The Reading Life

Host Susan Larson talks with poet, essayist, and Louisiana Writer Award winner Sheryl St. Germain about her new book, 50 Miles , and writing as part of grief and recovery.

In this week’s Bookmark , host Susan Larson catches up with Loyola University creative writing professor Lindsay Sproul (pronounced SPRAWL), author of the debut novel for young adults, "We Were Promised Spotlights."

In this week's BookMark, host Susan Larson catches up with novelist Samantha Downing , who's making publishing news with a film sale of her first novel, "My Lovely Wife"; a second novel, "He Started It," just out; and a seven-figure deal for her next three books.

In this BookMark, Susan Larson talks with photographer David Spielman about capturing the distinctive images in his new book, "New Orleans Portrayed."

"While we wait for the return of The Reading Life later this summer, here's a BookMark from host Susan Larson, catching up with New Orleans mystery writer C.S. Harris, author of "Who Speaks for the Damned."

In this week's BookMark, Susan Larson talks with public art specialist Kady Yellow, who's the author of “New Orleans: Murals, Street Art, Graffiti, Volume 1.”

"While we wait for the return of The Reading Life later this summer, here's a BookMark from host Susan Larson, catching up with New Orleans novelist Katy Simpson Smith, author of "The Everlasting." This BookMark was brought to you by Octavia Books

This week on The Reading Life: Susan talks with Princeton Professor Eddie Glaude Jr. about his forthcoming book, “Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own.” Professor Glaude was scheduled to speak at the New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University, which has now been cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

This week on The Reading Life: Bestselling author Erik Larson, whose new book is “The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz," a nd Rita Woods, whose first novel is “Remembrance.”

This week on The Reading Life: Jerry Mitchell, founder of the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting, talks about his new book, “Race Against Time: A Reporter Reopens the Unsolved Cases of the Civil Rights Movement.” And co-chair Cheryl Landrieu previews the New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University, coming up March 19-21.