Schedule

All National Book Festival events on Aug. 31 will take place at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. NOTE: Using the “Add to Calendar” tool places individual events in your personal calendar. It does not constitute a reservation or ticket to the event, nor does it guarantee you a seat.

Main Stage

Children's Green Stage

Children's Purple Stage

Teens

  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Kathleen Glasgow Presentation 10:50 am - 11:25 am EDT
    Add to calendar     Kathleen Glasgow discusses "How to Make Friends with the Dark" (Delacorte). Introduced by: Nicole Y. Chung. Teens
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    Holly Black Presentation 12:30 pm - 1:05 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Holly Black discusses "The Wicked King" (Little, Brown). Introduced by: Monica Valentine. Teens
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    Conversation: Finding Their Voices 1:20 pm - 2:00 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Mitali Perkins discusses "Forward Me Back to You" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) and Misa Sugiura discusses "This Time Will Be Different" (HarperTeen) in a panel conversation moderated by Lee Ann Potter. Teens
  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Ngozi Ukazu Presentation 2:15 pm - 2:50 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Ngozi Ukazu discusses "Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey" (First Second). Introduced by: Warren Bernard. Teens
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    Conversation: Growing Up Hard 3:05 pm - 3:45 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Monica Hesse discusses "The War Outside" (Little, Brown) and Jarrett J. Krosoczka discusses "Hey, Kiddo" (Graphix/Scholastic) in a panel conversation moderated by Maria Russo. Teens
  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Markus Zusak Presentation 4:00 pm - 4:40 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Markus Zusak discusses "Bridge of Clay" (Knopf). Introduced by: Steven Levingston. Teens
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    Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks Presentation 4:50 pm - 5:30 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks launch their new book "Pumpkinheads" (First Second) in a discussion with Linda Holmes, author of "Evvie Drake Starts Over" (Ballantine). Introduced by: Neely Tucker. Teens
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    Poetry Slam 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     A poetry slam is a contest in which poets read or recite their poems, which are then judged by a panel. This year's event will include some of the Metro area’s top youth slam groups. Team delegates from DC, Baltimore, and Salisbury, Maryland will compete to be named the festival's top youth slammer by performing new works on books and reading. Emcee: Elizabeth Acevedo.... Teens
  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan Presentation 10:00 am - 10:35 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan discuss "Watch Us Rise" (Bloomsbury). Introduced by: Monica Valentine. Teens
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    Scott Westerfeld Presentation 11:40 am - 12:15 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Scott Westerfeld discusses "Impostors" (Scholastic). Introduced by: Joe Heim. Teens

Fiction

  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Rebecca Makkai Presentation 10:00 am - 10:45 am EDT
    Add to calendar     Rebecca Makkai discusses "The Great Believers" (Penguin) with Emily Eakin. Welcome by: Carey Cranston. The Fiction Stage is sponsored by The James Madison Council. Fiction
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    Conversation: Novels Based on Real People 11:00 am - 11:50 am EDT
    Add to calendar     Louis Bayard discusses "Courting Mr. Lincoln" (Algonquin) and Roxana Robinson discusses "Dawson’s Fall" (Sarah Crichton) in a panel conversation moderated by Emily Eakin. The Fiction Stage is sponsored by The James Madison Council. Fiction
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    Sigrid Nunez Presentation 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Sigrid Nunez discusses "The Friend" (Riverhead) with Elizabeth Blair. The Fiction Stage is sponsored by The James Madison Council. Fiction
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    Thomas Mallon Presentation 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Thomas Mallon discusses "Landfall" (Pantheon). Introduced by: Amy Argetsinger. The Fiction Stage is sponsored by The James Madison Council. Fiction
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    Ann Beattie Presentation 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Ann Beattie discusses "A Wonderful Stroke of Luck" (Viking) with Neely Tucker. The Fiction Stage is sponsored by The James Madison Council. Fiction
  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Susan Choi Presentation 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Susan Choi discusses "Trust Exercise" (Henry Holt) with Ron Charles. The Fiction Stage is sponsored by The James Madison Council. Fiction
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    Richard Powers Presentation 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Richard Powers discusses "The Overstory" (Norton) with Ron Charles. The Fiction Stage is sponsored by The James Madison Council. Fiction
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    Laila Lalami Presentation 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Laila Lalami discusses "The Other Americans" (Pantheon) with Carey Cranston. The Fiction Stage is sponsored by The James Madison Council. Fiction
  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Barbara Kingsolver Presentation 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Barbara Kingsolver discusses "Unsheltered" (HarperCollins) with Mandalit del Barco. The Fiction Stage is sponsored by The James Madison Council. Fiction
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    Joyce Carol Oates Presentation 7:00 pm - 7:45 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Joyce Carol Oates discusses "My Life as a Rat" (Ecco) with Emily Eakin. The Fiction Stage is sponsored by The James Madison Council. Fiction

