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Film, Video2022 National Book Festival: Women Leaders of the Civil Rights Movement with Tomiko Brown-Nagin and Kate Clifford Larson Constance Baker Motley and Fannie Lou Hamer were two crucial figures in the civil rights movement. Tomiko Brown-Nagin's book "Civil Rights Queen" tells Motley's story as an activist lawyer who became the first Black woman appointed to the federal judiciary. Kate Clifford Larson's book "Walk with Me" covers the life of Hamer, containing new interviews and materials about her life. Moderated by Neda Ulaby.- Contributor: Larson, Kate Clifford - Brown-Nagin, Tomiko - Ulaby, Neda
- Date: 2022-09-03
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Film, Video2022 National Book Festival: Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe with David Maraniss Olympic champion Jim Thorpe (1887-1953) is known as one of America's great sportsmen. In his book "Path Lit By Lightning: the Life of Jim Thorpe," two-time Pulitzer Prize winning author David Maraniss details the discrimination and injustices Thorpe battled as a Native American. With moderator Kevin Gover.- Contributor: Maraniss, David - Gover, Kevin
- Date: 2022-09-03
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Film, Video2022 National Book Festival: River of the Gods: The Search for the Source of the Nile with Candice Millard Renowned historian Candice Millard discusses "River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile," an engaging account of two 19th-century explorers sent by Great Britain to uncover secrets of ancient Egypt and the conflicts that arose between them, plus the story of an enslaved person who made the expedition possible. David M. Rubenstein moderates.- Contributor: Rubenstein, David M. - Millard, Candice
- Date: 2022-09-03
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Film, Video2022 National Book Festival: Altered Americas with B.L. Blanchard and Lucinda Roy If you've ever asked what America would be like if things happened differently, then you're in good company. In B.L. Blanchard's "The Peacekeeper," North America was never colonized and the U.S. and Canada don't exist. The second in Lucinda Roy's Dreambird Chronicle series, "Flying the Coop," takes place in a near-future America where slavery is the norm. Moderated by Derrick Young.- Contributor: Blanchard, B.L. - Roy, Lucinda - Young, Derrick
- Date: 2022-09-03
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Film, Video2022 National Book Festival: Come Into My World: Vivid Places and People in Fiction with Tochi Onyebuchi and Leslye Penelope Sometimes the characters and places in a novel can feel more vivid, more real than our everyday realities. Tochi Onyebuchi's sci-fi novel, "Goliath," set in the 2050s, imagines what happens as the wealthy have fled Earth for space colonies. In Leslye Penelope's fantasy "The Monsters We Defy," it's 1925 in Washington, D.C.- and Clara Johnson must ensure her community doesn't disappear. B.A. Parker moderates.- Contributor: Parker, B.A. - Onyebuchi, Tochi - Penelope, Leslye
- Date: 2022-09-03
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Film, Video2022 National Book Festival: Thieves and Their Petty Little Secrets with Chelsea Abdullah and M.J. Kuhn Thieves: We love to hate them! And Chelsea Abdullah and M.J. Kuhn love to write them. Abdullah's "The Stardust Thief" creates a universe where story is reality and illusion is truth. And in Kuhn's "Among Thieves," Ryia Cautella has already earned herself a reputation as the quickest, deadliest blade. But Ryia Cautella is not her real name. Moderated by Ashley Dickerson.- Contributor: Dickerson, Ashley - Abdullah, Chelsea - Kuhn, M.J.
- Date: 2022-09-03
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Film, Video2022 National Book Festival: Memories, Maladies, Mysteries and Murders with Rob Hart and Victor Manibo What do you do when you can't trust your memories and people are dying? Keep looking for answers! In Rob Hart's "The Paradox Hotel," January Cole, security director at a time traveler hotel, finds a body no one can see, and in Victor Manibo's debut, "The Sleepless," journalist Jamie Vega is the main suspect for a suspicious suicide he's investigating. Moderated by Miwa Messer.- Contributor: Hart, Rob - Manibo, Victor
- Date: 2022-09-03
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Film, Video2022 National Book Festival: Holly Black Talks About Her New Novel "Book of Night" Bestselling author Holly Black's adult debut "Book of Night" is a dark modern fantasy full of crime, betrayal and magicians who can manipulate shadows. A veteran thief and con artist, Charlie Hall is trying to escape her past and work as a bartender. But the secrets and lies won't let her go. Moderated by Megan Labrise.- Contributor: Labrise, Megan - Black, Holly
- Date: 2022-09-03
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Film, Video2022 National Book Festival: The Magic of Music and Movies with Alex Jennings and Nghi Vo Songs, sirens and spells! In Alex Jennings' debut novel, "The Ballad of Perilous Graves," Perry knows the rhythm of New Orleans like his own heartbeat and can tell trouble is brewing. And in Nghi Vo's "Siren Queen," Luli Wei wants to be a movie star but knows the worst monsters in Hollywood are not the ones she plays on screen. Moderated by Lupita Aquino.- Contributor: Vo, Nghi - Aquino, Lupita - Jennings, Alex
- Date: 2022-09-03
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Film, Video2022 National Book Festival: Black Girls Sew with Hekima Hapa and Lesley Ware Black and brown girls and boys need a space where they do not have to encounter misrepresentation of their culture. "Black Girls Sew" offers the tools, knowledge and vocabulary to help young people take back their fashion narrative. In this program, writers and fashion designers Hekima Hapa and Lesley Ware discuss their new book with Desiree Woodard.- Contributor: Ware, Lesley - Woodard, Desiree - Hapa, Hekima
- Date: 2022-09-03
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Film, Video2022 National Book Festival: From Mind to Mindfulness with Tracy Dennis-Tiwary and Ellen Vora Anxiety affects more than 40 million Americans - a number that continues to climb following the pandemic. In "The Anatomy of Anxiety," psychiatrist Dr. Ellen Vora offers a shift in our understanding of anxiety: that it's not a brain disorder but a whole-body condition. And in "Future Tense," psychologist Tracy Dennis-Tiwary reveals how the anxiety-as-disease story is false and it's harming us.- Contributor: Vora, Ellen - Dennis-Tiwary, Tracy
- Date: 2022-09-03
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Film, Video2022 National Book Festival: Feeling Burned Out? This Session Is for You with Celeste Headlee Society has normalized working hard to an extreme, leaving little time for hobbies, breaks and families. In "Do Nothing," Celeste Headlee seeks to shift our internal definition of hard work so that we can learn to take time for ourselves. Learn more about the harm formed from our idea of productivity and how we can change. Moderated by Mary Beth Albright.- Contributor: Headlee, Celeste - Albright, Mary Beth
- Date: 2022-09-03
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Film, Video2022 National Book Festival: How to Invest with David M. Rubenstein What do most successful investors have in common? David M. Rubenstein, co-founder of The Carlyle Group, has interviewed the greatest investors in the world to discover the time-tested principles and indispensable tools that guide their practices. In his new book, "How to Invest," Rubenstein reveals the thinking of top investors. Hear his transformative discoveries and advice in this presentation. Moderated by Neil Irwin.- Contributor: Rubenstein, David M. - Irwin, Neil
- Date: 2022-09-03
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Film, Video2022 National Book Festival: Little Pieces of Hope with Todd Doughty Need something to brighten your day? In "Little Pieces of Hope," Todd Doughty does just that. As a collection of quotes, short essays, prompts, playlists and more, this book is composed of the small joys in life, allowing the reader to take a thoughtful break in the middle of any day. Hear more from Doughty himself in this presentation. Moderated by Jummy Olabanji.- Contributor: Doughty, Todd - Olabanji, Jummy
- Date: 2022-09-03
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Film, Video2022 National Book Festival: Creating Connection and Bridging Divides with Geoffrey L. Cohen Everyone desires to feel a sense of community. In "Belonging," Geoffrey L. Cohen uses his research in psychology to explain how individuals can overcome differences and forge lasting connections, leading to decreased polarization and allowing for individuals to flourish in their workplace. This presentation is essential for anyone who wants those around them to thrive. Moderated by Crosby Kemper.- Contributor: Cohen, Geoffrey L. - Kemper, Crosby
- Date: 2022-09-03
