The Reading Life With Shane Bernard, James Nolan, And Kathleen Schrenk

By Susan Larson

Published April 4, 2017 at 1:30 PM CDT

This week on The Reading Life: Shane Bernard, whose book,"The Teche: A History of Louisiana’s Most Famous Bayou," is being honored as one of the Humanities Books of the Year by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. We’ll also hear from James Nolan, whose new book is "Flight Risk: Memoirs of a New Orleans Bad Boy," and Kathleen Schrenk, whose first book for young readers is "A Dog Steals Home."

**Lagniappe Audio**

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Shane Bernard outtakes

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James Nolan reads from his new book, "Flight Risk: Memoirs of a New Orleans Bad Boy," and talks about 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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