Genre Fiction

  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Panel: Western Writers 10:00 am - 10:50 am EDT
    Add to calendar     Johnny D. Boggs discusses "The Kansas City Cowboys" (Blackstone), Anne Hillerman discusses "The Tale Teller: A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Novel" (HarperCollins), Paul Andrew Hutton discusses "The Apache Wars: The Hunt for Geronimo, the Apache Kid, and the Captive Boy Who Started the Longest War in American History" (Broadway) and Craig Johnson discusses "Depth of Winter" (Viking) in a panel conversation. Introduced by: Roswell... Genre Fiction
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    Victoria "V.E." Schwab Genre Fiction Presentation 11:00 am - 11:45 am EDT
    Add to calendar     Victoria "V.E." Schwab discusses "Vengeful" (Tor) with Jennifer Abella. Genre Fiction
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    Seanan McGuire Presentation 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Seanan McGuire discusses "Middlegame" (Tor). Introduced by: John Kelly. Genre Fiction
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    John Scalzi Presentation 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     John Scalzi discusses "The Consuming Fire" (Tor). Introduced by: Phoebe Connelly. Genre Fiction
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    Brianna Labuskes Presentation 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Brianna Labuskes discusses "Girls of Glass" (Thomas & Mercer) with Colleen Shogan. Genre Fiction
  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Charlie Jane Anders Presentation 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Charlie Jane Anders discusses "The City in the Middle of the Night" (Tor). Introduced by: Phoebe Connelly. Genre Fiction
  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Conversation: Historical Novels 4:00 pm - 4:50 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Margaret George discusses "The Splendor Before the Dark: A Novel of the Emperor Nero" (Berkley) and Philippa Gregory discusses "Tidelands" (Atria) in a panel conversation moderated by Petra Mayer. Genre Fiction
  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Joe Ide Presentation 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Joe Ide discusses "Wrecked: An IQ Novel" (Mulholland). Introduced by: Stephanie Merry. Genre Fiction
  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Sara Paretsky Presentation 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Sara Paretsky discusses "Shell Game: A V.I. Warshawski Novel" (William Morrow) with Maureen Corrigan. Genre Fiction
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    James Ellroy Presentation 7:00 pm - 7:45 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     James Ellroy discusses "This Storm" (Knopf). Introduced by: Robin Dale. Genre Fiction

