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The Reading Life With Sara Paretsky, Arlie Russell Hochschild, And LA Books 2 Prisoners

Sara Paretsky

This week on The Reading Life:  Bestselling crime novelist Sara Paretsky, author of the V.I. Warshawski series and this year's winner of the Pinckley Prize for Crime Fiction for a Distinguished Body of Work, who's coming for Bouchercon, the great mystery writers and fans convention taking place next weekend.

We'll also talk with sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild, author of Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right. Steve Merlan and Alexander Ruch from Louisiana Books 2 Prisoners tell us about their important work.

**Lagniappe Audio**

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Arlie Hochschild talks about the two great paradoxes and the Great Story.
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Steve Merlan and Alexander Ruch from Louisiana Books 2 Prisoners read letters and tell of their personal experiences with the program.

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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.