The Reading Life with Rebecca Hamilton, Jessica Peterson, And Sara White

By Susan Larson

Published July 25, 2017 at 1:15 PM CDT

Rebecca Hamilton, Jessica Peterson, Sara White

This week on The Reading Life: Susan talks with Louisiana State Librarian Rebecca Hamilton. We’ll also hear from book artists Jessica Peterson and Sara White, who have an exhibit, "Convergence," up at Antenna Gallery Reading Room. Jessica also offers book arts classes at her studio, Southern Letterpress.

**Lagniappe Audio**

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Rebecca Hamilton talks about her side project, the film "Red Stick Punkumentary."

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Jessica Peterson talks about her stolen library book.

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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