The Reading Life With Jeremi Suri And Shannan Cvitanovic

By Susan Larson

Published September 13, 2017 at 12:27 PM CDT

This week on The Reading Life: Susan talks with presidential historian Jeremi Suri of the University of Texas, author of “The Impossible Presidency: The Rise and Fall of America’s Highest Office.” We’ll also hear from Shannan Cvitanovic, who’s the executive director of YMCA Educational Services, about ways you can make a difference in September, which is national literacy month.

**Lagniappe Audio**

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Shannan Cvitanovic talks more about illiteracy in New Orleans.

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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