David Rubenstein on the American Presidency
In his research in writing "The Highest Calling," David M. Rubenstein spoke with living American presidents and revered historians about the American presidency, drawing from his own experience in the Carter administration. He discussed the presidency with historian Douglas Brinkley at the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
Contributor:
Rubenstein, David M. - Brinkley, Douglas
Date:2024-08-24
Film, Video
Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child: 'Angel of Vengeance'
Step through a dimensional portal into 1880 New York City with Special Agent Pendergast and Constance Greene as they confront a dangerous serial killer in Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child's 22nd Pendergast novel, "Angel of Vengeance," discussed with the authors and Mimi Montgomery at the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
Contributor:
Montgomery, Mimi - Child, Lincoln - Preston, Douglas
Date:2024-08-24
Film, Video
Joy Buolamwini and Kyle Chayka: Investigating the Algorithm
Algorithms aren't just the code that suggests your next impulse buy. Joy Buolamwini ("Unmasking AI") and Kyle Chayka ("Filterworld") unearth a more troubling world where computer code flattens our culture into fragmented worlds where discrimination is rampant, anxiety predominates and profit is king. But can the algorithm contribute to a better world? The authors discuss their work with Regina G. Barber at the 2024…
Contributor:
Buolamwini, Joy - Chayka, Kyle - Barber, Regina G.
Date:2024-08-24
Film, Video
David Baldacci: 'A Calamity of Souls'
In "A Calamity of Souls," David Baldacci tackles the racial politics of a 1968 murder case in southern Virginia in which two very different lawyers partner together to defend a wrongfully accused Black Vietnam veteran. He discussed his book with Colleen Shogan at the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
Contributor:
Shogan, Colleen - Baldacci, David
Date:2024-08-24
Film, Video
Nathalie Cabrol and Dante Lauretta: Life in Deep Space
What's it like to peer deeply into space, to know so much about it and yet not know enough? Astrobiologist Nathalie A. Cabrol, author of "The Secret Life of the Universe," and Dante S. Lauretta, author of "The Asteroid Hunter" and leader of the OSIRIS-REx mission, discussed their work with Kevin Butterfield at the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
Contributor:
Lauretta, Dante S. - Cabrol, Nathalie A. - Butterfield, Kevin
Date:2024-08-24
Film, Video
Christopher Paolini: 'Murtagh'
Return to Alagaësia in Christopher Paolini's "Murtagh," which begins a year after the events of his earlier book, "Inheritance." Eragon's half-brother Murtagh and his dragon Thorn must investigate sinister signs of a threat to the world, while navigating a society that condemns them as traitors. Paolini discusses the book and other stories of Alagaësia at the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival in…
Contributor:
Paolini, Christopher
Date:2024-08-24
Film, Video
Hayley Dennings and Marie Lu: Love Is a Battlefield
The novels of Hayley Dennings ("This Ravenous Fate") and Marie Lu ("Icon and Inferno") sizzle with romance and adrenaline: assassination attempts, old flames, new relationships, reaper vampires, and more. The authors discuss their work with Ashley Dickerson at the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
Contributor:
Dickerson, Ashley - Lu, Marie - Dennings, Hayley
Date:2024-08-24
Film, Video
Pablo Cartaya and Hena Khan: Sports and Why We Love Them
The hijabi basketball team in Hena Khan's "We Are Big Time" and Elena, the one girl on the baseball team in Pablo Cartaya's "Curveball," learn how they can love the game and be excellent in and out of the sports arena. Khan and Cartaya discuss their graphic novels with Neil Greenberg at the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
Contributor:
Greenberg, Neil - Cartaya, Pablo - Khan, Hena
Contributor:
Adeyemi, Tomi - Bollow, Christine - Le, Vanessa
Date:2024-08-24
Film, Video
Annalee Newitz and Peter Pomerantsev: Words at War and Misinformation
Annalee Newitz ("Stories Are Weapons") and Peter Pomerantsev ("How to Win an Information War") share how psychological operations and coercive storytelling that were once deployed against foreign adversaries in wartime now affect our current geopolitical climate and shape our present-day culture wars. The authors discussed their work with Roswell Encina at the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
