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All the Cool Girls Get Fired | Laura Brown + Kristina O’Neill | Moderated by: Michelle Miller
The Burgundy Room, Berger Family Lawn
The Burgundy Room, Berger Family Lawn
On Character: Choices That Define a Life | Gen. Stanley McChrystal | Moderated by: John Bel Edwards
Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, LBC
Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, LBC
The Eleventh Hour: A Conversation with Salman Rushdie | Moderated by: George Packer
Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Book Signing: Lady Rosemary Leith Berners-Lee, Sir Tim Berners-Lee
Book Signing Tent - Berger Family Lawn
Book Signing Tent - Berger Family Lawn
Book Signing: Laura Brown, General Stanley McChrystal, Michelle Miller, Kristina O’Neill
Book Signing Tent - Berger Family Lawn
Book Signing Tent - Berger Family Lawn
How Louisiana Shaped a Nation | Richard Campanella, Freddi Williams Evans + Ben Sandmel | Moderated by: Jason Berry
Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, LBC
Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, LBC
Beyond the Game: Women, Leadership & the Future of Sports | Christine Brennan + Jana Woodson | Moderated by: Betsy Fischer Martin
Diboll Gallery, Malkin Sacks Commons
Diboll Gallery, Malkin Sacks Commons
Fiction & the Cultural Comedy of American Life | Nancy Lemann, Patricia Lockwood + Danzy Senna | Moderated by: C.J. Farley
Marshall Family Commons, Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
Marshall Family Commons, Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
Claiming Your Space | Meg Josephson | Moderated by: Molly Jong-Fast
The Burgundy Room, Berger Family Lawn
The Burgundy Room, Berger Family Lawn
Who Shapes America Now? | Kara Swisher | Moderated by: Walter Isaacson
Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Musical Performance: Brooks Drost
Festival Tent presented by The Hyatt Regency New Orleans, Berger Family Lawn
Festival Tent presented by The Hyatt Regency New Orleans, Berger Family Lawn
Culinary Heritage: Memory, Place & the Responsibility to Preserve | Edgar “Dook” Chase IV + John Stubbs | Moderated by: Ti Martin
Marshall Family Commons, Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
Marshall Family Commons, Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
Passions That Preserve a Nation: A Conversation with David M. Rubenstein | Moderated by: Evan Smith
Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, LBC
Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, LBC
The Waterbearers: A Memoir of Mothers & Daughters | Sasha Bonét | Moderated by: Stevona Elem-Rogers
The Burgundy Room, Berger Family Lawn
The Burgundy Room, Berger Family Lawn
Book Signing: Charles M. Blow, Imani Perry, Clint Smith, Kara Swisher
Book Signing Tent - Berger Family Lawn
Book Signing Tent - Berger Family Lawn
Mother, Nature: A Journey of Distance, Belief & Becoming | Jedidiah Jenkins | Moderated by: Nicole Richie
The Burgundy Room, Berger Family Lawn
The Burgundy Room, Berger Family Lawn
U.S. Politics Today | Molly Jong-Fast, Eddie S. Glaude Jr. + Jonathan Martin | Moderated by: Tim Miller
Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, LBC
Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, LBC
Book Signing: Elyce Arons, Daniel Black, Edgar “Dook” Chase IV, Heather Clark, Karen Essex, Sadeqa Johnson
Book Signing Tent - Berger Family Lawn
Book Signing Tent - Berger Family Lawn
America at 250: Who Gets Ahead in America? And Why? | Marc J. Dunkelman + Gary Hoover | Moderated by: Nicholas Lemann
Marshall Family Commons, Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
Marshall Family Commons, Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
Navigating Uncertainty: America's Foreign Policy | Gen. David H. Petraeus | Moderated by: Jim Sciutto
Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Capturing Transformation & Voice in Poetry | Rickey Laurentiis + Bernardo Wade | Moderated by: Karisma Price
The Burgundy Room, Berger Family Lawn
The Burgundy Room, Berger Family Lawn
Are You Mad at Me? How to Stop Focusing on What Others Think & Start Living for You | Meg Josephson | Moderated by: Sasha Sagan
Diboll Gallery, Malkin Sacks Commons
Diboll Gallery, Malkin Sacks Commons
Rebuilding the Sacred: Notre Dame, St. Louis Cathedral & the Importance of Restoration | Kevin Morris + Philippe Villeneuve | Moderated by: Joseph Dunn
Marshall Family Commons, Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
Marshall Family Commons, Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
Erik Larson on Craft, Characters & Curiosity | Moderated by: Susan Orlean
Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
The Director: A Conversation with Daniel Kehlmann | Moderated by: Michelle Miller
Diboll Gallery, Malkin Sacks Commons
Diboll Gallery, Malkin Sacks Commons
New Conservatives: Restoring America's Commitment to Family, Community & Industry | Oren Cass | Moderated by: Juan Williams
Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, LBC
Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, LBC
100 Years of Black History Month | Jarvis R. Givens + DeRay McKesson | Moderated by: Stevona Elem-Rogers
The Burgundy Room, Berger Family Lawn
The Burgundy Room, Berger Family Lawn
Musical Performance: Da Lovebirds with Robin Barnes & Pat Casey
Festival Tent presented by The Hyatt Regency New Orleans, Berger Family Lawn
Festival Tent presented by The Hyatt Regency New Orleans, Berger Family Lawn
Book Signing: Michael Clune, C. J. Farley, Meg Josephson, Wally Lamb, Rickey Laurentiis, Tom Piazza, Stephen Rea, Bruce Spizer, Bernardo Wade, Homer Venters
Book Signing Tent - Berger Family Lawn
Book Signing Tent - Berger Family Lawn
Beyond the Blue Dog: Wendy Rodrigue Magnus on Legacy, Leadership & Reinvention | Wendy Rodrigue Magnus | Moderated by: Betsy Fischer Martin
Marshall Family Commons, Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
Marshall Family Commons, Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
Passing It On: The Art of John T. Scott | Freddi Williams Evans, Martin Payton, Anna Rita Scott + Ayo Scott | Moderated by: Shantrell Austin
Diboll Gallery, Malkin Sacks Commons
Diboll Gallery, Malkin Sacks Commons
When Societal Bonds Collapse: Moral Complexity in Fiction | Daniel Kehlmann + George Packer | Moderated by: Nathaniel Rich
Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, LBC
Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, LBC
Book Signing: Katie Benner, Jason Berry, Jarvis R. Givens, Erica L. Green, Juan Williams
Book Signing Tent - Berger Family Lawn
Book Signing Tent - Berger Family Lawn
The Fate of the Day: The War for America | Rick Atkinson | Moderated by: Gen. David H. Petraeus
Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
A World Appears: A Conversation with Michael Pollan | Moderated by: Michael Lewis
McAlister Auditorium
McAlister Auditorium
A Conversation with Don Lemon | Moderated by: Tim Miller
Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
The Baker's Table | Kelly Jacques + Bronwen Wyatt | Moderated by: Poppy Tooker
The Burgundy Room, Berger Family Lawn
The Burgundy Room, Berger Family Lawn
How to Make Money in Any Market | Jim Cramer | Moderated by: Peter Ricchiuti
Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, LBC
Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, LBC
When Life Makes Other Plans: The Science & Stories of Change | Maya Shankar | Moderated by: Catherine Price
Marshall Family Commons, Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
Marshall Family Commons, Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
Power, Memory & the Stories We Tell: Black Women Leading through Generations | Keisha N. Blain + Sasha Bonét | Moderated by: Kim Boyle
Diboll Gallery, Malkin Sacks Commons
Diboll Gallery, Malkin Sacks Commons
Chain of Ideas: A Conversation with Ibram X. Kendi | Moderated by: Cleo Wade
Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
From Cellar to Shaker | Neal Bodenheimer, Jordan Salcito + Sue Strachan | Moderated by: Brett Martin
The Burgundy Room, Berger Family Lawn
The Burgundy Room, Berger Family Lawn
How We Heal: A Journey Toward Truth, Racial Healing & Community Transformation from the Inside Out | La June Montgomery Tabron | Moderated by: Judy Reese Morse
Marshall Family Commons, Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
Marshall Family Commons, Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
Shaping Cities Through Art | Jeff Koons | Moderated by: Kate D. Levin
Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, LBC
Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, LBC
Book Signing: Jami Attenberg, Keisha N. Blain, Sasha Bonét, Jim Cramer, Maurice Carlos Ruffin, Molly Jong-Fast, Maya Shankar, Gayle Wald, Juan Williams
Book Signing Tent - Berger Family Lawn
Book Signing Tent - Berger Family Lawn
The American Revolution & America at 250 | Ken Burns | Moderated by: John Avlon
Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Musical Performance: Kristin Diable
Festival Tent presented by The Hyatt Regency New Orleans, Berger Family Lawn
Festival Tent presented by The Hyatt Regency New Orleans, Berger Family Lawn
For Small Creatures Such As We: Understanding Our Place in the Universe | Sasha Sagan | Moderated by: Nicole Richie
The Burgundy Room, Berger Family Lawn
The Burgundy Room, Berger Family Lawn
Forty Years: Painting French Louisiana | Francis X. Pavy | Moderated by: Nick Spitzer
Diboll Gallery, Malkin Sacks Commons
Diboll Gallery, Malkin Sacks Commons
The State of Civil & Individual Rights | Annette Gordon-Reed, Brandon M. Terry + Juan Williams | Moderated by: Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
Marshall Family Commons, Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
Marshall Family Commons, Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
Stay in the Game: Making the Most of Every Season | Matt Forté | Moderated by: Jeff Duncan
Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, LBC
Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, LBC
Art as a Force for Justice | Sister Helen Prejean + Rose Vines | Moderated by: Sophie Cull
Diboll Gallery, Malkin Sacks Commons
Diboll Gallery, Malkin Sacks Commons
The Thing About Falling: A Conversation with Tarriona “Tank” Ball | Moderated by: Stevona Elem-Rogers
The Burgundy Room, Berger Family Lawn
The Burgundy Room, Berger Family Lawn
Balancing Craft & Community: Restaurants with a Purpose | Kelly Jacques, Alon Shaya, Arvinder Vilkhu + Cathy Whims | Moderated by: Nini Nguyen
Marshall Family Commons, Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
Marshall Family Commons, Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
Instant Classics: New Memoirs from Molly Jong-Fast + Susan Orlean | Moderated by: Thomas Beller
Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, LBC
Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, LBC
Special Book Signing with 2026 Festival Poster Artist Francis X. Pavy
Festival Tent presented by The Hyatt Regency New Orleans, Berger Family Lawn
Festival Tent presented by The Hyatt Regency New Orleans, Berger Family Lawn
Batt Out of Heaven: A Conversation with Bryan Batt | Moderated by: Michael Lewis
Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, LBC
Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, LBC
Dark, Dangerous & Devoted: Crafting Romance Fiction | Juliette Cross + Olivia Worley | Moderated by: Jessica Spotswood
Diboll Gallery, Malkin Sacks Commons
Diboll Gallery, Malkin Sacks Commons
Miracles & Wonder: The Historical Mystery of Jesus | Elaine Pagels | Moderated by: Tania Tetlow
Marshall Family Commons, Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
Marshall Family Commons, Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
Heart Life Music | Kenny Chesney | Moderated by: Holly Gleason
Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Musical Performance: Jon Cleary
Festival Tent presented by The Hyatt Regency New Orleans, Berger Family Lawn
Festival Tent presented by The Hyatt Regency New Orleans, Berger Family Lawn
Book Signing: Bryan Batt, Karen Celestan, Juliette Cross, John T. Edge, Katie Kitamura, Megha Majumdar, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Sigrid Nunez, Cleo Wade
Book Signing Tent - Berger Family Lawn
Book Signing Tent - Berger Family Lawn
Rethinking Women’s Health at Every Stage | Heddwen Brooks, Veronica Gillispie-Bell, MD + Sara Reardon | Moderated by: Jennifer Avegno, MD
Diboll Gallery, Malkin Sacks Commons
Diboll Gallery, Malkin Sacks Commons
The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi | Wright Thompson | Moderated by: Imani Perry
Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, LBC
Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, LBC
Democracy in Practice: Law, Activism & the American Story | Akhil Reed Amar + Keisha N. Blain | Moderated by: John Avlon
Marshall Family Commons, Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
Marshall Family Commons, Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
Book Signing: Akhil Reed Amar, John Avlon, Eli Cranor, Susan Morrison, Sara Reardon, Mike Sacks, Stephen Spotswood, Olivia Worley
Book Signing Tent - Berger Family Lawn
Book Signing Tent - Berger Family Lawn
Profoundly Human: Fiction of & for Our Time | Katie Kitamura, Megha Majumdar + Sigrid Nunez | Moderated by: C. Morgan Babst
Marshall Family Commons, Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
Marshall Family Commons, Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
Sports, Character & Leadership | Gov. Wes Moore | Moderated by: Wright Thompson
Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, LBC
Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, LBC
Musical Celebration with Big Chief Bo Dollis Jr. & the Wild Magnolias
Festival Tent presented by The Hyatt Regency New Orleans, Berger Family Lawn
Festival Tent presented by The Hyatt Regency New Orleans, Berger Family Lawn
Reading: Sally-Ann Roberts & Lawrence Roberts II | Lucy Sings on Lucy Street
Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Reading: Britt Gondolfi | Look Up! Fontaine the Pigeon Starts a Revolution
Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Reading: Michael Strecker | Jokes for Crescent City Kids
Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Reading: Holly McKenna + Maeve Graffagini | Inhale, Exhale...Shoot!
Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Reading: Kaye Courington | Scrim: A New Orleans Story of Resilience and Rescue
Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Reading: Malcolm Mitchell | My Very Favorite Book in the Whole Wide World
Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Reading: Monisha Bajaj | A Year of Kites: Traditions Around the World
Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Reading: Margaret Orr | Scrim My Tail: As Told to Margaret Orr
Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Reading: Xavier Rush | Fitness Alphabet: XRELITE Xperience
Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse