Check out our preview Q&A with historian Simon Schama ahead of his "Live! at the Library" event—a conversation with Dr. Atul Gawande about Schama's book "Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines, and the Health of Nations"—this Thursday night.
Welcome to a new blog from the Library of Congress, "Bookmarked," where we talk about contemporary writers, book programs, and collections connections to the literary world. How does the Library of Congress choose which writers are featured at the National Book Festival and throughout the year?