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FEATURED SPECIALTY BOOK"In this well-researched volume, historian Dr. Laura D. Kelley tells the colorful, entertaining, and often adventurous history of the Irish in New Orleans. From Bloody O'Reilly in the eighteenth century to the great churches and charitable organizations built by the Irish Famine immigrants in the nineteenth century to the Irish-dominated politics of the twentieth century, and including Irish dance, music, and sports, the author introduces readers to a […]

Interview by Sarah Holtz Our Volunteer of the Month is Peter Spera, registered yoga teacher and one of the voices of WRBH’s Friday edition of the Newspaper of the Air! Check out the full interview recording below: https://soundcloud.com/wrbhreadingradio/volunteer-of-the-month-peter-spera-september-2015 How long have you been reading for WRBH? I began reading, I believe, in the spring of 2008, so a little over seven years now. In 2008, I was working with a Catholic priest from Pakistan, […]

Welcome to WRBH Book Week! From Monday, August 17 to Friday, August 21, we're dusting off our shelves, digging into the archives, and broadcasting some of the best of our literature and original programming from the past ten years. Here's your Book Week schedule for Monday: 6-7am Old Time Radio   7-9am Times Picayune Newspaper of the Air    9am-12pm Best-Selling Non-Fiction: Wild by Cheryl Strayed       12-12:30pm News@Noon   12:30-1pm The Writer’s Forum (Replay): […]