2022 Festival Videos

Presenters included Jesmyn Ward, Leslie Jordan, Nick Offerman, Nyle DiMarco, Geraldine Brooks, Sabaa Tahir, Jason Reynolds, Nic Stone, David Maraniss, Candice Millard, Kelly Lytle Hernández, Holly Black, Mitch Albom and more.

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    Leslie Jordan Coming to the National Book Festival Leslie Jordan, the Emmy Award winning comic actor turned Instagram star turned author, brings his "How Y'all Doing?" to the National Book Festival on Sept. 3. He'll be interviewed by Megan Mullally, his former "Will & Grace" co-star.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress
    • Date: 2022
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    Xochitl Gonzalez brings "Olga Dies Dreaming" to the National Book Festival Xochitl's Gonzalez brings her breakout novel, "Olga Dies Dreaming," to the National Book Festival. The bestseller, a smart romantic comedy about a New York wedding planner of Puerto Rican descent, also takes up the issues of colonialism and the colonized in Puerto Rican life.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress
    • Date: 2022
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    Library Unbound: Carla Hayden Library of Congress Unbound a video series aiming to highlight the 2022 National Book Festival theme: Books Bring Us Together. We hope the series allows us to shed light on individuals across the library and emphasize the power storytelling, literature, and books have in forging connections between us all.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress
    • Date: 2022
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    Great Reads from Great Places: Central I (Young Readers) Introduced by Suzanne Walker, Director of the Indiana Center for the Book, this video features Baptiste and Miranda Paul, authors of "Peace" (chosen by the Wisconsin Center for the Book); Clayton Anderson, author of "Letters from Space" (chosen by the Nebraska Center for the Book); Carol Boston Weatherford, author of "R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul" (chosen by the Michigan Center for the…
    • Contributor: Library of Congress
    • Date: 2022
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    Great Reads from Great Places: Central I (Books for Teens) Introduced by Suzanne Walker, Director of the Indiana Center for the Book, this video features Joelle Charbonneau, author of "Verify" (chosen by the Illinois Center for the Book); and Leah Johnson, author of "You Should See Me In A Crown" (chosen by the Indiana Center for the Book), responding to a series of questions about their work and how it fits into the theme…
    • Contributor: Library of Congress
    • Date: 2022
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    Library Unbound: Xander Harcourt Library of Congress Unbound a video series aiming to highlight the 2022 National Book Festival theme: Books Bring Us Together. We hope the series allows us to shed light on individuals across the library and emphasize the power storytelling, literature, and books have in forging connections between us all.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress
    • Date: 2022
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    Library Unbound: Tamara Rorie Library of Congress Unbound a video series aiming to highlight the 2022 National Book Festival theme: Books Bring Us Together. We hope the series allows us to shed light on individuals across the library and emphasize the power storytelling, literature, and books have in forging connections between us all.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress
    • Date: 2022
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    Great Reads from Great Places: Western Region I Western Region I features Sara Peté, director of the Washington Center for the Book, in conversation with Cindy Lou Aillaud, author of "Recess at 20 Below" (chosen by the Alaska Center for the Book); Gayle Forman, author of "Frankie and Bug" (chosen by the California Center for the Book); Greg Bowman and Alan Suemori, authors of "Leilani: Blessed and Grateful" (chosen by the Hawaii…
    • Contributor: Library of Congress
    • Date: 2022
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    2022 National Book Festival: Kelly Lytle Hernández on the Mexican Revolution The Mexican Revolution happened over a century ago, but its impact continues to resonate beyond its borders. Historian and MacArthur "Genius" Fellow Kelly Lytle Hernández's book "Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire and Revolution in the Borderland" details this history in compelling and often harrowing ways. Hernández discusses the book with moderator Rafael Ulloa.
    • Contributor: National Book Festival (U.S.) - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2022
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    2022 National Book Festival: Shine Bright: A Personal History of Black Women in Pop with Danyel Smith With a career in media and journalism spanning nearly three decades, Danyel Smith - host of the music podcast Black Girl Songbook - masterfully chronicles formerly unrecognized stories of Black women who shaped America's music scene. Sidney Madden will join Smith to discuss "Shine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop."
    • Contributor: National Book Festival (U.S.) - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2022
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    2022 National Book Festival: At the Heart of Modernity with Howard W. French What happens when you consider the origins of modernity and center Africa rather than Europe? Howard W. French's book, "Born in Blackness," explores that very question as he investigates the forgotten history of how Africa and its relations to the Western world played an integral role in the development of the modern world. Moderated by Lanisa Kitchiner.
    • Contributor: National Book Festival (U.S.) - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2022
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    2022 National Book Festival: D.C. Reads Writer Clint Smith In this collaboration with D.C. Public Library, Clint Smith talks about his book "How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America," the latest D.C. Reads selection. "How the Word Is Passed" was named a Best Book of 2021 by The New York Times, among other media outlets. Moderated by Frederick Wherry.
    • Contributor: National Book Festival (U.S.) - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2022
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    2022 National Book Festival: The Bald Eagle with Jack E. Davis Strength. Resolution. Freedom. The bald eagle is among the most enduring American symbols, but there is a complicated history beneath that worship. David M. Rubenstein joins Pulitzer Prize-winning environmentalist and author Jack E. Davis to discuss Davis' new book, "The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of America's Bird," to give a fuller picture of our relationship to the national bird.
    • Contributor: National Book Festival (U.S.) - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2022
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    2022 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: National Book Festival (U.S.) - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2022
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    2022 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: National Book Festival (U.S.) - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2022
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    2022 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: National Book Festival (U.S.) - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2022
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    2022 National Book Festival: Past Pain, Future Hope with Tomás Q. Morín and Morgan Talty Tomás Q. Morín 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 Morín's "Let Me Count the Ways" is a memoir about his OCD as a mechanism to survive childhood. Moderated by Tope Folarin.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress
    • Date: 2022
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    2022 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: National Book Festival (U.S.) - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2022
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    2022 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: National Book Festival (U.S.) - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2022
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    2022 National Book Festival: Find Yourself in Books We read books, we create works inspired by them and we belong to book clubs and libraries. We read, learn and get creative. Creativity is the core of copyright. This video explores the Copyright Office exhibit's artifacts to find how each of us contribute to the copyright system in books.
    • Contributor: National Book Festival (U.S.) - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2022
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    2022 National Book Festival: Bienvenidos a la Biblioteca Explore the Library in Spanish: an overview of the Library's history, fun facts about its collections and an invitation to join the Library for Hispanic Heritage Month.
    • Contributor: National Book Festival (U.S.) - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2022
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    2022 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: National Book Festival (U.S.) - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2022
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    2022 National Book Festival: An Introduction to the Constitution Annotated "The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation" (Constitution Annotated), published by the Congressional Research Service, provides a comprehensive review of U.S. Constitutional provisions and the leading U.S. Supreme Court decisions that interpret them. CRS has made this resource available online, via Congress.gov. This presentation will provide an overview of the Constitution Annotated website's features.
    • Contributor: National Book Festival (U.S.) - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2022
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    2022 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: Library of Congress
    • Date: 2022
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    2022 National Book Festival: Rage Against the System with Samira Ahmed and Sabaa Tahir Many teens face racism, financial challenges, and family dysfunctioN - but all of them fight for truth, hope, and control of their lives. Samira Ahmed, author of "Hollow Fires" and Sabaa Tahir, author of "All My Rage" discuss these conflicts and the resilience possessed by the characters in their stories with moderators Sasa Aakil and Nandini Kotamurthy.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress
    • Date: 2022