: novelist Ladee Hubbard, author of “The Rib King,” which tells the story of the patriarch of the family we met in her first book, "The Talented Ribkins." We'll also hear from Arthur Hardy, publisher of Arthur Hardy's Mardi Gras Guide, now in its 45th edition.

Susan Larson talks with Matthew Griffis about his fascinating new book, “New Orleans in Golden Age Postcards.”

Susan Larson talks with Echo Olander, Yoni Goldstein and photographer, Patrick Niddrie, about their new book, “I Wanna Do That!: The Magic of Mardi Gras Marching Krewes.”

Susan Larson talks with Tulane Assistant Professor of History, Andy Horowitz, about his book, “Katrina: A History, 1915 - 2015”, which received this year’s Humanities book award from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.