The Reading Life With Yuri Herrera And Paige Bowers

By Susan Larson

Published June 20, 2017 at 1:30 PM CDT

This week on The Reading Life: Tulane professor Yuri Herrera, whose third book set in the world of Mexican drug culture is "Kingdom Cons." Journalist/historian Paige Bowers of Baton Rouge, author of "The General’s Niece: The Little Known DeGaulle Who Fought to Free Occupied France,' talks about her quest to tell the story of Genevieve DeGaulle.

**Lagniappe Audio**

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Paige Bowers talks about her book dedication and her next project.

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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