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The Reading Life With Wally Lamb, Miriam Davis, And Martin Pousson

The Reading Life for 3/14/17

This week on The Reading Life:  Bestselling author Wally Lamb, whose most recent novel is “I’ll Take You There." We also hear from historian Miriam Davis, author of the Axeman of New Orleans: The True Story, and novelist Martin Pousson, author of Black Sheep Boy. These terrific writers will all be in town for the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival and the Saints and Sinners Literary Festival coming up March 22-26.

The Reading Life With Wally Lamb, Miriam Davis, And Martin Pousson

**Lagniappe Audio**Writer Wally Lamb talks about releasing his new book as a metabook and his earlier book as a film.Miriam Davis tells of the Axeman of New Orleans' targets, the early Italian immigrants in New Orleans.Martin Pousson outtakes

The Reading Life With Wally Lamb, Miriam Davis, And Martin Pousson
The Reading Life With Wally Lamb, Miriam Davis, And Martin Pousson

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Before becoming the host of The Reading Life in 2010, Susan Larson was the book editor for The New Orleans Times-Picayune from 1988-2009. She is the vice president for literary programming of the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival, she serves on the board of directors of the New Orleans Public Library, and she is the founder of the New Orleans chapter of the Women's National Book Association. In 2007, she received the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities lifetime achievement award for her contributions to the literary community.