2023 Book Festival Event Schedule

Saturday, March 16, 2024

Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Speaker(s)
Yolanda Pierce, Tracy K. Smith

Moderator(s)
Anne Snyder

Event Title
The Stories We Inherit: Women, Faith and Culture | Dr. Yolanda Pierce and Tracy K. Smith | Moderated by: Anne Snyder
Event Details

Location
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Speaker(s)
Kurt Andersen, Lawrence O'Donnell

Moderator(s)

Event Title
The Road From the 1960s to MAGA Madness | Kurt Andersen and Lawrence O’Donnell
Event Details

Location
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Speaker(s)
K. Ibura, Mona Lisa Saloy
Khadijha Queen
Moderator(s)

Megan Holt
Event Title
Culture, Memory and Storytelling | K. Ibura, Khadijah Queen and Mona Lisa Saloy | Moderated by: Megan Holt
Event Details

Location
Stibbs 203 - Lavin-Bernick Center
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Speaker(s)

Moderator(s)

Event Title
Additional authors tabling at Family Day: Shannon Atwater, Dr. Leanne Boucher Gill, and Tiecha Kieffer
Event Details

Location
Avron B. Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Speaker(s)
Kimbal Musk

Moderator(s)
Walter Isaacson

Event Title
Innovation, Food and Community: A Conversation with Kimbal Musk | Moderated by: Walter Isaacson | A NOEW Event
Event Details

Location
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
10:00 AM - 10:10 AM
Speaker(s)

Moderator(s)

Event Title
Yumbo Gumbo - Keila V Dawson
Event Details

Location
Avron B. Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Speaker(s)
Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

Moderator(s)
Imani Perry

Event Title
We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For | Eddie S. Glaude Jr. | Moderated by: Imani Perry
Event Details

Location
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Speaker(s)
Viet Thanh Nguyen

Moderator(s)
Thi Bui

Event Title
Echoes of the Past: Viet Thanh Nguyen on Writing the Vietnamese-American Story | Moderated by: Thi Bui
Event Details

Location
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Speaker(s)
Ken Auletta, John Huey, Adam Nagourney, Jacob Weisberg

Moderator(s)

Warwick Sabin
Event Title
Rollercoaster: The Rise, Fall and Evolution of Mainstream Media | Ken Auletta, John Huey, Adam Nagourney, Hermione Malone and Jacob Weisberg | Moderated by: Warwick Sabin
Event Details

Location
ROTC
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
10:15 AM - 10:25 AM
Speaker(s)

Moderator(s)

Event Title
King Of The Shoebox Parade - Brenda Robert
Event Details

Location
Avron B. Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM
Speaker(s)

Moderator(s)

Event Title
Claudia in the Storm: A Hurricane Katrina Survival Story - Denise McConduit
Event Details

Location
Avron B. Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
10:45 AM - 10:55 AM
Speaker(s)

Moderator(s)

Event Title
Dream Big, Little Bug - Revan Jackson
Event Details

Location
Avron B. Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Speaker(s)

Moderator(s)
Adam Nagourney

Event Title
Confidence Man | Maggie Haberman | Moderated by: Adam Nagourney
Event Details

Location
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Speaker(s)
Jefferson Cowie

Moderator(s)
Howell Raines

Event Title
The Freedom to Dominate: An American History | Jefferson Cowie | Moderated by: Howell Raines
Event Details

Location
ROTC
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Speaker(s)
Kwame Alexander

Moderator(s)
Wesley Lowery

Event Title
A Conversation with Kwame Alexander | Moderated by: Wesley Lowery
Event Details

Location
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Speaker(s)

Moderator(s)
Kim Boyle

Event Title
New Threats to Truth and Ideas: Privacy, Defamation, Book Bans | Amy Gajda | Moderated by: Kim Boyle
Event Details

Location
Stibbs 203 - Lavin-Bernick Center
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Speaker(s)
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Ladee Hubbard, Maurice Carlos Ruffin