History & Biography

  • Event | lectures and symposia
    David Maraniss Presentation 10:00 am - 10:45 am EDT
    Add to calendar     David Maraniss discusses "A Good American Family: The Red Scare and My Father" (Simon & Schuster) with Adam Kushner. Welcome by: Ryan Ramsey. The History & Biography Stage is sponsored by Wells Fargo. History & Biography
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    Joanne B. Freeman Presentation 11:00 am - 11:45 am EDT
    Add to calendar     Joanne B. Freeman discusses "The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) with John Haskell. The History & Biography Stage is sponsored by Wells Fargo. History & Biography
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    Casey Gerald Presentation 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Casey Gerald discusses "There Will Be No Miracles Here: A Memoir" (Riverhead) with Colleen Shogan. The History & Biography Stage is sponsored by Wells Fargo. History & Biography
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    Conversation: Native American History 1:55 pm - 2:45 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Colin G. Calloway discusses "The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans and the Birth of the Nation" (Oxford University) and David Treuer discusses "The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present" (Riverhead) in a panel conversation moderated by Gal Beckerman. The History & Biography Stage is sponsored by Wells Fargo. History & Biography
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    Elaine Weiss Presentation 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Elaine Weiss discusses "The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote" (Viking). Introduced by: Amy Argetsinger. The History & Biography Stage is sponsored by Wells Fargo. History & Biography
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    Douglas Brinkley Presentation 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Douglas Brinkley discusses "American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race" (HarperCollins) with David M. Rubenstein. The History & Biography Stage is sponsored by Wells Fargo. History & Biography
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    Evan Thomas Presentation 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Evan Thomas discusses "First: Sandra Day O’Connor" (Random House) with Colleen Shogan. Introduced by: Beth Zorc. The History & Biography Stage is sponsored by Wells Fargo. History & Biography
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    Rick Atkinson Presentation 7:00 pm - 7:45 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Rick Atkinson discusses "The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777" (Henry Holt). Introduced by: Manuel Roig-Franzia. Welcome by: David Moskowitz. The History & Biography Stage is sponsored by Wells Fargo. History & Biography
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    Andrew Roberts Presentation 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Andrew Roberts discusses "Churchill: Walking with Destiny" (Viking) with David M. Rubenstein. The History & Biography Stage is sponsored by Wells Fargo. History & Biography

International

  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Panel: The View From Country—Australia's Aboriginal Writers 10:00 am - 10:50 am EDT
    Add to calendar     Jeanine Leane discusses "Walk Back Over" (Cordite), Brenton McKenna discusses "Ubby’s Underdogs: Return of the Dragons" (Magabala) and Kim Scott launches in America his book "Taboo" (Small Beer) in a panel conversation moderated by Belinda Wheeler. Welcome by: Jane McAuliffe. International
  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Claudia Salazar Jiménez Presentation 11:00 am - 11:45 am EDT
    Add to calendar     Claudia Salazar Jiménez discusses "Blood of the Dawn" (Deep Vellum) with Madhulika Sikka. Introduced by: Jose Miguel Nieto. International
  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Inga Gaile Presentation 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Inga Gaile discusses "30 Questions People Don’t Ask: The Selected Poems of Inga Gaile" (Pleiades) with Indra Ekmanis. Introduced by: Artūrs Saburovs. International
  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Amitav Ghosh Presentation 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Amitav Ghosh discusses "Gun Island" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) with Bilal Qureshi. International
  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Olga Grjasnowa Presentation 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Olga Grjasnowa discusses "City of Jasmine" (Oneworld) with Matthew Davis. Introduced by: Vera Beutin. International
  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Cristina Rivera Garza Presentation 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Cristina Rivera Garza discusses "The Taiga Syndrome" (Dorothy Project) with Talía Guzmán-González. Introduced by: Beatriz Nava. International
  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Conversation: South American Fiction 4:00 pm - 4:50 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Liliana Colanzi discusses "Our Dead World" (Dalkey Archive) and Melba Escobar discusses "House of Beauty" (Fourth Estate) in a panel conversation moderated by Suzanne Schadl. Introduced by: Trinidad Zaldivar. International
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    Caoilinn Hughes Presentation 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Caoilinn Hughes discusses "Orchid & the Wasp" (Hogarth) with Daniel Mulhall. International
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    Kim Thúy Presentation 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Kim Thúy discusses "Vi" (Random House) and "Secrets from My Vietnamese Kitchen: Simple Recipes from My Many Mothers" (Random House) with Denis Chouinard. International
  • Event | lectures and symposia
    María Dueñas Presentation 7:00 pm - 7:45 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     María Dueñas discusses "The Vineyard" (Atria) with Suzanne Schadl. Introduced by: Santiago Cabanas. International

