James McBride discusses his newest novel, "Deacon King Kong," in which the author "wanted to create a world that most people only see from behind the wheel of a tightly locked car… to let the wider world see how people in the projects live."
Two-time Newbery Medal winner Kate DiCamillo ("Stella Endicott and the Anything-Is-Possible Poem") and Pulitzer Prize finalist for adult fiction Ann Patchett ("The Dutch House") talk about their literary friendship and the ways they feed each other's creativity.
One of America’s most respected and eloquent historians is Jon Meacham. In “His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope," Meacham writes about the civil rights icon and longtime member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and about Lewis's lifelong quest for racial justice.
A poet, essayist, novelist and Chicana activist, Sandra Cisneros speaks about the importance of empathy, a writer’s need to have an open heart and the many ways that difficult times have spurred her work and imagination. Her recent book is “A House of My Own: Stories from My Life."
Looking for something new to engage your mind as fall and winter set in? Then you won’t want to miss the new National Book Festival Presents series of programs, starting today, Thursday, Oct. 22, with a conversation between Walter Isaacson and Danielle Allen.