Moderator(s)
Louis Edwards

Event Title
Stories of Cultural Significance in Fiction with Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Ladee Hubbard and Maurice Carlos Ruffin | Moderated by: Louis Edwards
Event Details

Location
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Speaker(s)
Sal Khan

Moderator(s)
Walter Isaacson

Event Title
The Future of Online Education in the Age of AI | Sal Khan | Moderated by: Walter Isaacson
Event Details

Location
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Speaker(s)
Michele Norris

Moderator(s)
Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

Event Title
Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity | Michele Norris | Moderated by: Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
Event Details

Location
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Speaker(s)
David Magee, Jay Wellons

Moderator(s)
David Weill, MD

Event Title
When Storytelling Turns to Advocacy | David Magee and Dr. Jay Wellons | Moderated by: David Weill
Event Details

Location
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
11:10 AM - 11:20 AM
Speaker(s)

Moderator(s)

Event Title
Saige Takes STEM By Storm - Dr. Dionne Nichols-Condoll
Event Details

Location
Avron B. Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM
Speaker(s)

Moderator(s)

Event Title
Gary And The Tooth Fairy – Adam Dennis
Event Details

Location
Avron B. Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
11:35 AM - 11:45 AM
Speaker(s)

Moderator(s)

Event Title
Jokes For Crescent City Kids and Young Comic’s Guide To Telling Jokes – Michael Strecker
Event Details

Location
Avron B. Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
11:50 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker(s)

Moderator(s)

Event Title
That's A Great Question - Tayla M. Young
Event Details

Location
Avron B. Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Speaker(s)
Jake Tapper

Moderator(s)

Event Title
A Career in News and Novels | Jake Tapper | Moderated by: Maureen Dowd
Event Details

Location
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Speaker(s)
Wesley Lowery, Ronan Farrow

Moderator(s)
Bethany McLean

Event Title
Breaking the Story: Investigative Journalism and the Courage to Dig Deep | Ronan Farrow and Wesley Lowery | Moderated by: Bethany McLean | A Tulane-Aspen Values in America Event
Event Details

Location
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Speaker(s)
Cheryl Gerber

Moderator(s)
Michael Tisserand

Event Title
New Orleans Pictured: Photography of Cheryl Gerber | Moderated by: Michael Tisserand
Event Details

Location
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Speaker(s)
Heather Cox Richardson, Jeffrey Rosen

Moderator(s)
Ken Burns

Event Title
The Founding Document: Historical Perspectives on Modern Constitutional Challenges | Heather Cox Richardson and Jeffrey Rosen | Moderated by: Ken Burns | A Tulane-Aspen Values in America Event
Event Details

Location
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Speaker(s)
David Brooks

Moderator(s)

Event Title
How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen | David Brooks
Event Details

Location
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Speaker(s)
Jerry Mitchell, Rachel Louise Martin

Moderator(s)

Arnessa Garrett
Event Title
Shadows of the Past: Unearthing Civil Rights Stories | Jerry Mitchell and Rachel Louise Martin | Moderated by: Arnessa Garrett
Event Details

Location
ROTC
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
12:00 PM - 12:10 PM
Speaker(s)
Raymond Antrobus

Moderator(s)

Event Title
Terrible Horses: Raymond Antrobus
Event Details

Location
Avron B. Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Speaker(s)
Rob Lalka

Moderator(s)

Event Title
The Venture Alchemists: How Big Tech Turned Profits Into Power Rob Lalka in Conversation with Peter Ricchiuti | A NOEW Event
Event Details

Location
Stibbs 203 - Lavin-Bernick Center
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
12:15 PM - 12:25 PM
Speaker(s)

Moderator(s)

Event Title
Fly - Brittany Thurman
Event Details

Location
Avron B. Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
12:25 PM - 12:35 PM
Speaker(s)

Moderator(s)

Event Title
Louisiana Indian Tales - Alice Couvillon
Event Details

Location
Avron B. Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
12:40 PM - 12:50 PM
Speaker(s)

