Videos

Miriam Pawel talked about her book, The Crusades of Cesar Chavez: A Biography, in which she chronicles the life and activism of United Farm Workers co-founder and president Cesar Chavez. …

Don Carleton presented the work of 23 photographers who captured the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This was a virtual event hosted by the 2021 Virtual San Antonio Book Festival.

Judy Batalion, the daughter of Holocaust survivors and author of The Light of Days, and Rebecca Donner, author of All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days, shared the stories of women who fough…

Anna Malaika Tubbs, author of The Three Mothers, and Thomas Healy, author of Soul City, discussed race in America. This was a virtual event hosted by the 2021 Virtual San Antonio Book Festiv…

Nicholas Christakis, author of Apollo’s Arrow, and Charles Kenny, author of The Plague Cycle, discussed the impact of COVID-19 on our daily lives. This was a virtual event hosted by the 2021…

Dorothy Wickenden, author of The Agitators, and historian H.W. Brands, author of The Zealot and the Emancipator, recalled the history of social justice movements in America. This was a virtu…

Aaron Sanchez, author of Homeland, and journalist Paola Ramos, author of Finding Latinx, discussed what it means to identify as Latinx. This was a virtual event hosted by the 2021 Virtual Sa…

Journalist Seamus McGraw provided a history of mass shootings in America. This was a virtual event hosted by the 2021 Virtual San Antonio Book Festival.

Robert Crosnoe shared his thoughts on the education of children in marginalzed communities. This was a virtual event hosted by the 2021 Virtual San Antonio Book Festival.

Helen Thorpe talked about her book, Soldier Girls: The Battles of Three Women at Home and at War, about three women who joined the Indiana National Guard and were deployed to Iraq and Afghan…

Maureen Corrigan, author of So We Read On: How The Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why It Endures, and Andrew Levy, author of Huck Finn’s America: Mark Twain and the Era That Shaped His Masterpi…

Geoff Dyer talked about his book, Another Great Day at Sea: Life Aboard the USS George H.W. Bush, about his experiences while living aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush. Thi…

Eli Reed talked about his book, Eli Reed: A Long Walk Home, about his career and collection of photos spanning over four decades. This event took place at the third annual San Antonio Bo…

Jan Jarboe Russell, author of The Train to Crystal City: FDR’s Secret Prisoner Exchange Program and America’s Only Family Internment Camp During World War II, and Richard Reeves, author of I…

Andrew Yang talked about his book Smart People Should Build Things: How to Restore Our Culture of Achievement, Build a Path for Entrepreneurs, and Create New Jobs in America, in which he pre…

Matt Barreto, co-author of Latino America: How America’s Most Dynamic Population is Poised to Transform the Politics of the Nation, and Henry Flores, author of Latinos and the Voting Rights …

Russell Gold talked about his book The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World, in which he explores the rise of fracking and its various impacts arou…

Richard Rodriguez talked about his memoir, Darling: A Spiritual Autobiography, at the 2014 San Antonio Book Festival. This event took place at the second annual San Antonio Book Festival,…

Panelists talked about the history of San Antonio, Texas. Panelists included Nick Kotz, author of The Harness Maker’s Dream: Nathan Kallison and the Rise of South Texas, and Ignacio Garci…

Panelists talked about government surveillance and privacy. Panelists included Heidi Boghosian, author of Spying on Democracy: Government Surveillance, Corporate Power and Public Resistan…