Contributor:
Pomerantsev, Peter - Encina, Roswell - Newitz, Annalee
Date:2024-08-24
Film, Video
Vera Brosgol and Kazu Kibuishi: We Built These Worlds, Come Visit
Great characters, immersive moods, and expansive worlds make great fantasy, and graphic novels are a great showcase for the genre. Vera Brosgol ("Plane Jane and the Mermaid") and Kazu Kibuishi ("Waverider," finale of the "Amulet" series) talk about building fantastic worlds via graphic novels with Megan Halsband at the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
Contributor:
Brosgol, Vera - Halsband, Megan - Kibuishi, Kazu
Date:2024-08-24
Film, Video
Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham: How to Break a Love Curse
Explore the complexities of families, love, friendship, and lion dancing in the new graphic novel "Lunar New Year Love Story" by Gene Luen Yang and LeUyan Pham, who discussed their work with Dianne Choie at the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
Ernest Cline: Becoming Best Friends with a Bat Colony
In this mostly-true story, Ernest Cline introduces us to Opal, a girl who befriends a colony of bats. When their habitat is destroyed, what will she do to help find a place where they will all be welcomed and protected? Learn all about "The Bridge to Bat City" in this conversation with Cline and Jennifer Harbster at the 2024 Library of Congress National Book…
Contributor:
Harbster, Jennifer - Cline, Ernest
Date:2024-08-24
Film, Video
Candace Fleming and Monica Hesse: Young Coders and Codebreakers in Wartime
Candace Fleming tells the true story of Station X, a secret home to teen girls who worked on code-cracking Nazi missives during World War II in "Enigma Girls." Monica Hesse's historical fiction follows Edda, a World War I "Hello Girl" called back to duty in "The Brightwood Code." These authors discuss the contribution of young women in two world wars with Yukari Matsuyama at…
Safia Elhillo and Tony Keith Jr.: Poetry Unlocks Us
What can poetry unlock within yourself? Samira in Safia Elhillo's "Bright Red Fruit" encounters a threat to her reputation, but her discovery of slam poetry helps her navigate identity, authenticity, and community. In his memoir "How the Boogeyman Became a Poet," Tony Keith Jr. explores the pitfalls and freedom of accepting his identity, his self-exploration made possible by poetry. They discussed their work with…
Contributor:
Elhillo, Safia - Bigelow, Untia - Keith Jr., Tony
Date:2024-08-24
Film, Video
Terry Benton-Walker, Desiree Evans and Saraciea Fennell: Who Dies First?
Terry J. Benton-Walker ("The White Guy Dies First") and Desiree S. Evans and Saraciea J. Fennell ("The Black Girl Survives in This One") discuss their anthologies that slash and dice through horror tropes with B.A. Parker at the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
Contributor:
Evans, Desiree S. - Benton-Walker, Terry J. - Parker, B.A. - Fennell, Saraciea J.
Date:2024-08-24
Film, Video
Barbara Dee, Susan Haas and Lexi Haas: Unleashing the Words Within
Communication is everything, but what about when words don't flow freely? Mother-daughter duo Susan and Lexi Haas ("The Year of the Buttered Cat"), discussed Lexi's journey in learning how to leap over the limits of her disability. Barbara Dee discussed her novel "Unstuck" which follows a girl who struggles to unleash the stories inside her head. The authors spoke with Monica Valentine at the…
Contributor:
Haas, Lexi - Dee, Barbara - Haas, Susan - Valentine, Monica
Date:2024-08-24
Film, Video
Peter Brown: Wild Robot
Animal life and artificial life create a found family in Peter Brown's "Wild Robot" series. In the third book, "Wild Robot Protects," Roz the robot prepares to protect her animal friends and family from an approaching environmental disaster. Brown spoke with Kit Ballenger about how we can all be gentle with nature using the skills we already have at the 2024 Library of Congress…
Contributor:
Brown, Peter - Ballenger, Kit
Date:2024-08-24
Film, Video
K.A. Cobell and Andrew Joseph White: Presumed Guilty
What can an outsider teen do against systemic oppression? Miles is carrying his family's cycle of cruelty, and his attempts to break out are met with brutality in Andrew Joseph White's "Compound Fracture." In K.A. Cobell's "Looking for Smoke," Mara just moved to the Blackfeet Reservation, and now is suspected of a murder. How will they fight these injustices? The authors discuss their work…
Contributor:
White, Andrew Joseph - Ferraro, Austin - Cobell, K.A.
