2014 National Book Festival

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The 2014 National Book Festival was held on Saturday, August 30, 2014, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Our podcast series features one-on-one chats with some of this year's featured authors.

  1. 08/27/2014

    Louisa Lim: 2014 National Book Festival

    David Taylor from the Library of Congress speaks with Louisa Lim, who will appear at the 2014 National Book Festival on August 30 in Washington, D.C. BiographyLouisa Lim is an NPR international correspondent based in Beijing. In her book “The People’s Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited,” Lim uncovers a tragedy from China’s modern history that has been untold for nearly 25 years. Through eyewitness accounts and investigative research, she explores the disastrous events of June 4, 1989, when People’s Liberation Army soldiers opened fire on unarmed civilians in Beijing, killing hundreds of people.

    20 min

  2. 08/25/2014

    Cokie Roberts: 2014 National Book Festival

    Karen Jaffe from the Library of Congress speaks with Cokie Roberts, who will appear at the 2014 National Book Festival on August 30 in Washington, D.C. BiographyJournalist Cokie Roberts is a senior correspondent for NPR as well as a frequent guest on various Washington public affairs programs. Roberts is also an accomplished author, with several books to her credit, including “We Are Our Mothers’ Daughters,” “Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raise Our Nation” and “Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation.” Roberts’ new book, “Founding Mothers: Remembering the Ladies,” is for young people.

    10 min

  3. 08/22/2014

    Anne Hillerman: 2014 National Book Festival

    Jennifer Gavin from the Library of Congress speaks with Anne Hillerman, who will appear at the 2014 National Book Festival on August 30 in Washington, D.C. BiographyThe characters Jim Chee, Joe Leaphorn and Bernadete Manuelito, made famous by Tony Hillerman, get a new story line in “Spider Woman’s Daughter,” by Hillerman’s daughter, Anne Hillerman. “Spider Woman” is Anne Hillerman’s first novel, though not her first book. She is the author of the award-winning “Tony Hillerman’s Landscape: On the Road with Chee and Leaphorn.”

    6 min

  4. 08/20/2014

    Laura and Peter Zeranski: 2014 National Book Festival

    Agnieszka Pukniel from the Library of Congress speaks with Laura & Peter Zeranski, who will appear at the 2014 National Book Festival on August 30 in Washington, D.C. BiographyHusband-and-wife cooking team Laura and Peter Zeranski have focused on the art of Polish cuisine for almost 40 years. Peter’s mother, Alina Zeranska, encouraged a love for Polish food in the family after publishing “The Art of Polish Cooking” in 1968, a critically acclaimed best-seller. Peter Zeranski continued the work of honoring Polish culture, publishing “Polish Classic Recipes” in 2011 with his wife. In “Polish Classic Desserts,” this cooking duo offers another addition to their Classic Recipes series, this time serving up Poland’s sweetest traditions.

    9 min

  5. 08/18/2014

    Nina Khrushcheva: 2014 National Book Festival

    George Thuronyi from the Library of Congress speaks with Nina Khrushcheva, who will appear at the 2014 National Book Festival on August 30 in Washington, D.C. BiographyAuthor and scholar Nina Khrushcheva is associate professor in the Graduate Program of International Affairs at the New School and a senior fellow of the World Policy Institute, where she is director of the Russia Project. In her part memoir, part investigative book, “The Lost Khrushchev: A Journey into the Gulag of the Russian Mind,” she gives a personal account of her family history and the story of her grandfather Leonid Khrushchev, eldest son of former Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev.

    20 min

  6. 08/15/2014

    Liza Donnelly: 2014 National Book Festival

    Martha Kennedy from the Library of Congress speaks with Liza Donnelly, who will appear at the 2014 National Book Festival on August 30 in Washington, D.C. BiographyAuthor and cartoonist Liza Donnelly is best known for her career with The New Yorker, where she has been drawing cartoons on culture and politics for more than 30 years. Her work has been featured in several notable publications, such as The New York Times, The Harvard Business Review and The Nation, and she is a regular cartoonist for Forbes.com and Women’s Enews, most often featuring cartoons about women’s rights.

    14 min

  7. 08/13/2014

    Theodore Taylor III: 2014 National Book Festival

    Rosemary Girard from the Library of Congress speaks with Theodore Taylor III, who will appear at the 2014 National Book Festival on August 30 in Washington, D.C. BiographyTheodore Taylor III is a Washington- based artist, designer and photographer. He studied communication arts at Virginia Commonwealth University. Written by Laban Carrick Hill and illustrated by Taylor, “When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop,” offers kids an explanation of an underrepresented piece of history.

    11 min

  8. 08/11/2014

    Billy Collins: 2014 National Book Festival

    Isabella Hyun from the Library of Congress speaks with Billy Collins, who will appear at the 2014 National Book Festival on August 30 in Washington, D.C. BiographyFormer Poet Laureate (2001-2003) Billy Collins has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim Foundation and the New York Foundation for the Arts. Bruce Weber of The New York Times has called Collins “the most popular poet in America.” While he was Poet Laureate, Collins created the popular Poetry 180 website (loc.gov/poetry/180/) for the Library of Congress, which offers a poem a day throughout the school year. Collins’ new collection of poems is “Aimless Love.”

    11 min
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