This online series, a continuation of the themes raised in our June 5 program, “Carla Hayden and Lonnie Bunch: Cultural Institutions at Times of Social Unrest,” features Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden in conversation with some of the nation’s great literary figures.
Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with mystery writer Michael Connelly discussing his popular Harry Bosch series on the Fiction & Mystery stage at the 2012 Festival.
Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with Rep. John Lewis and Andrew Aydin discussing “March,” their graphic novel trilogy, on the Contemporary Life stage at the 2014 Festival.
Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with poets Natasha Trethewey and Jenny Xie discussing “the poetry of place” and their new books, “Monument: Poems New and Selected” (Trethewey) and “Eye Level” (Xie), on the Poetry & Prose stage at the 2019 Festival.
Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with Colin G. Calloway (“The Indian World of George Washington”) and David Treuer (“The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee”) discussing Native American history on the History & Biography stage at the 2019 Festival.
Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan discussing their young adult novel “Watch Us Rise” on the Teens stage at the 2019 Festival. This post includes prompts for writing and thinking that young readers, families and teachers can use to explore the authors and the author’s’ work—recommended for ages 12+.
Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with Harlan Coben discussing “Home,” his latest thriller in the Myron Bolitar series, on the Fiction stage at the 2016 Festival.
Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with historian Douglas Brinkley discussing “American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race” on the History & Biography stage at the 2019 Festival.
Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with Kevin Young reading and discussing his poems on the Poetry & Prose stage at the 2015 Festival.
Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with Ray Suarez (“Latino Americans: The 500-Year Legacy That Shaped a Nation”), Erika Lee (“Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America” and “The Making of Asian America: A History”) and Tom Gjelten (“A Nation of Nations: A Great American Immigration Story”) discussing the history and complexity of immigration in American culture on the Contemporary Life stage at the 2015 Festival.