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A Stage for All: The Power of The Public Theater | Oskar Eustis | Moderated by: Michael Cerveris

Book Fest Programming Tent - Berger Family Lawn
Lead Like You Mean It: Lessons on Integrity and Purpose from the C-Suite | Laysha Ward | Moderated by: Michelle Miller

Marshall Family Commons - Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
Documenting New Orleans Street Culture: Just Because You Can, Should You? | Cheryl Gerber, Cherice Harrison-Nelson + Eric Waters | Moderated by: Echo Olander

Diboll Gallery - Malkin Sacks Commons
Mind Matters: Mental Health, Stigma and Solutions | Serena Chaudhry + Tripp Friedler | Moderated by: Clancy DuBos

Stibbs 203 - Lavin-Bernick Center
Environmental Advocacy: Politics, Policy and The Path Forward | Jay Hakes + Trish O’Kane | Moderated by: Mark Schleifstein

ROTC
The Mississippi River: History, Geography and the Future of a Vital Lifeline | Richard Campanella + Boyce Upholt | Moderated by: Robert Thomas

Kendall Cram Auditorium - Lavin-Bernick Center
A Conversation with Anne Applebaum | Moderated by: Max Boot

Dixon Hall
On Call: A Doctor’s Journey in Public Service | A Conversation with Dr. Anthony Fauci | Moderated by: Walter Isaacson

McAlister Auditorium
Truth-Telling in Troubled Times: The Role of the Public Intellectual | Daniel Black, Imani Perry + Bakari Sellers | Moderated by: Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

Kendall Cram Auditorium - Lavin-Bernick Center
The Friday Afternoon Club: A Conversation with Griffin Dunne | Moderated by: Molly Jong-Fast

Book Fest Programming Tent - Berger Family Lawn
Archie Manning: A New Orleans Saints Legacy On and Off the Field | Moderated by: Cooper Manning

Marshall Family Commons - Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
Between Dreams and Memory: Fiction that Defies Boundaries | ‘Pemi Aguda + Cebo Campbell | Moderated by: Rien Fertel

Diboll Gallery - Malkin Sacks Commons
Book Signing: Richard Campanella, Tripp Friedler, Cheryl Gerber, Jay Hakes, Michelle Miller, Echo Olander, Laysha Ward, Boyce Upholt, and Eric Waters

Book Signing Tent - Berger Family Lawn
The Last Flight from Havana: Marie Quintana | Moderated by: Lucy Bustamante

Stibbs 203 - Lavin-Bernick Center
Sharing Space: An Astronaut’s Guide to Mission, Wonder and Making Change | Cady Coleman | Moderated by: Sarah Gelman

ROTC
Book Signing: Anne Applebaum

Book Signing Tent - Berger Family Lawn
A Life in News: Connie Chung on her Life and Career | Moderated by: Betsy Fischer Martin

McAlister Auditorium
Warfare Strategy and Leadership: A Conversation with Gen. David H. Petraeus | Moderated by: Max Boot

Dixon Hall
The Power of the Written Word: Literature’s Role in Shaping Culture and Connection | The Atlantic | Sarah M. Broom + Tracy K. Smith | Moderated by Vann R. Newkirk II

Kendall Cram Auditorium - Lavin-Bernick Center
Gumbo to Gourmet: The Stories Behind New Orleans’ Greatest Kitchens | Marcelle Bienvenu, Eric Cook, E.J. Lagasse + Donald Link | Moderated by: Edgar “Dook” Chase IV

Book Fest Programming Tent - Berger Family Lawn
Sky Full of Elephants: A Conversation with Debut Novelist Cebo Campbell | Moderated by: Daniel Black

Marshall Family Commons - Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
Writing the Apocalypse and After | Martha Park, Joselyn Takacs + Madeleine Watts | Moderated by: Nathaniel Rich

Diboll Gallery - Malkin Sacks Commons
Book Signing: Pemi Aguda, Cady Coleman, Griffin Dunne, Marie Quintana, Bakari Sellers

Book Signing Tent - Berger Family Lawn
The Writer’s Road: From Idea to Bestseller and Beyond | Matthew Snyder, Keith Urbahn + Binky Urban | Moderated by: Priscilla Painton

Stibbs 203 - Lavin-Bernick Center
The Pursuit of Meaning: Balancing Achievement, Purpose and the Power of the Mind | Adam Sandel | Moderated by: Arthel Neville

ROTC
Book Signing: Cebo Campbell, Connie Chung, Gen. David H. Petraeus

Book Signing Tent - Berger Family Lawn
I Once Was Lost: A Conversation with Don Lemon | Moderated by: Dean Baquet

Kendall Cram Auditorium - Lavin-Bernick Center
The Global Table: African Cuisine’s Influence and Evolution | Biruk Alemayehu, Serigne Mbaye + Alexander Smalls | Moderated by: Michelle Miller

Book Fest Programming Tent - Berger Family Lawn
Superdome at 50: A Behind the Scenes Look at the Past and Future | Jeff Duncan, Dennis Lauscha + Doug Thornton | Moderated by: Mark Romig | Introduction by: Gayle Benson

Marshall Family Commons - Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
Dirty Nerdy: A Conversation with Comedy Writer and Comedian Jessi Klein | Moderated by: Mike Sacks

