The Reading Life With Tom Lowenstein And Kalamu Ya Salaam

By Susan Larson

Published May 2, 2017 at 1:30 PM CDT

This week on The Reading Life: Anti-death penalty activist Tom Lowenstein, author of "The Trials of Walter Ogrod:The Shocking Murder, So-Called Confessions, and Notorious Snitch That Sent a Man to Death Row," and writer, editor, teacher Kalamu Ya Salaam, author of "The Magic of Juju: An Appreciation of the Black Arts Movement."

**Lagniappe Audio**

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Tom Lowenstein talks about Walter Ogrod's autism.

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Kalamu Ya Salaam discusses his role in the Black Arts Movement.

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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