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The Reading Life With Errol Laborde

This week on The Reading Life: Journalist and Carnival historian Errol Laborde talks about about his beautiful new book, Mardi Gras: Chronicles of New Orleans Carnival.

We’ll also go "Speed Dating for Books" with authors here for the recent meeting of the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance convention. Gail Karwoski talks about When Hurricane Katrina Hit Home; Annie Barrows, Ivy and Bean Take the Case; Lauren Myracle, The Infinite Moment of Us; David Levithan, Two Boys Kissing; Jenny Han, Fire with Fire; and Michael Brinkley, Nerds 5. And Susan reviews Kathkeen Kent's The Outcasts and John Milliken Thompson's Love and Lament.

*Lagniappe!*

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Errol Laborde discusses the 1991 Dotothy Mae Taylor krewe ordinance.

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.