Diboll Gallery - Malkin Sacks Commons
Book Signing: Marcelle Beinvenu, Sarah M. Broom, Eric Cook, E.J. Lagasse, Donald Link, Vann R. Newkirk II, Adam Sandel, Joselyn Takacs, Madeleine Watts

Book Signing Tent - Berger Family Lawn
Living It, Writing It: Memoir and the Journey of Reflection | Sarah LaBrie, + Bernice McFadden | Moderated by: Kathryn Schulz

ROTC
Bridging the Divide: A Bipartisan Discussion on America’s Future | David Axelrod + Karl Rove | Moderated by: Elaina Plott Calabro

McAlister Auditorium
The Code Breaker: A Conversation with Jennifer Doudna | Moderated by: Walter Isaacson

Dixon Hall
Reckoning with the Past: Fiction, Family and Hard Truths | Crystal Hana Kim, Rachel Khong + Madeleine Watts | Moderated by: Katy Simpson Smith

Kendall Cram Auditorium - Lavin-Bernick Center
New Orleans, New Flavors: Cultural Fusions on the Plate | Nina Compton + Nini Nguyen | Moderated by: Kevin Belton

Book Fest Programming Tent - Berger Family Lawn
Power and Purpose: Darren Walker on Philanthropy and Social Justice | Moderated by: Dean Baquet

Marshall Family Commons - Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
Foreign Agents: How Money Moves Power | Casey Michel | Moderated by: Jason Berry

Diboll Gallery - Malkin Sacks Commons
Book Signing: Jeff Duncan, Jessi Klein, Sarah LaBrie, Don Lemon, Bernice McFadden, Mike Sacks, Kathryn Schulz, Alexander Smalls

Book Signing Tent - Berger Family Lawn
Remembering John Lewis: A Conversation with Eddie S. Glaude Jr. + David Greenberg

ROTC
Book Signing: Jennifer Doudna, Walter Isaacson, Karl Rove

Book Signing Tent - Berger Family Lawn
Who is Government? | W. Kamau Bell, Casey Cep, Michael Lewis + Sarah Vowell | Moderated by: David Shipley

Dixon Hall
Shaking it Up: AI, Social Media, Legacy Media and the "new" News | Ken Auletta, Molly Jong-Fast + Nate Silver | Moderated by: Andy Lack

McAlister Auditorium
New Orleans History and Geography | A Conversation with Richard Campanella + Lawrence Powell

Kendall Cram Auditorium - Lavin-Bernick Center
Reshaping Communities Through the Arts | Oskar Eustis + Darren Walker | Moderated by: Kate Levin

Book Fest Programming Tent - Berger Family Lawn
Black in Blues: A Conversation with Imani Perry | Moderated by: Sarah Lewis

Marshall Family Commons - Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
Centers of Progress: 40 Cities that Changed the World | Allan Carey + Chelsea Follett

Diboll Gallery - Malkin Sacks Commons
Singing the Truth: Fiction, Identity and Community in Isaac’s Song with Daniel Black | Moderated by: Corey J. Miles

ROTC
Book Signing: Jason Berry, Nina Compton, Eddie S. Glaude Jr., David Greenberg, Crystal Hana Kim, Rachel Khong, Casey Michel, Nini Nguyen, Madeleine Watts

Book Signing Tent - Berger Family Lawn
Bayous, Backroads and Beyond: Fiction Set in Louisiana | Joselyn Takacs + David Weill, MD | Moderated by: Michael Strecker

Stibbs 203 - Lavin-Bernick Center
Book Signing: Kamau Bell, Casey Cep, Nate Silver, Sarah Vowell

Book Signing Tent - Berger Family Lawn
Faith, Science and Ethics: Dr. Francis Collins on the Big Questions | Moderated by: Don Lemon

Kendall Cram Auditorium - Lavin-Bernick Center
Katrina 20: The Stories We Tell, The Truths We Hold | Jarvis DeBerry, Jeff Duncan + Cheryl Gerber | Moderated by: Lucy Bustamante

Book Fest Programming Tent - Berger Family Lawn
Lead and Succeed: A Conversation with Scott Cowen | Moderated by: Yvette Jones

Marshall Family Commons - Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
From ‘Sugar’ to ‘Firstborn Girls’: An Essence Book Project Interview with Bernice McFadden | Moderated by: Jacinta Saffold

Diboll Gallery - Malkin Sacks Commons
Be not alarmed, Madam: The Letters of Pride and Prejudice | Barbara Heller | Moderated by: Merry Toups

Stibbs 203 - Lavin-Bernick Center
Book Signing: Daniel Black, Chelsea Follett, Sarah Lewis, Imani Perry, Lawerence Powell, Michael Strecker, David Weill

Book Signing Tent - Berger Family Lawn
The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror and the Rise of the Modern Detective | Steven Johnson | Moderated by: Rich Cohen

ROTC
The Small and the Mighty: A Conversation with Sharon McMahon | Moderated by: Annette Gordon-Reed

McAlister Auditorium
Book Signing: Francis S. Collins, Scott Cowen, Jarvis DeBerry, Barbara Heller

Book Signing Tent - Berger Family Lawn
Book Signing: Sharon McMahon

Book Signing Tent - Berger Family Lawn