The Reading Life: An Atlas, Birds And Bird

By Susan Larson

Published November 5, 2013 at 1:55 PM CST

This week on The Reading Life: Rebecca Snedeker, co-editor, with Rebecca Solnit, of T he Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas, a collection of 22 gorgeous maps, accompanying essays, and art that will change the way you view our city.

Plus, French transplant Sylvaine Sancton talks about her charming children's book, Some Birds, and Stanley Crouch describes his many-years-in-the-making biography, Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker.

**Lagniappe Audio**

TRL_110513_StanleyCrouch_Outtake_Joy.mp3

Stanley Crouch talks about the quest for joy.

TRL_111613_RebeccaSnedecker_Reads_Outtake.mp3

Rebecca Shnedeker reads from her book.

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Susan Larson

The Reading Life in 2010, Susan Larson was the book editor for The New Orleans Times-Picayune from 1988-2009. She has served on the boards of the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival and the New Orleans Public Library. She is the founder of the New Orleans chapter of the Women's National Book Association, which presents the annual Diana Pinckley Prizes for Crime Fiction.. In 2007, she received the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities lifetime achievement award for her contributions to the literary community. She is also the author of The Booklover's Guide to New Orleans. If you run into her in a local bookstore or library, 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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