Poetry & Prose

  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Jericho Brown and the Poetry Out Loud Winners 10:00 am - 10:45 am EDT
    Add to calendar     Poetry Out Loud is a contest that encourages the nation’s youth to learn about great poetry through memorization and recitation. Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation, this program helps students master public speaking skills, build self-confidence, and learn about their literary heritage. Poetry & Prose
  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Panel: Fiction Through a Different Lens 11:00 am - 11:50 am EDT
    Add to calendar     Aminatta Forna discusses "Happiness: A Novel" (Atlantic Monthly), R.O. Kwon discusses "The Incendiaries: A Novel" (Riverhead) and Valeria Luiselli discusses "Lost Children Archive: A Novel" (Knopf) in a panel conversation. Introduced by: Anya Creightney. The Poetry & Prose Stage is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts. Poetry & Prose
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    Conversation: Poetry With a Purpose 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Jericho Brown discusses "The Tradition" (Copper Canyon) and Dorianne Laux discusses "Only as the Day Is Long: New and Selected Poems" (Norton) in a panel conversation moderated by Rob Casper. The Poetry & Prose Stage is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts. Poetry & Prose
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    Conversation: The Art of the Short Story 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Brendan Mathews discusses "This Is Not a Love Song" (Little, Brown) and Lydia Millet discusses "Fight No More: Stories" (Norton) in a panel conversation moderated by Nora Krug. The Poetry & Prose Stage is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts. Poetry & Prose
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    Conversation: The Poetry of Place 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Natasha Trethewey discusses "Monument: Poems New and Selected" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) and Jenny Xie discusses "Eye Level: Poems" (Graywolf) in a panel conversation moderated by Anya Creightney. The Poetry & Prose Stage is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts. Poetry & Prose
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    Conversation: The Poetry of Silence 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Sheila Black discusses "The Right Way to Be Crippled and Naked: The Fiction of Disability" (Cinco Puntos) and Ilya Kaminsky discusses "Deaf Republic: Poems" (Graywolf) in a panel conversation. Introduced by: Rob Casper. The Poetry & Prose Stage is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts. Poetry & Prose
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    Panel: How to Raise a Reader 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Pamela Paul and Maria Russo launch their new book "How to Raise a Reader" (Workman) in a panel conversation with Linda Sue Park, author of "Nya’s Long Walk: A Step at a Time" (Clarion), Jon Scieszka, author of "AstroNuts Mission One: The Plant Planet" (Chronicle), and Renée Watson, author of "Watch Us Rise" (Bloomsbury). Moderated by: Lee Ann Potter. Introduced by: Mary Anne Carter.... Poetry & Prose
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    Nathan Englander Presentation 6:10 pm - 6:55 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Nathan Englander discusses "kaddish.com: A Novel" (Knopf) with Glen Weldon. Introduced by: Jessica Flynn. The Poetry & Prose Stage is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts. Poetry & Prose
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    Panel: The Enduring Appeal of the Odyssey 7:05 pm - 7:55 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Alberto Manguel discusses "Homer’s The Iliad and The Odyssey: A Biography" (Grove), Madeline Miller discusses "Circe" (Little, Brown) and Emily Wilson discusses her translation of "The Odyssey" (Norton) in a panel conversation. Introduced by: Amy Stolls. The Poetry & Prose Stage is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts. Poetry & Prose
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    Julia Alvarez Presentation 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Julia Alvarez discusses "In the Time of the Butterflies" (Algonquin) with Marie Arana. Introduced by: Amy Stolls. The Poetry & Prose Stage is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts. Poetry & Prose