Date:2024-08-24
Film, Video
Meg Medina: The Grown-Ups Who Care for Us
When we are kids, we're sometimes lucky enough to have amazing caregivers. Over time, we have to separate, whether we're moving on or just getting older. Meg Medina, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, talks with Anya Creightney at the 2024 National Book Festival about the the warm, caring people who add to the magic of our childhoods as celebrated in her new book,…
Contributor:
Medina, Meg - Creightney, Anya
Date:2024-08-24
Film, Video
Steve Asbell and Stephanie Seales: Where Can We Find Kindness?
How do we learn how to be kind to ourselves and to people around us? Steve Asbell demonstrated the way stimming can help every kid with their emotions in "Flap Your Hands," and Stephanie Seales showed how a father can be a role model in a community through the eyes of his daughter in "My Daddy Is a Cowboy," during a discussion with Alli…
Contributor:
Hartley-Kong, Alli - Seales, Stephanie - Asbell, Steve
Date:2024-08-24
Film, Video
Adam Rubin and Liniers: The Truth About the Couch
Did you know that couches grow on couch farms? Or that some couches are aliens? Let us tell you the whole tru -- oh no! Get away! The furniture police are after us! But if you want to meet at our secret place, we'll tell you everything you need to know at the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. Signed,…
Contributor:
Rubin, Adam - Liniers - Dowdy, Sasha
Date:2024-08-24
Film, Video
Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston: A Whirlwind of Words
A dictionary is full of words, but can she tell a story? She gives it a shot, but when an alligator escapes and starts waking up ghosts and donuts and zebras, everything turns into a word tornado. What is a simple dictionary to do? Experience the dynamic picture book "The Dictionary Story" by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston at the 2024 Library of Congress…
Contributor:
Jeffers, Oliver - Winston, Sam
Date:2024-08-24
Film, Video
Literature to Life: 'I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter'
The literary nonprofit Literature to Life performed an adaptation of Erika L. Sánchez's novel "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter." The group performs great books that inspire readers to reflect on their lives, inspire change, and build community, and has appeared at the Festival since 2022.
Contributor:
Literature to Life
Date:2024-08-24
Film, Video
Amanda Bellows and Hampton Sides: Rethinking Exploration
At the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C., Amanda Bellows and Hampton Sides discussed with Frederick F. Wherry the details of explorers confronting the unknown. By profiling the lives of ten explorers in "The Explorers," Bellows revises our understanding of who is called an explorer. In "The Wide Wide Sea," Sides dives into the final voyage of Captain James Cook…
Contributor:
Wherry, Frederick F. - Bellows, Amanda - Sides, Hampton
Film, VideoDavid Rubenstein on the American Presidency In his research in writing "The Highest Calling," David M. Rubenstein spoke with living American presidents and revered historians about the American presidency, drawing from his own experience in the Carter administration. He discussed the presidency with historian Douglas Brinkley at the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
Film, VideoDouglas Preston and Lincoln Child: 'Angel of Vengeance' Step through a dimensional portal into 1880 New York City with Special Agent Pendergast and Constance Greene as they confront a dangerous serial killer in Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child's 22nd Pendergast novel, "Angel of Vengeance," discussed with the authors and Mimi Montgomery at the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
Film, VideoJoy Buolamwini and Kyle Chayka: Investigating the Algorithm Algorithms aren't just the code that suggests your next impulse buy. Joy Buolamwini ("Unmasking AI") and Kyle Chayka ("Filterworld") unearth a more troubling world where computer code flattens our culture into fragmented worlds where discrimination is rampant, anxiety predominates and profit is king. But can the algorithm contribute to a better world? The authors discuss their work with Regina G. Barber at the 2024…
Film, VideoDavid Baldacci: 'A Calamity of Souls' In "A Calamity of Souls," David Baldacci tackles the racial politics of a 1968 murder case in southern Virginia in which two very different lawyers partner together to defend a wrongfully accused Black Vietnam veteran. He discussed his book with Colleen Shogan at the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
