http://wwno.org en http://wwno.org/post/diane-ladd-saints-and-sinners <p></p><p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Cambria">This week on The Reading Life, we talk with Paul Willis, executive director of the Saints and Sinners Literary Festival, and mystery novelist Greg Herren, one of the festival speakers. We visit with actress turned short story writer Diane Ladd, whose new collection is "A Bad Afternoon for a Piece of Cake," and we check in with a merry band of book givers on World Book Night.</span></p> Tue, 21 May 2013 18:45:00 +0000 Susan Larson 35789 at http://wwno.org http://wwno.org/post/hoda-kotb-greg-herren-and-julie-smith <p></p> Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:50:00 +0000 Susan Larson 27031 at http://wwno.org http://wwno.org/post/new-orleans-noir-spin-cycle <p class="legacy-audio-url"> <div class="audio-container"> <div id="jp-interface-519b84df0f748" class="jp-interface"> <div id="post-audio-519b84df0f748" class="jp-player" jp-instance="519b84df0f748"></div> <div class="jp-controls column"> <div class="jp-progress"> <div class="jp-seek-bar"> <div class="jp-play-bar"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="playpause column"> <a href="http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wwno/local-wwno-996917.mp3" class="jp-play">Listen</a> <a class="jp-pause"></a> </div> <div class="jp-time-holder column"> <div class="jp-custom-current-time"></div> <div class="jp-custom-duration"></div> </div> <div id="slider"></div> </div> </div><!-- container --> </p> <p>The second play in Southern Rep and WWNO's <b>New Orleans Noir</b> broadcast is <i>Spin Cycle</i> by Greg Herren. Greg is the author of seventeen novels and editor of eleven anthologies. <i>Spin Cycle</i> is read by local actors James Bartelle, Kesha Bullard, Jason Kirkpatrick, Wendy Miklovic and John Neisler. Stay tuned following the performance for a short interview with playwright Greg Herren.</p> Sun, 11 Dec 2011 17:06:07 +0000 Greg Herren 3460 at http://wwno.org