Susan Larson
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.
A member of the National Book Critics Circle, Larson is the author of The Booklover's Guide to New Orleans. You'll probably run into her in a local bookstore or library, and she'll be happy to suggest something you should read. She thinks New Orleans is the best literary town in the world, and she reads about a book a day.
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In this episode of The Reading Life: Gary Rivlin, author of one of this summer's must-reads, Katrina: After The Flood, and Fatima Shaik, author of the...
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This week on The Reading Life: Cynthia Joyce, editor of Please Forward: How Blogging Reconnected New Orleans After Katrina, a terrific collection of...
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This week on The Reading Life: Bestselling author Alex Kershaw, whose new book about World War II is Avenue of Spies: A True Story of Terror, Espionage,...
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This week on The Reading Life: Novelist Jamie Attenberg, whose sensational summer novel is Saint Mazie, and novelist Mary Helen Lagasse, author of The...
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This week on The Reading Life: Harrison Scott Key, author of The World's Largest Man: A Memoir, and lawyer-turned-novelist Webb Hubbell, author of...
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This week on the Reading Life: Let the good times roll with Big Freedia, author of Big Freedia: God Save the Queen Diva!, and Gay Leonhardt, editor of...
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This week on the Reading Life: Novelist Kent Wascom, author of the brilliant new novel, Secessia, and photographer Robert Brantley, author of Henry...
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This week on The Reading Life: Photographer John Rosenthal, whose sad and beautiful new book is After: the Silence of the Lower Ninth Ward, with a...
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This week on the Reading Life: Yuri Herrera, whose new novel is Signs Preceding the End of the World, and novelist George Bishop, contributor to the new...
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This week on the Reading Life: Gwendolyn Knapp, whose hilarious new memoir is After a While You Just Get Used to It: A Tale of Family Clutter. And Greg...