The 2010 National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress, was held on Saturday, September 25, 2010, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
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Ken Follett: 2010 National Book Festival
Matt Raymond from the Library of Congress speaks with Ken Follett, who appeared at the 2010 National Book Festival on September 25, 2010, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.Bi…
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Ken Follett: 2010 National Book Festival
Ken Follett is one of the best-selling novelists in the world, having sold more than 100 million copies of his books. He became an instant sensation with his first novel, 1978’s “E…
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Jane Smiley: 2010 National Book Festival
Matt Raymond from the Library of Congress speaks with Jane Smiley, who appeared at the 2010 National Book Festival on September 25, 2010, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.Bi…
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Jane Smiley: 2010 National Book Festival
Jane Smiley is the author of several critically acclaimed and popular novels, including “The Age of God,” “The Greenlanders,” “Ordinary Love and Good Will,” “A Thousand Acres” (win…
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Anchee Min: 2010 National Book Festival
Anchee Min was born in Shanghai during the rule of communist leader Mao Zedong. She was chosen to become a leader of the Little Red Guards, a group of elementary school children wh…
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Anchee Min: 2010 National Book Festival
Matt Raymond from the Library of Congress speaks with Anchee Min, who appeared at the 2010 National Book Festival on September 25, 2010, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.Bio…
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Judith Viorst: 2010 National Book Festival
Matt Raymond from the Library of Congress speaks with Judith Viorst, who appeared at the 2010 National Book Festival on September 25, 2010, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.…
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Judith Viorst: 2010 National Book Festival
Judith Viorst is the author of several works of fiction and nonfiction for children as well as adults. “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day,” her most famou…
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Isabel Allende: 2010 National Book Festival
Matt Raymond from the Library of Congress speaks with Isabel Allende, who appeared at the 2010 National Book Festival on September 25, 2010, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C…
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Rae Armantrout: 2010 National Book Festival
Matt Raymond from the Library of Congress speaks with Rae Armantrout, who appeared at the 2010 National Book Festival on September 25, 2010, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C…
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Pat Mora: 2010 National Book Festival
Matt Raymond from the Library of Congress speaks with Pat Mora, who appeared at the 2010 National Book Festival on September 25, 2010, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.Biogr…
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Isabel Allende: 2010 National Book Festival
Isabel Allende is a best-selling Chilean-American writer who was born in Lima, where her father, Tomás Allende, was Chile’s ambassador to Peru. Her uncle was Chilean President Salv…
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Pat Mora: 2010 National Book Festival
A literacy advocate excited about sharing what she calls “bookjoy,” Pat Mora founded the family literacy initiative El día de los niños/El día de los libros, Children's Day/Book Da…
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Rae Armantrout: 2010 National Book Festival
Rae Armantrout is the 2010 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry for “Versed” (Wesleyan Poetry Press), which the Pulitzer committee cited as “a book striking for its wit and ling…