Science

  • Event | lectures and symposia
    David Sloan Wilson Presentation 10:00 am - 10:45 am EDT
    Add to calendar     David Sloan Wilson discusses "This View of Life: Completing the Darwinian Revolution" (Pantheon) with Gal Beckerman. Welcome by: Shari Werb. Science
  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Jim Ottaviani Presentation 11:00 am - 11:45 am EDT
    Add to calendar     Jim Ottaviani discusses "Hawking" (First Second). Introduced by: Michael Cavna. Science
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    Conversation: Animal Emotions & Human-Animal Relations 12:00 pm - 12:50 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Alexandra Horowitz launches her new book "Our Dogs, Ourselves: The Story of a Singular Bond" (Scribner) and Frans de Waal discusses "Mama’s Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us About Ourselves" (Norton) in a panel conversation moderated by Betsy Herrelko. Science
  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Thomas W. Malone Presentation 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Thomas W. Malone discusses "Superminds: The Surprising Power of People and Computers Thinking Together" (Little, Brown). Introduced by: Adam Kushner. Science
  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Peter Brannen Presentation 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Peter Brannen discusses "The Ends of the World: Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans and Our Quest to Understand Earth's Past Mass Extinctions" (Ecco) with John Haskell. Science
  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Beth Macy Presentation 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Beth Macy discusses "Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors and the Drug Company that Addicted America" (Little, Brown) with Pamela Paul. Introduced by: Leonard Bernstein. Science
  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Daniel Stone Presentation 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Daniel Stone discusses "The Food Explorer: The True Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats" (Dutton). Introduced by: Bonnie S. Benwick. Science
  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Lisa Margonelli Presentation 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Lisa Margonelli discusses "Underbug: An Obsessive Tale of Termites and Technology" (Scientific American/Farrar, Straus & Giroux). Introduced by: Leonard Bernstein. Science
  • Event | lectures and symposia
    David Quammen Presentation 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     David Quammen discusses "The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life" (Simon & Schuster). Introduced by: Manuel Roig-Franzia. Science
  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Douglas Rushkoff Presentation 7:00 pm - 7:45 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Douglas Rushkoff discusses "Team Human" (Norton). Introduced by: Steven Levingston. Science

