New Orleans, God bless your Creole soul:

Beginning Jan. 11, The Times-Picayune will debut “The Reading Life,” which will feature expanded coverage of books and the New Orleans literary scene each week on the cover of Friday’s Living section. Books coverage that now appears in this space will move to Friday.

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Our expanded books coverage is built on a belief that a great many of our readers have a rich and varied reading life, beyond the newspaper. and while some national statistics seem to suggest that reading is on the decline, others make a different case.

(Full article, via Critical Mass)