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The Reading Life With Erik Larson And Lydia Pyne

This week on The Reading Life: Bestselling author Erik Larson, author of Isaac's Storm, The Devil in the White City, In the Garden of Beasts, and Thunderstruck. He's coming to New Orleans April 12 to talk about his most recent book is Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania, which is new in paperback.We’ll also talk with Lydia Pyne, whose most recent book is Bookshelf.

**Lagniappe Audio**

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Lydia Pine talks about her own bookshelves.

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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.