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Walter Isaacson
Internationally-known biographer and Tulane University professor Walter Isaacson was born in New Orleans. The noted American historian and journalist first came to know National Book Award winner Walker Percy when
he was a student, and then as a friend. In this interview for the WYES documentary “Literary New Orleans,” he spoke with producer Peggy Scott Laborde about Percy, as well as his connection to the Pulitzer Prize-winning book “A
Confederacy of Dunces,” and also some of the other writers New Orleans has influenced, as well as what makes the city such an inspiration.
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By WYESInternationally-known biographer and Tulane University professor Walter Isaacson was born in New Orleans. The noted American historian and journalist first came to know National Book Award winner Walker Percy when
he was a student, and then as a friend. In this interview for the WYES documentary “Literary New Orleans,” he spoke with producer Peggy Scott Laborde about Percy, as well as his connection to the Pulitzer Prize-winning book “A
Confederacy of Dunces,” and also some of the other writers New Orleans has influenced, as well as what makes the city such an inspiration.