Books

Diane Ladd, Saints and Sinners

Susan Larson — Tue, 21 May 2013 18:45:00 +0000

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.

The Reading Life With Megan Burns, Rick Barton And The Ron Ridenhour Prize

Susan Larson — Tue, 14 May 2013 18:39:00 +0000

This week on The Reading Life: Poet Megan Burns, whose new book is Sound and Basin, and University of New Orleans Creative Writing Workshop director Rick Barton, who’s celebrating the 20^th anniversary of his novel Black and White on the Rocks.

The Reading Life With Jean Morgan Meaux, Dianne de las Casas and Kid Chef Eliana

Susan Larson — Tue, 07 May 2013 18:42:00 +0000

This week on The Reading Life, Susan will be talking with Jean Morgan Meaux, whose new book is

Fred Kasten — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:36:27 +0000

Today on The Sound of Books with Fred Kasten, the new book by acclaimed stage and magic historian Jim Steinmeyer: Who Was Dracula? Bram Stoker's Trail of Blood.

The Reading Life's Tales Along the River

Susan Larson — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:41:00 +0000

Poet Rodney Jones' Ninth Volume Explores "Imaginary Logic"

Fred Kasten — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:14:24 +0000

Today on The Sound of Books with Fred Kasten, the latest volume from award-winning poet Rodney Jones — Imaginary Logic.

Reading Digitally, and the Friends of the Jefferson Public Library Book Sale

Susan Larson — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:46:00 +0000

This week on The Reading Life: An excerpt from “Reading in the Digital Age," a panel with Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Cunningham and critics Maureen Corrigan of Fresh Air and Dwight Garner of the New York Times, recorded at the 2013 Tennessee Williams Festival.

In 'Life After Life,' Caught In The Dangerous Machinery of History

Meg Wolitzer — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 20:47:41 +0000

Flannery O'Connor said short stories need to have a beginning, a middle and an end, though not necessarily in that order. But what about novels? Kate Atkinson seems to believe there can be a beginning, a middle and an end, and then another beginning, plus several more middles ...