By now, almost every one has heard the story that author Patricia MacLachlan recounted at the White House this past Saturday that unofficially kicked off the 2007 National Book Festival. (Yes, I’m still writing about it. Deal.) For those of you that missed it, enjoy. And if you’ve been under a rock for the past seven years, the […]
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Librarian means First Lady. Right? Laura Bush’s Literacy Breakfast.
October 2nd, 2007 · Comments Off
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Woodstock for Bibliophiles. 2007 National Book Festival.
October 1st, 2007 · 12 Comments
This weekend I visited the Twilight Zone. It was suppose to be the National Book Festival, but I must have made a wrong turn off Constitution Avenue. Instead of stumbling onto a somber, sparsely attended book fair, I found the Mall overtaken by the masses, who were beaten back from overrunning authors by platoons of […]
Tags: National Book Festival · D.C. · Books
National Book Festival Features J.K. Rowling?
September 27th, 2007 · 3 Comments
Don’t I and a billion other readers wish.
The list of authors for Saturday’s Bibliophile-Rumble (a/k/a National Book Festival) is impressive, but I’m confused. Where is youth favorite Stephenie Meyer? Virginia’s own legal thriller producer John Grisham? New York Times darling Khaled Hosseini of Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns fame? Gritty and terrifying Cormac […]
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Who am I going to vote for in the Virginia primary?
February 12th, 2008 · No Comments
Me.
Living in Washington, D.C. means three things. One, your relatives think something is wrong with you. Two, everyone knows someone. And three, politics. This is problematic for me, as I have taken to despising them ever since my pointless two, collegiate summers on Capitol Hill. And election year means politics are inescapable. This past Sunday […]
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