Moderator(s)

Event Title
Performance: Confetti Park Players Children’s Chorus
Event Details

Location
Avron B. Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
12:55 PM - 1:10 PM
Speaker(s)

Moderator(s)

Event Title
Brudders Series - K.A. Leigh and Derek Roberts (Scholastic)
Event Details

Location
Avron B. Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Speaker(s)
Jonathan Eig

Moderator(s)
Gwendolyn Thompkins

Event Title
King: A Life, the New Definitive Biography of MLK | Jonathan Eig | Moderated by: Gwendolyn Thompkins
Event Details

Location
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Speaker(s)
Gregg Hecimovich

Moderator(s)
Annette Gordon-Reed

Event Title
From Slave to Author: The Life and Times of Hannah Crafts | Gregg Hecimovich | Moderated by: Annette Gordon-Reed
Event Details

Location
ROTC
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Speaker(s)
Michael Lewis
David Shipley
Moderator(s)

Event Title
Going Infinite | Michael Lewis in Conversation with David Shipley
Event Details

Location
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Speaker(s)
Corey J. Miles, Brandan "BMIKE" Odums
avery r. young
Moderator(s)
Charles M. Blow

Event Title
Contemporary Crossroads: Exploring Art, Culture and the Written Word | Corey J. Miles, Brandan “BMIKE” Odums and avery r. young | Moderated by: Charles M. Blow
Event Details

Location
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Speaker(s)
Yuri Herrera

Moderator(s)
Rien Fertel

Event Title
Ten Planets: An Interview with Yuri Herrera | Moderated by: Rien Fertel
Event Details

Location
Stibbs 203 - Lavin-Bernick Center
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Speaker(s)
Stacey Abrams

Moderator(s)
Lawrence O'Donnell

Event Title
The Political Thrill: A Deep Dive into the Novels of Stacey Abrams | Moderated by: Lawrence O’Donnell
Event Details

Location
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Speaker(s)

Moderator(s)

Event Title
Friday Night Lights: Sports and the South | James Carville and Rick Cleveland | Moderated by: Jeff Duncan
Event Details

Location
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Speaker(s)
Toya Boudy, John Currence

Moderator(s)

Brett Martin
Event Title
Southern Cuisine: From New Orleans to Oxford and Beyond | Toya Boudy and John Currence | Moderated by: Brett Martin
Event Details

Location
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
1:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Speaker(s)

Moderator(s)

Event Title
I Am My Ancestors’ Wildest Dreams - Tanisia Moore (Scholastic)
Event Details

Location
Avron B. Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Speaker(s)

Moderator(s)

Event Title
Goodnight Hairiette Movie Showing - Tanya Wright (Scholastic)
Event Details

Location
Avron B. Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Speaker(s)
John M. Barry, Bethany McLean

Moderator(s)
Rob Lalka

Event Title
COVID in Retrospect: What Could We Have Done Differently? | John M. Barry and Bethany McLean | Moderated by: Rob Lalka
Event Details

Location
ROTC
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Speaker(s)
Ken Burns, Walter Isaacson

Moderator(s)

Event Title
A Preview of LEONARDO with Ken Burns and Walter Isaacson
Event Details

Location
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Speaker(s)
Madeline Ostrander, Emily Raboteau

Moderator(s)
Nathaniel Rich

Event Title
Families in the Climate Age: Having Children and Other Personal Choices as the World Warms | Madeline Ostrander and Emily Raboteau | Moderated by: Nathaniel Rich
Event Details

Location
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Speaker(s)
Michael Strecker

Moderator(s)

Event Title
The Comedic Novel: How to Read and Write One | Michael Strecker | Moderated by: Peter Ricchiuti
Event Details

Location
Stibbs 203 - Lavin-Bernick Center
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Speaker(s)
General David H. Petraeus
Jim Sciutto
Moderator(s)
Jeffrey Rosen

