Presenters included Stephen King, Salman Rushdie, Bob Woodward, Raina Telgemeier, Newt Gingrich, Sarah Vowell, Rep. John Lewis, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Jerry Pinkney, Ken Burns, Calvin Trillin, Yaa Gyasi, Harlen Coben, Álvaro Enrigue, Candice Millard, Kristin Hannah, Laila Lalami and Lois Lowry.
2016 Festival Videos
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Film, VideoMargo Jefferson: 2016 National Book Festival Margo Jefferson discusses "Negroland: A Memoir" with Marcia Davis from the Washington Post at the 2016 Library of Congress Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: Jefferson, Margo
- Date: 2016-09-24
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Film, VideoJon Meacham: 2016 National Book Festival Jon Meacham discusses "Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush" at the 2016 Library of Congress Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: Meacham, Jon
- Date: 2016-09-24
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Film, VideoKatherine Paterson: 2016 National Book Festival Katherine Paterson discusses her career and biography "Stories of My Life" at the 2016 Library of Congress Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: Paterson, Katherine
- Date: 2016-09-24
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Film, VideoCandice Millard: 2016 National Book Festival Candice Millard discusses "Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape and the Making of Winston Churchill" with Jonathan Yardley from the Washington Post at the 2016 Library of Congress Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: Millard, Candice
- Date: 2016-09-24
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Film, VideoSarah Vowell: 2016 National Book Festival Sarah Vowell discusses "Lafayette in the Somewhat United States" at the 2016 Library of Congress Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: Vowell, Sarah
- Date: 2016-09-24
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Film, VideoRep. John Lewis & Andrew Aydin: 2016 National Book Festival Rep. John Lewis and co-author Andrew Aydin discuss "March: Book Three" at the 2016 Library of Congress Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: Aydin, Andrew - Lewis, John
- Date: 2016-09-24
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Film, VideoStephen King: 2016 National Book Festival Stephen King discusses his career and new book "End of Watch," and receives recognition for his work in literacy from Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden at the 2016 Library of Congress Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: King, Stephen
- Date: 2016-09-24
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Film, VideoJoby Warrick: 2016 National Book Festival Joby Warrick discusses "Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS" at the 2016 Library of Congress Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: Warrick, Joby
- Date: 2016-09-24
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Film, VideoAnnette Gordon-Reed & Peter Onuf: 2016 National Book Festival Annette Gordon-Reed and co-author Peter S. Onuf discuss "Most Blessed of the Patriarchs: Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination" with Melissa Block from NPR at the 2016 Library of Congress Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: Gordon-Reed, Annette - Onuf, Peter S.
- Date: 2016-09-24
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Film, VideoStacy Schiff: 2016 National Book Festival Stacy Schiff discusses "The Witches: Salem, 1692" at the 2016 Library of Congress Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: Schiff, Stacy
- Date: 2016-09-24
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Film, VideoJonas Hassen Khemiri: 2016 National Book Festival Jonas Hassen Khemiri discusses "Everything I Don't Remember" at the 2016 Library of Congress Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: Khemiri, Jonas Hassen
- Date: 2016-09-24
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Film, VideoRoberto Canessa: 2016 National Book Festival Roberto Canessa discusses "I Had to Survive: How a Plane Crash in the Andes Inspired My Calling to Save Lives" with Ted Robbins from NPR at the 2016 Library of Congress Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: Canessa, Roberto
- Date: 2016-09-24
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Film, VideoCarlos Ruiz Zafón: 2016 National Book Festival Carlos Ruiz Zafón discusses his career and "Marina" with Gwen Kirkpatrick, professor of Spanish and Portuguese at Georgetown University at the 2016 Library of Congress Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: Zafón, Carlos Ruiz
- Date: 2016-09-24
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Film, VideoPrimo Levi Panel: 2016 National Book Festival Primo Levi, the preeminent writer on the Holocaust who died in 1987, is celebrated in a panel discussion featuring Ann Goldstein, translator of Primo Levi's work and editor of "The Complete Works of Primo Levi" and her colleague Adam Gopnik, cultural critic for the New Yorker and author of "Winter: Five Windows on the Season." The panel is moderated by Michael Abramowitz with commentary...- Contributor: Goldstein, Ann - Gopnik, Adam
- Date: 2016-09-24
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Film, VideoAlberto Ruy Sánchez: 2016 National Book Festival Alberto Ruy Sánchez discusses his career, Mexico's literary tradition, the creative impulse and "Poetics of Wonder: Passage to Mogador" with Luis Clemens from NPR at the 2016 Library of Congress Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: Sánchez, Alberto Ruy
- Date: 2016-09-24
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Film, VideoNora Ikstena & Margita Gailitis: 2016 National Book Festival Nora Ikstena discusses "Life Stories" with the translator of her work, Margita Gailitis, and John Van Oudenaren at the 2016 Library of Congress Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: Gailitis, Margita - Ikstena, Nora
- Date: 2016-09-24
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Film, VideoLaila Lalami: 2016 National Book Festival Laila Lalami discusses "The Moor's Account" with Bilal Qureshi from NPR at the 2016 Library of Congress Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: Lalami, Laila
- Date: 2016-09-24
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Film, VideoÁlvaro Enrigue: 2016 National Book Festival Álvaro Enrigue discusses "Sudden Death" with Catalina Gomez at the 2016 Library of Congress Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: Enrigue, Álvaro
- Date: 2016-09-24
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Film, VideoDouglas Brinkley: 2016 National Book Festival Douglas Brinkley discusses "Rightful Heritage: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Land of America" at the 2016 Library of Congress Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: Brinkley, Douglas
- Date: 2016-09-24
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Film, VideoGene Luen Yang: 2016 National Book Festival (evening) Gene Luen Yang discusses "Secret Coders: Paths and Portals" at the 2016 Library of Congress Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: Yang, Gene Luen
- Date: 2016-09-24
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Film, VideoEd Piskor: 2016 National Book Festival Ed Piskor discusses "Hip-Hop Family Tree: 1984-1985" with Damon Locks at the 2016 Library of Congress Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: Piskor, Ed
- Date: 2016-09-24
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Film, VideoDarrin Bell & Michael Ramirez: 2016 National Book Festival Darrin Bell presents "Goodnight Grandpa: The 7th Candorville Collection" and Michael Ramirez presents "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Obamacare" in a panel discussion on politics and editorial cartoons at the 2016 Library of Congress Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: Bell, Darrin - Ramirez, Michael
- Date: 2016-09-24
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Film, VideoNoelle Stevenson: 2016 National Book Festival Noelle Stevenson discusses "Lumberjanes Vol. 2: Friendship to the Max" at the 2016 Library of Congress Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: Stevenson, Noelle
- Date: 2016-09-24
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Film, VideoBerkeley Breathed: 2016 National Book Festival Berkeley Breathed discusses "The Bill the Cat Story: A Bloom County Epic" at the 2016 Library of Congress Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: Breathed, Berkeley
- Date: 2016-09-24
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Film, VideoMarilyn Hacker: 2016 National Book Festival Marilyn Hacker discusses her career and "A Stranger's Mirror: New and Selected Poems, 1994-2014" at the 2016 Library of Congress Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: Hacker, Marilyn
- Date: 2016-09-24