T.R. Johnson

T.R. Johnson is the author of the highly-acclaimed book “New Orleans: A Writer’s City.” A professor of English at Tulane University, he teaches a course on the literary history of New Orleans, which makes him the perfect person to discuss the topic with producer Peggy Scott Laborde. In the interview, the two discuss why the city is such a fertile setting for writers and talk about many of Louisiana’s famous literary figures, including Lafcadio Hearn, Kate Chopin, Grace King, Solomon Northup, Tennessee Williams and Anne Rice.