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Posted by: Clay Smith
Videos of each presentation from the 2022 Library of Congress National Book Festival premiere, starting with presentations from the History & Biography stage.
Posted in: Authors, Best of National Book Festival, National Book Festival Highlights
Posted by: John Sayers
Take the Library of Congress National Book Festival survey to help organizers plan for festivals to come.
Posted in: National Book Festival Highlights
Posted by: John Sayers
The Library of Congress announces the date, venue and website for the 2022 National Book Festival, Saturday, Sept. 3 in Washington, D.C.
Posted in: National Book Festival Highlights
Posted by: Anne Holmes
We close our series of 2021 Festival highlights with LeVar Burton, host of “Open a Book, Open the World: The Library of Congress National Book Festival." And we look forward to seeing you at the Washington Convention Center for the 2022 National Book Festival!
Posted in: Authors, Books, National Book Festival Highlights, Programs
Posted by: Anne Holmes
This week we highlight our poetry programs from the 2021 Festival, including conversations with Nikki Giovanni ("Make Me Rain"); francine j. harris ("Here Is the Sweet Hand") and Patrick Rosal ("The Last Thing"); and Claudia Rankine ("Just Us"), Phillip B. Williams ("Mutiny") and Kevin Young ("African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song").
Posted in: Authors, Books, National Book Festival Highlights, Poetry, Programs
Posted by: Anne Holmes
This week we highlight just a few of our many standout fiction programs from the 2021 Festival, including conversations with Alice McDermott ("What About the Baby?") and George Saunders ("A Swim in a Pond in the Rain"), P. Djèlí Clark ("A Master of Djinn"), and Honorée Fanonne Jeffers ("The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois") and Deesha Philyaw ("The Secret Lives of Church Ladies").
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Posted by: Anne Holmes
This week we highlight programs from the 2021 Festival that feature cooking and community, including conversations with Rodney Scott ("Rodney Scott's World of BBQ") and Trisha Yearwood ("Trisha's Kitchen"), and Hawa Hassan ("In Bibi's Kitchen") and Marcus Samuelsson ("The Rise").
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Posted by: Anne Holmes
This week we highlight programs from the 2021 Festival that feature Native writers, including conversations with Kelli Jo Ford ("Crooked Hallelujah") and Toni Jensen ("Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land"), Rep. Sharice Davids ("Sharice's Big Voice: A Native Kid Becomes a Congresswoman") and Joy Harjo ("Poet Warrior").
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Posted by: Anne Holmes
This week we highlight Kekla Magoon discussing her young adult book "Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People" at the 2021 Festival. This post includes prompts for writing and thinking that teens, families and teachers can use to explore the author and the author’s work — recommended for ages 12-17.
Posted in: Authors, Children & Families, National Book Festival Highlights, Programs