Understanding Our World

  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Conversation: The Future of Western Capitalism and the Rise of Asia 12:30 pm - 1:15 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Parag Khanna discusses "The Future Is Asian" (Simon & Schuster) and Steven Pearlstein discusses "Can American Capitalism Survive?: Why Greed Is Not Good, Opportunity Is Not Equal and Fairness Won’t Make Us Poor" (St. Martin’s) in a panel conversation moderated by David M. Rubenstein. The Understanding Our World Stage is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Understanding Our World
  • Event | lectures and symposia
    David Grann Presentation 2:30 pm - 3:15 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     David Grann discusses "The White Darkness" (Doubleday) with Carlos Lozada. The Understanding Our World Stage is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Understanding Our World
  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Panel: From the Many, One—Immigration Memoirs 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Reyna Grande discusses "A Dream Called Home: A Memoir" (Atria), Aleksandar Hemon discusses "My Parents: An Introduction/This Does Not Belong to You" (MCD/Farrar, Straus & Giroux) and Suketu Mehta discusses "This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant’s Manifesto" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) in a panel conversation moderated by Carlos Lozada. The Understanding Our World Stage is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Understanding Our World
  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Conversation: Essential Libraries 4:45 pm - 5:30 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Joshua Hammer discusses "The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts" (Simon & Schuster) and Alberto Manguel discusses "Packing My Library: An Elegy and Ten Digressions" (Yale University) in a panel conversation moderated by Carla Hayden. The Understanding Our World Stage is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Understanding Our World
  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Elaine Pagels Presentation 5:45 pm - 6:30 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Elaine Pagels discusses "Why Religion?: A Personal Story" (Ecco) with Jon Parrish Peede. The Understanding Our World Stage is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Understanding Our World
  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Panel: Race in America 6:45 pm - 7:45 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Henry Louis Gates Jr. discusses "Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy and the Rise of Jim Crow" (Penguin), Judge Richard Gergel discusses "Unexampled Courage: The Blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard and the Awakening of President Harry S. Truman and Judge J. Waties Waring" (Sarah Crichton) and Steve Luxenberg discusses "Separate: The Story of Plessy v. Ferguson, and America’s Journey from Slavery to Segregation" (Norton)... Understanding Our World
  • Event | lectures and symposia
    David Epstein Presentation 10:00 am - 10:45 am EDT
    Add to calendar     David Epstein discusses "Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World" (Riverhead) with Anne-Imelda Radice. Welcome by: Jon Parrish Peede. The Understanding Our World Stage is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Understanding Our World
  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Panel: Changemakers 11:00 am - 12:15 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Andrea Barnet discusses "Visionary Women: How Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall and Alice Waters Changed Our World" (Ecco), David W. Blight discusses "Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom" (Simon & Schuster) and Andrew Roberts discusses "Churchill: Walking with Destiny" (Viking) in a panel conversation moderated by Kai Bird. Introduced by: Shari Werb. The Understanding Our World Stage is sponsored by the National Endowment for... Understanding Our World
  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Amy Gutmann and Jonathan D. Moreno Presentation 1:30 pm - 2:20 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Amy Gutmann and Jonathan D. Moreno launch their new book "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven but Nobody Wants to Die: Bioethics and the Transformation of Health Care in America" (Liveright) in a discussion with Andrea Mitchell. Introduced by: Paul Farhi. The Understanding Our World Stage is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Understanding Our World

Library of Congress Stage

  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Presenting the Library of Congress' Thomas Jefferson Building 10:00 am - 10:40 am EDT
    Add to calendar     The deputy chief of the visitor engagement office will give an overview of the history of the Library of Congress, beginning with the capital city’s move from Philadelphia to Washington in 1800 and concluding with the Thomas Jefferson Building as it is today. Library of Congress Stage
  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Read and Meet: Comic Books and Pop Culture 11:00 am - 11:40 am EDT
    Add to calendar     Join Library of Congress subject specialists for a moderated community chat about your favorite works and have a chance to learn more with your fellow readers! Library of Congress Stage
  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Copyright Matters 12:00 pm - 12:40 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Did you know that every one of us both owns and uses copyrighted works? Copyright is all around, especially in literature. Join us to learn how copyright affects you, including the basics of copyright and how it promotes creativity among authors and artists. Library of Congress Stage
  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Veterans History Project 1:00 pm - 1:40 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Learn about the history of the unique connection between Congress and the Veterans History Project (VHP), as well as the human component of how VHP creates an environment where veterans not only share their stories, but also capture them for posterity in a safe space. Library of Congress Stage
  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Read and Meet: History and Biography 2:00 pm - 2:40 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Join Library of Congress subject specialists for a moderated community chat about your favorite works and have a chance to learn more with your fellow readers! Library of Congress Stage
  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Copyright Matters 3:00 pm - 3:40 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Did you know that every one of us both owns and uses copyrighted works? Copyright is all around, especially in literature. Join us to learn how copyright affects you, including the basics of copyright and how it promotes creativity among authors and artists. Library of Congress Stage
  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Read and Meet: Popular Science 4:00 pm - 4:40 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Join Library of Congress subject specialists for a moderated community chat about your favorite works and have a chance to learn more with your fellow readers! Library of Congress Stage
  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Panel: Library of Congress Super Users 5:00 pm - 5:40 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Library of Congress super users are experts at researching and exploring the Library’s collections. Discover how these authors, poets, photographers and even bloggers use the Library’s resources to enhance their work and how the collections often lead them to new fields of research and exploration. Library of Congress Stage

Library of Congress Pavilion

Book Signings