Event Title
Battles and Beyond: Historical Perspectives of Conflict with General David H. Petraeus and Jim Sciutto | Moderated by: Jeffery Rosen
Event Details

Location
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Speaker(s)
Jessica Norwood

Moderator(s)

Shennette Garrett-Scott
Event Title
Believe-in-You Money: What Would It Look Like If the Economy Loved Black People? | Jessica Norwood | Moderated by: Shennette Garrett-Scott | A NOEW Event
Event Details

A NOEW Co-Sponsored Event

Location
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Speaker(s)
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Moderator(s)
Kiese Laymon

Event Title
Chain-Gang All-Stars: A Tale of Survival and Resistance in an Unfair Prison System | Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah | Moderated by: Imani Perry
Event Details

Location
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Speaker(s)

Drew Gilpin Faust
Moderator(s)
Imani Perry

Event Title
Necessary Trouble: A Conversation with Drew Faust | Moderated by: Imani Perry
Event Details

Location
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Speaker(s)
Emmeline Clein, Lisa Wade

Moderator(s)

Anneliese Singh
Event Title
Social Media and Self-Image | Emmeline Clein and Lisa Wade | Moderated by: Anneliese Singh
Event Details

Location
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Speaker(s)
Steven Hahn, Wesley Lowery, Heather Cox Richardson

Moderator(s)
Kurt Andersen

Event Title
Dialogues on Democracy: Historical Perspectives from Steven Hahn, Wesley Lowery and Heather Cox Richardson | Moderated by: Kurt Andersen
Event Details

Location
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Speaker(s)
C. W. Goodyear, Howell Raines

Moderator(s)

Justin Nystrom
Event Title
Threads of History: Soldiers, Statesmen and Stories of the Civil War Era | C.W. Goodyear and Howell Raines | Moderated by: Justin Nystrom
Event Details

Location
ROTC
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Speaker(s)
Sarah M. Broom, Mitch Landrieu , Ti Martin, John Currence

Moderator(s)

Event Title
Naturally N’awlins: Stories on Growing up in the Crescent City | Sarah Broom, John Currence, Tim Francis and Ti Martin | Moderated by: Mitch Landrieu
Event Details

Location
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Speaker(s)
Andrew Baham - The Stooges, Mike Jones - The Stooges, Walter Ramsey - The Stooges, Alfred Growe III - The Stooges
Alfred Grove III
Moderator(s)
Kyle DeCoste

Event Title
Stooges Brass Band: Can’t Be Faded | A Conversation with Band Members Andrew Baham, Alfred Growe III, Mike Jones and Walter Ramsey | Moderated by: Kyle DeCoste
Event Details

Location
Stibbs 203 - Lavin-Bernick Center
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Speaker(s)
Maurice Carlos Ruffin

Moderator(s)
Jamila Minnicks

Event Title
The American Daughters | Maurice Carlos Ruffin | Moderated by: Jamila Minnicks
Event Details

Location
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
4:00 PM
Speaker(s)
Carmen Smith, Charita Carter, Stella Chase

Moderator(s)

Event Title
Bringing Tiana’s Bayou Adventure to Life: Walt Disney Imagineering | Charita Carter, Stella Chase and Carmen Smith | Moderated by Leslie Iwerks
Event Details

Location
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Speaker(s)
Michael Lewis

Moderator(s)

Event Title
A Conversation with Amor Towles and Michael Lewis
Event Details

Location
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Speaker(s)
Adam Nagourney

Moderator(s)

David Shipley
Event Title
The Times: How the Newspaper of Record Survived Scandal, Scorn and Transformation of Journalism | Adam Nagourney | Moderated by: David Shipley
Event Details

Location
Day
Saturday, March 16th
Time
4:45 PM - 6:15 PM
Speaker(s)

Moderator(s)

Event Title
Closing Musical Celebration with Irma Thomas, the “Soul Queen of New Orleans”
Event Details

Location