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, VideoInga Gaile: 2019 National Book Festival Inga Gaile discussed "30 Questions People Don't Ask" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
- Contributor: Gaile, Inga
- Date: 2019-08-31
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Film, VideoKim Thúy: 2019 National Book Festival Kim Thúy discussed "Vi" and "Secrets from My Vietnamese Kitchen: Simple Recipes from My Many Mothers" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
- Contributor: Thúy, Kim
- Date: 2019-08-31
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Film, VideoMaría Dueñas: 2019 National Book Festival María Dueñas discussed "The Vineyard" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
- Contributor: Dueñas, María
- Date: 2019-08-31
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Film, VideoOlga Grjasnowa: 2019 National Book Festival Olga Grjasnowa discussed "City of Jasmine" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
- Contributor: Grjasnowa, Olga
- Date: 2019-08-31
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Film, VideoAustralia's Aboriginal Writers: 2019 National Book Festival Jeanine Leane discussed "Walk Back Over," Brenton McKenna discussed "Ubby's Underdogs: Return of the Dragons" and Kim Scott launched in America his book "Taboo" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
- Contributor: Scott, Kim - McKenna, Brenton - Leane, Jeanine
- Date: 2019-08-31
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Film, VideoSara Paretsky: 2019 National Book Festival Sara Paretsky discussed "Shell Game: A V.I. Warshawski Novel" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
- Contributor: Paretsky, Sara
- Date: 2019-08-31
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Film, VideoSeanan McGuire: 2019 National Book Festival Seanan McGuire discussed "Middlegame" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
- Contributor: McGuire, Seanan
- Date: 2019-08-31
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Film, VideoWestern Writers: 2019 National Book Festival Johnny D. Boggs discussed "The Kansas City Cowboys," Anne Hillerman discussed "The Tale Teller," Paul Andrew Hutton discussed "The Apache Wars" and Craig Johnson discussed "Depth of Winter" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
- Contributor: Boggs, Johnny D. - Hillerman, Anne - Hutton, Paul Andrew - Johnson, Craig
- Date: 2019-08-31
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Film, VideoJohn Scalzi: 2019 National Book Festival John Scalzi discussed "The Consuming Fire" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
- Contributor: Scalzi, John
- Date: 2019-08-31
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Film, VideoJoe Ide: 2019 National Book Festival Joe Ide discussed "Wrecked: An IQ Novel" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
- Contributor: Ide, Joe
- Date: 2019-08-31
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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: Ellroy, James
- Date: 2019-08-31
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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: George, Margaret - Gregory, Philippa
- Date: 2019-08-31
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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: Anders, Charlie Jane
- Date: 2019-08-31
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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: Labuskes, Brianna
- Date: 2019-08-31
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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: Schwab, V.E.
- Date: 2019-08-31
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Film, VideoJericho Brown & Poetry Out Loud Winners: 2019 National Book Festival Poetry Out Loud is a contest that encourages the nation's youth to learn about great poetry through memorization and recitation. Poet Jericho Brown introduces 2019 winners.
- Contributor: Brown, Jericho
- Date: 2019-08-31
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Film, VideoEnduring Appeal of the Odyssey: 2019 National Book Festival Alberto Manguel discussed "Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey," Madeline Miller discussed "Circe" and Emily Wilson discussed her translation of "The Odyssey" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
- Contributor: Miller, Madeline - Manguel, Alberto - Wilson, Emily
- Date: 2019-08-31
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Film, VideoHow to Raise a Reader: 2019 National Book Festival Pamela Paul and Maria Russo launched their new book "How to Raise a Reader" in a panel conversation with Linda Sue Park, author of "Nya's Long Walk: A Step at a Time," Jon Scieszka, author of "AstroNuts Mission One: The Plant Planet" and Renée Watson, author of "Watch Us Rise" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
- Contributor: Paul, Pamela - Scieszka, Jon - Russo, Maria - Watson, Renée - Park, Linda Sue
- Date: 2019-08-31
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Film, VideoFiction Through a Different Lens: 2019 National Book Festival Aminatta Forna discussed "Happiness," R.O. Kwon discussed "The Incendiaries" and Valeria Luiselli discussed "Lost Children Archive" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
- Contributor: Forna, Aminatta - Kwon, R.O. - Luiselli, Valeria
- Date: 2019-08-31
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Film, VideoNathan Englander: 2019 National Book Festival Nathan Englander discussed "kaddish.com: A Novel" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
- Contributor: Englander, Nathan
- Date: 2019-08-31
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Film, VideoArt of the Short Story: 2019 National Book Festival Brendan Mathews discussed "This Is Not a Love Song" and Lydia Millet discussed "Fight No More: Stories" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
- Contributor: Mathews, Brendan - Millet, Lydia
- Date: 2019-08-31
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Film, VideoJulia Alvarez: 2019 National Book Festival Julia Alvarez discussed "In the Time of the Butterflies" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
- Contributor: Alvarez, Julia
- Date: 2019-08-31
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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: Brown, Jericho - Laux, Dorianne
- Date: 2019-08-31
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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: Black, Sheila - Kaminsky, Ilya
- Date: 2019-08-31
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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: Gubler, Matthew Gray
- Date: 2019-08-31