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The Reading Life With Nancy Isenberg And Megan Abbott

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The Reading Life for 7/26/16

This week on The Reading Life: LSU historian Nancy Isenberg, author of the bestseller,White Trash: The 400 Year Untold History of Class in America, and Megan Abbott, whose novel about a young gymnast with Olympic hopes, You Will Know Me, is topping the list of summer must-reads. Also, Susan will review some cold books for the summer heat.

The Reading Life With Nancy Isenberg And Megan Abbott

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**Lagniappe Audio**Megan Abbott talks about her noir style, adapting her books to film and television, and her readers.Nancy Isenberg discusses white trash in Louisiana.

The Reading Life With Nancy Isenberg And Megan Abbott

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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.