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Film, Video2022 National Book Festival: The Power of Laughter with Nuar Alsadir Taking laughter's revelatory capacity as a starting point, and rooted in Nuar Alsadir's experience as a poet and psychoanalyst, "Animal Joy" seeks to recover the sensation of being present. A bold and insatiably curious prose debut, "Animal Joy" is an ode to spontaneity and feeling alive. Moderated by Steven Leyva.- Contributor: Leyva, Steven - Alsadir, Nuar
- Date: 2022-09-03
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Film, Video2022 National Book Festival: The Parts That Can't Be Made to Fit: Linda Gregerson Poetry is our way to contend with the unthinkable, the unknowable. In her seventh poetry collection, "Canopy" - her first in over a decade - award-winning poet Linda Gregerson speaks of our humanitarian and ecological crises with beauty and conviction. Moderated by Ron Charles.- Contributor: Charles, Ron - Gregerson, Linda
- Date: 2022-09-03
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Film, Video2022 National Book Festival: Rebecca Miller's New Story Collection "Total" Rebecca Miller returns to short fiction for the first time since her prodigious collection of stories, "Personal Velocity," with the arresting, darkly prescient "Total." Each of the seven stories in "Total" is a world of its own, painted with vivid strokes, whose people and questions stay with the reader long after the story has ended. Miller will be in conversation with Danielle Kurtzleben.- Contributor: Kurtzleben, Danielle - Miller, Rebecca
- Date: 2022-09-03
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Film, Video2022 National Book Festival: My Body, Not My Self: Wrestling with Identity with Diana Goetsch and Sarah Ruhl Who hasn't at some point felt like their body isn't the same as the person, the soul inhabiting that body? In "This Body I Wore," Diana Goetsch chronicles a full account of her trans life. In "Smile," Ruhl shares her story after suffering partial face paralysis that left her incapable of accurately communicating her feelings. Moderated by Rob Casper.- Contributor: Goetsch, Diana - Casper, Rob - Ruhl, Sarah
- Date: 2022-09-03
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Film, Video2022 National Book Festival: Bring on the Blur: Reality vs. Fantasy with Kim Fu and Lidia Yuknavitch Lidia Yuknavitch and Kim Fu's new books are set in reality but...off-kilter realities. In Yuknavitch's "Thrust," a girl with the gifts of a carrier travels through water and time to rescue vulnerable figures from the margins of history. In Fu's "Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century," the strange is made familiar and the familiar strange. Moderated by Kevin Larimer.- Contributor: Fu, Kim - Yuknavitch, Lidia - Larimer, Kevin
- Date: 2022-09-03
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Film, Video2022 National Book Festival: Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction Honoree Jesmyn Ward Jesmyn Ward is the latest honoree of the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. In this video, she talks about her work with Clay Smith and receives the Prize for American Fiction from the Librarian of Congress.- Contributor: Ward, Jesmyn
- Date: 2022-09-03
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Film, Video2022 National Book Festival: Past Pain, Future Hope with Tomás Q. MorÃn and Morgan Talty Tomás Q. MorÃn and Morgan Talty's new books feature characters who contend with life's challenges - sometimes well, sometimes not so well. Morgan Talty's "Night of the Living Rez" is a collection of stories set in a Native community in Maine, while MorÃn's "Let Me Count the Ways" is a memoir about his OCD as a mechanism to survive childhood. Moderated by Tope Folarin.- Contributor: MorÃn, Tomás Q. - Folarin, Tope - Talty, Morgan
- Date: 2022-09-03
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Film, Video2022 National Book Festival: Geraldine Brooks Talks About Her New Novel, "Horse" A discarded painting, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: From these strands, Pulitzer winner Geraldine Brooks braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession and injustice across American history in "Horse." Based on the true story of the thoroughbred Lexington, "Horse" is a novel of art, science and love and our unfinished reckoning with racism. Moderated by Marie Arana.- Contributor: Arana, Marie - Brooks, Geraldine
- Date: 2022-09-03
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Film, Video2022 National Book Festival: Inspire Learning with the Library of Congress The Library of Congress supports K-16 teachers with primary source-inspired programs, classroom materials, fellowships and grants. The videos introduces a sampling of these opportunities.- Contributor: Potter, Lee Ann
- Date: 2022-09-03
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Film, Video2022 National Book Festival: African American Genealogical Research Doing genealogical research for African Americans can be quite challenging and requires some creativity when deciding what resources and records to search for information. Using real-life examples, this presentation will provide researchers with some of the basic tools and resources to begin their search.- Contributor: Johnson, Ahmed
- Date: 2022-09-03