Film, VideoNathalie Cabrol and Dante Lauretta: Life in Deep Space What's it like to peer deeply into space, to know so much about it and yet not know enough? Astrobiologist Nathalie A. Cabrol, author of "The Secret Life of the Universe," and Dante S. Lauretta, author of "The Asteroid Hunter" and leader of the OSIRIS-REx mission, discussed their work with Kevin Butterfield at the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
Film, VideoChristopher Paolini: 'Murtagh' Return to Alagaësia in Christopher Paolini's "Murtagh," which begins a year after the events of his earlier book, "Inheritance." Eragon's half-brother Murtagh and his dragon Thorn must investigate sinister signs of a threat to the world, while navigating a society that condemns them as traitors. Paolini discusses the book and other stories of Alagaësia at the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival in…
Film, VideoHayley Dennings and Marie Lu: Love Is a Battlefield The novels of Hayley Dennings ("This Ravenous Fate") and Marie Lu ("Icon and Inferno") sizzle with romance and adrenaline: assassination attempts, old flames, new relationships, reaper vampires, and more. The authors discuss their work with Ashley Dickerson at the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
Film, VideoPablo Cartaya and Hena Khan: Sports and Why We Love Them The hijabi basketball team in Hena Khan's "We Are Big Time" and Elena, the one girl on the baseball team in Pablo Cartaya's "Curveball," learn how they can love the game and be excellent in and out of the sports arena. Khan and Cartaya discuss their graphic novels with Neil Greenberg at the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
Film, VideoTomi Adeyemi and Vanessa Le: My Heritage Is My Weapon Zélie in Tomi Adeyemi's "Children of Anguish and Anarchy" and Nhika in Vanessa Le's "The Last Bloodcarver" want nothing more than freedom from their oppressors and colonizers, but are they willing to lose everything in return? Adeyemi and Le discuss their impactful fantasy novels with strong ties to heritage with Christine Bollow at the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
Film, VideoAnnalee Newitz and Peter Pomerantsev: Words at War and Misinformation Annalee Newitz ("Stories Are Weapons") and Peter Pomerantsev ("How to Win an Information War") share how psychological operations and coercive storytelling that were once deployed against foreign adversaries in wartime now affect our current geopolitical climate and shape our present-day culture wars. The authors discussed their work with Roswell Encina at the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
Film, VideoVera Brosgol and Kazu Kibuishi: We Built These Worlds, Come Visit Great characters, immersive moods, and expansive worlds make great fantasy, and graphic novels are a great showcase for the genre. Vera Brosgol ("Plane Jane and the Mermaid") and Kazu Kibuishi ("Waverider," finale of the "Amulet" series) talk about building fantastic worlds via graphic novels with Megan Halsband at the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
Film, VideoGene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham: How to Break a Love Curse Explore the complexities of families, love, friendship, and lion dancing in the new graphic novel "Lunar New Year Love Story" by Gene Luen Yang and LeUyan Pham, who discussed their work with Dianne Choie at the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
Film, VideoErnest Cline: Becoming Best Friends with a Bat Colony In this mostly-true story, Ernest Cline introduces us to Opal, a girl who befriends a colony of bats. When their habitat is destroyed, what will she do to help find a place where they will all be welcomed and protected? Learn all about "The Bridge to Bat City" in this conversation with Cline and Jennifer Harbster at the 2024 Library of Congress National Book…
Film, VideoCandace Fleming and Monica Hesse: Young Coders and Codebreakers in Wartime Candace Fleming tells the true story of Station X, a secret home to teen girls who worked on code-cracking Nazi missives during World War II in "Enigma Girls." Monica Hesse's historical fiction follows Edda, a World War I "Hello Girl" called back to duty in "The Brightwood Code." These authors discuss the contribution of young women in two world wars with Yukari Matsuyama at…
