Speakers included U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, historians David McCullough, Michael Beschloss and Henry Louis Gates Jr., chef and humanitarian José Andrés, graphic novelists Raina Telgemeier and Ngozi Ukazu, TV personality and author Matthew Gray Gubler, award-winning novelist Laila Lalami and Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction recipient Richard Ford.
2019 Festival Videos
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Film, VideoRick Atkinson: 2019 National Book Festival Rick Atkinson discussed "The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: National Book Festival (U.S.) - Library of Congress
- Date: 2019
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Film, VideoJames Ellroy: 2019 National Book Festival James Ellroy discussed "This Storm" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: National Book Festival (U.S.) - Library of Congress
- Date: 2019
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Film, VideoHistorical Novels: 2019 National Book Festival Margaret George discussed "The Splendor Before the Dark: A Novel of the Emperor Nero" and Philippa Gregory discussed "Tidelands" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: National Book Festival (U.S.) - Library of Congress
- Date: 2019
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Film, VideoCharlie Jane Anders: 2019 National Book Festival Charlie Jane Anders discussed "The City in the Middle of the Night" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: National Book Festival (U.S.) - Library of Congress
- Date: 2019
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Film, VideoBrianna Labuskes: 2019 National Book Festival Brianna Labuskes discussed "Girls of Glass" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: National Book Festival (U.S.) - Library of Congress
- Date: 2019
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Film, VideoV.E. Schwab: 2019 National Book Festival V.E. Schwab discussed "Vengeful" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: National Book Festival (U.S.) - Library of Congress
- Date: 2019
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Film, VideoPoetry of Place: 2019 National Book Festival Natasha Trethewey discussed "Monument: Poems New and Selected" and Jenny Xie discussed "Eye Level: Poems" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: National Book Festival (U.S.) - Library of Congress
- Date: 2019
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Film, VideoPoetry with a Purpose: 2019 National Book Festival Jericho Brown discussed "The Tradition" and Dorianne Laux discussed "Only as the Day Is Long" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: National Book Festival (U.S.) - Library of Congress
- Date: 2019
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Film, VideoPoetry of Silence: 2019 National Book Festival Sheila Black discussed "The Right Way to Be Crippled and Naked: The Fiction of Disability" and Ilya Kaminsky discussed "Deaf Republic: Poems" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: National Book Festival (U.S.) - Library of Congress
- Date: 2019
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Film, VideoMatthew Gray Gubler: 2019 National Book Festival Matthew Gray Gubler discussed "Rumple Buttercup: A Story of Bananas, Belonging and Being Yourself" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: National Book Festival (U.S.) - Library of Congress
- Date: 2019
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Film, VideoPablo Cartaya: 2019 National Book Festival Pablo Cartaya launched his new book "Each Tiny Spark" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: National Book Festival (U.S.) - Library of Congress
- Date: 2019
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Film, VideoHenry Louis Gates Jr.: 2019 National Book Festival Henry Louis Gates Jr. discussed "Dark Sky Rising: Reconstruction and the Dawn of Jim Crow" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: National Book Festival (U.S.) - Library of Congress
- Date: 2019
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Film, VideoJennifer Swanson: 2019 National Book Festival Jennifer Swanson launched her new book "Save the Crash-Test Dummies" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: National Book Festival (U.S.) - Library of Congress
- Date: 2019
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Film, VideoShannon Hale & LeUyen Pham: 2019 National Book Festival Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham launched their new book "Best Friends" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: National Book Festival (U.S.) - Library of Congress
- Date: 2019
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Film, VideoFred Bowen: 2019 National Book Festival Fred Bowen launched his new book "Speed Demon" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: National Book Festival (U.S.) - Library of Congress
- Date: 2019
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Film, VideoJon Klassen: 2019 National Book Festival Jon Klassen discussed "Circle" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: National Book Festival (U.S.) - Library of Congress
- Date: 2019
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Film, VideoCece Bell: 2019 National Book Festival Cece Bell launched her new book "Chick and Brain: Smell My Foot!" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: National Book Festival (U.S.) - Library of Congress
- Date: 2019
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Film, VideoLinda Sue Park: 2019 National Book Festival Sherri Duskey Rinker launched her new book "Three Cheers for Kid McGear!" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: National Book Festival (U.S.) - Library of Congress
- Date: 2019
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Film, VideoBrian Floca: 2019 National Book Festival Brian Floca discussed "Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: National Book Festival (U.S.) - Library of Congress
- Date: 2019
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Film, VideoJon Scieszka & Steven Weinberg: 2019 National Book Festival Jon Scieszka and Steven Weinberg launched their new book "AstroNuts Mission One: The Plant Planet" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: National Book Festival (U.S.) - Library of Congress
- Date: 2019
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Film, VideoR.J. Palacio: 2019 National Book Festival R.J. Palacio discussed "We're All Wonders" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: National Book Festival (U.S.) - Library of Congress
- Date: 2019
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Film, VideoJuana Medina: 2019 National Book Festival Juana Medina launched her new book "Juana & Lucas: Big Problemas" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: National Book Festival (U.S.) - Library of Congress
- Date: 2019
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Film, VideoFabien Cousteau: 2019 National Book Festival Fabien Cousteau discussed "Great White Shark Adventure" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: National Book Festival (U.S.) - Library of Congress
- Date: 2019
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Film, VideoMolly Brooks: 2019 National Book Festival Molly Brooks discussed "Sanity & Tallulah" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: National Book Festival (U.S.) - Library of Congress
- Date: 2019
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Film, VideoMax Brallier: 2019 National Book Festival Max Brallier launched his new book "The Last Kids on Earth and the Midnight Blade" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: National Book Festival (U.S.) - Library of Congress
- Date: 2019