The Reading Life With Roulhac Toledano & Scott Veazey And Ethan Brown

By Susan Larson

Published September 20, 2016 at 1:30 PM CDT

This week on The Reading Life: Roulhac Toledano and Scott Veazey, authors of the gorgeous new art book, Martha Wright Ambrose (1914-2000): The Rediscovery of a Southern Regional Artist. We’ll also hear from Ethan Brown, author of the sure-to-be-controversial Murder in the Bayou: Who Killed the Women Known as the Jeff Davis 8?

**Lagniappe Audio**

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Roulhac Toledano and Scott Veazey talk about Martha Wright Ambrose in Gatamala.

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Roulhac Toledano tells of Martha's representation of New Orleans neighborhoods.

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Ethan Brown describes Jennings, LA, the setting of his new book.

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Ethan Brown talks about threats to him and also about becoming a private investigator.

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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