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The Reading Life With Sally Asher And Laura Mullen

The Reading Life for 12/15/15

This week on The Reading Life: Sally Asher, whose new book is Stories from the St. Louis Cemeteries of New Orleans, and poet Laura Mullen, director of the creative writing program at Louisiana State University, whose new memoir is Complicated Grief.

*LAGNIAPPE AUDIO**Sally Asher talks about her own thoughts on death and remembrance.

The Reading Life With Sally Asher And Laura Mullen

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Before becoming the host of The Reading Life in 2010, Susan Larson was the book editor for The New Orleans Times-Picayune from 1988-2009. She is the vice president for literary programming of the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival, she serves on the board of directors of the New Orleans Public Library, and she is the founder of the New Orleans chapter of the Women's National Book Association. In 2007, she received the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities lifetime achievement award for her contributions to the literary community.