Film, VideoSafia Elhillo and Tony Keith Jr.: Poetry Unlocks Us What can poetry unlock within yourself? Samira in Safia Elhillo's "Bright Red Fruit" encounters a threat to her reputation, but her discovery of slam poetry helps her navigate identity, authenticity, and community. In his memoir "How the Boogeyman Became a Poet," Tony Keith Jr. explores the pitfalls and freedom of accepting his identity, his self-exploration made possible by poetry. They discussed their work with…
Film, VideoTerry Benton-Walker, Desiree Evans and Saraciea Fennell: Who Dies First? Terry J. Benton-Walker ("The White Guy Dies First") and Desiree S. Evans and Saraciea J. Fennell ("The Black Girl Survives in This One") discuss their anthologies that slash and dice through horror tropes with B.A. Parker at the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
Film, VideoBarbara Dee, Susan Haas and Lexi Haas: Unleashing the Words Within Communication is everything, but what about when words don't flow freely? Mother-daughter duo Susan and Lexi Haas ("The Year of the Buttered Cat"), discussed Lexi's journey in learning how to leap over the limits of her disability. Barbara Dee discussed her novel "Unstuck" which follows a girl who struggles to unleash the stories inside her head. The authors spoke with Monica Valentine at the…
Film, VideoPeter Brown: Wild Robot Animal life and artificial life create a found family in Peter Brown's "Wild Robot" series. In the third book, "Wild Robot Protects," Roz the robot prepares to protect her animal friends and family from an approaching environmental disaster. Brown spoke with Kit Ballenger about how we can all be gentle with nature using the skills we already have at the 2024 Library of Congress…
Film, VideoK.A. Cobell and Andrew Joseph White: Presumed Guilty What can an outsider teen do against systemic oppression? Miles is carrying his family's cycle of cruelty, and his attempts to break out are met with brutality in Andrew Joseph White's "Compound Fracture." In K.A. Cobell's "Looking for Smoke," Mara just moved to the Blackfeet Reservation, and now is suspected of a murder. How will they fight these injustices? The authors discuss their work…
Film, VideoMeg Medina: The Grown-Ups Who Care for Us When we are kids, we're sometimes lucky enough to have amazing caregivers. Over time, we have to separate, whether we're moving on or just getting older. Meg Medina, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, talks with Anya Creightney at the 2024 National Book Festival about the the warm, caring people who add to the magic of our childhoods as celebrated in her new book,…
Film, VideoSteve Asbell and Stephanie Seales: Where Can We Find Kindness? How do we learn how to be kind to ourselves and to people around us? Steve Asbell demonstrated the way stimming can help every kid with their emotions in "Flap Your Hands," and Stephanie Seales showed how a father can be a role model in a community through the eyes of his daughter in "My Daddy Is a Cowboy," during a discussion with Alli…
Film, VideoAdam Rubin and Liniers: The Truth About the Couch Did you know that couches grow on couch farms? Or that some couches are aliens? Let us tell you the whole tru -- oh no! Get away! The furniture police are after us! But if you want to meet at our secret place, we'll tell you everything you need to know at the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. Signed,…
Film, VideoOliver Jeffers and Sam Winston: A Whirlwind of Words A dictionary is full of words, but can she tell a story? She gives it a shot, but when an alligator escapes and starts waking up ghosts and donuts and zebras, everything turns into a word tornado. What is a simple dictionary to do? Experience the dynamic picture book "The Dictionary Story" by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston at the 2024 Library of Congress…
Film, VideoLiterature to Life: 'I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter' The literary nonprofit Literature to Life performed an adaptation of Erika L. Sánchez's novel "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter." The group performs great books that inspire readers to reflect on their lives, inspire change, and build community, and has appeared at the Festival since 2022.
Film, VideoAmanda Bellows and Hampton Sides: Rethinking Exploration At the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C., Amanda Bellows and Hampton Sides discussed with Frederick F. Wherry the details of explorers confronting the unknown. By profiling the lives of ten explorers in "The Explorers," Bellows revises our understanding of who is called an explorer. In "The Wide Wide Sea," Sides dives into the final voyage of Captain James Cook…