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As part of the Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society’s Literary and Arts Festival, book reviewers discussed their craft and writers described the impact of book reviews. Susan Larson, book editor …

Mr. Dirda talks about the nature and joys of reading. He is the author of Readings: Essays and Literary Entertainments, a collection of his monthly columns. The topics of the columns include…

Washington Post Book columnist Michael Dirda spoke in Washington, D.C. at the Folger Shakespeare Library about why books were important to him. He was the author of "Readings: Essays and Lit…

The first National Book Festival was experienced through a combination of author presentations, call-ins, and interviews from three locations: the Jefferson Building, the Madison Building an…

Mr. McCullough talked about his book John Adams, published by Simon and Schuster, a biography of the Founding Father and second president of the U.S. After his presentation he answered quest…

Historian Stephen Ambrose, the author of The Wild Blue, talked about World War II U.S. military pilots who flew B-24s over Germany. His book was published by Touchstone Books.

Marie Arana discussed her book American Chica at the National Book Festival in Washington D.C.

Michael Dirda read from his book Readings: Essays and Literary Entertainment, published by Indiana University Press. The book is a selection of essays Mr. Dirda has written on a variety of s…