Tag Archives: National Book Festival

Everyone Has a Story: Esmeralda Santiago and Luis Alberto Urrea

Posted on September 21, 2023 by Laura

At the 2023 National Book Festival, held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC last month and sponsored by the Library of Congress, I heard Esmeralda Santiago and Luis Alberto Urrea speak about their new books. Santiago, … Continue reading →

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Everyone Has a Story: R.J. Palacio, Erica S. Perl, and Meg Medina

Posted on September 16, 2023 by Laura

At the 2023 National Book Festival held by the Library of Congress at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, I saw Meg Medina interview R.J. Palacio and Erica S. Perl about their collaboration on White Bird, a middle-grade novel about … Continue reading →

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Everyone Has a Story: Joy Harjo and Michaela Goade

Posted on September 9, 2023 by Laura

Joy Harjo and Michaela Goade, whom I saw speak at the Library of Congress’s 2023 National Book Festival at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, are quite an accomplished duo who teamed up to write (Harjo) and illustrate (Goade) a … Continue reading →

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Everyone Has a Story: George Saunders

Posted on September 6, 2023 by Laura

“Everyone Has a Story” was not only the theme of the 2023 National Book Festival, but is also a sentiment I’m hearing in a book I’m currently listening to (Your Story, Well Told: Creative Strategies to Develop and Perform Stories … Continue reading →

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Everyone Has a Story: Jesmyn Ward

Posted on September 2, 2023 by Laura

The theme of the 2023 National Book Festival, held on August 12 by the Library of Congress at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, was “Everyone Has a Story.” One of the authors I heard was Jesmyn Ward, who spoke … Continue reading →

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National Book Festival 2022 Recap

Posted on October 1, 2022 by Laura

In September, the National Book Festival (my beloved National Book Festival!) was back in person again after a year of being entirely virtual (2020) followed by a year of being virtually entirely virtual (2021). I saw a diverse array of … Continue reading →

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Honoring the Military at Arlington Cemetery

Posted on March 28, 2022 by Laura

The Arlington Cemetery station of WMATA is, as its name implies, near Arlington National Cemetery, and is the Metro stop I used when I visited Arlington National Cemetery and Arlington House as one of my Weekly Museum Visits. I have … Continue reading →

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Monochromatic Monday: Purple

Posted on April 5, 2021 by Laura

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Monochromatic Monday: Blue

Posted on September 21, 2020 by Laura

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National Book Festival author list posted

Posted on July 31, 2020 by Laura

This year’s National Book Festival will, in true 2020 fashion, take place online the weekend of September 25-27, and the author list was recently posted here. Below are some photos I’ve previously posted from the event in less plaguey years.

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