The Reading Life

Hear celebrated and up-and-coming authors read excerpts from new books and discuss their work with former Times-Picayune book editor Susan Larson.

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657 - The Reading Life: Tayari Jones

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The Reading Life

Episodes

The Reading Life: Tayari Jones

The Reading Life: Nicholas Lemann

The Reading Life: Chelsey Shannon

The Reading Life: Howard Phillips Smith, Al Kennedy

The Reading Life: John Travis, Gina Ferrara and Ralph Adamo

The Reading Life: James Lee Burke

The Reading Life: Josephine Sacabo

The Reading Life: Margot Douaihy

The Reading Life: Charles Chamberlain

The Reading Life: 2025 year in review (part two)

The Reading Life: 2025 year in review (part one)

The Reading Life; Donna Poniatowski Sims

The Reading Life: Jonathan Penton

The Reading Life: Chris Clarkson, Tim Allis

The Reading Life: Cree McCree

The Reading Life: Walter Isaacson

The Reading Life: Thomas Beller, Words and Music

The Reading Life: Rodger Kamenetz

The Reading Life: Sister Helen Prejean, Rose Vines, and Catherine Anyango Grünewald

The Reading Life: Louisiana Book Festival (preview)

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