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Behind the Book: Editors, Publishers & the Path to Publication | Amanda “Binky” Urban, Priscilla Painton + Lauren Spiegel | Moderated by: Erinn Hartman

Stibbs, LBC
All the Cool Girls Get Fired | Laura Brown + Kristina O’Neill | Moderated by: Michelle Miller

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
Inventing Connection: Trust, Access & the Future of the Internet | Sir Tim Berners-Lee + Lady Rosemary Leith Berners-Lee | Moderated by: Nicholas Mattei

Dixon Hall
The Two Georges: King George, George Washington & the American Revolution | Ken Burns | Moderated by: Rick Atkinson

McAlister Auditorium
The Eleventh Hour: A Conversation with Salman Rushdie | Moderated by: George Packer

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: Laura Brown, General Stanley McChrystal, Michelle Miller, Kristina O’Neill

Book Signing Tent - Berger Family Lawn
A Wealth of Humor: A Conversation with Simon Rich, Writer for SNL & The New Yorker | Moderated by: Mike Sacks

ROTC
How Louisiana Shaped a Nation | Richard Campanella, Freddi Williams Evans + Ben Sandmel | Moderated by: Jason Berry

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
Power Plays: Leadership Decisions that Shape College Athletics | Kiki Baker Barnes + Kevin M. White, PhD | Moderated by: Gabe Feldman

Stibbs, LBC
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
Claiming Your Space | Meg Josephson | Moderated by: Molly Jong-Fast

The Burgundy Room, Berger Family Lawn
Book Signing: Rick Atkinson, Ken Burns

Book Signing Tent - Berger Family Lawn
Making Jazz Fest: The Soul of New Orleans | Quint Davis | Moderated by: Mitch Landrieu

Dixon Hall
Who Shapes America Now? | Kara Swisher | Moderated by: Walter Isaacson

Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Place, Power & Belonging | Charles M. Blow, Imani Perry + Clint Smith | Moderated by: Annette Gordon-Reed

McAlister Auditorium
Musical Performance: Brooks Drost

Festival Tent presented by The Hyatt Regency New Orleans, Berger Family Lawn
Book Signing: Kiki Baker Barnes, Christine Brennan, Richard Campanella, Nancy Lemann, Patricia Lockwood, Simon Rich, Ben Sandmel, Danzy Senna, Kevin M. White, PhD

Book Signing Tent - 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
The State of the Nation Project: In Books | Carol Graham, Douglas Harris + Gary Hoover | Moderated by: President Michael A. Fitts

ROTC
Passions That Preserve a Nation: A Conversation with David M. Rubenstein | Moderated by: Evan Smith

Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, LBC
Behind the Image: Women, Style & Substance | Elyce Arons + Karen Essex | Moderated by: Lindsay Cronk

Stibbs, LBC
The Waterbearers: A Memoir of Mothers & Daughters | Sasha Bonét | Moderated by: Stevona Elem-Rogers

The Burgundy Room, Berger Family Lawn
Memory & the Burden of History: Fictional Tales of Generational Trauma & Love | Daniel Black, Heather Clark + Sadeqa Johnson | Moderated by: Maurice Carlos Ruffin

Diboll Gallery, Malkin Sacks Commons
Book Signing: Charles M. Blow, Imani Perry, Clint Smith, Kara Swisher

Book Signing Tent - Berger Family Lawn
End of Days: Ruby Ridge, the Apocalypse & the Unmaking of America | Chris Jennings | Moderated by: Ken Auletta

ROTC
Climate Reality: What Science, History & Cities Must Face | Peter Brannen + Jesse M. Keenan | Moderated by: Nathaniel Rich

Stibbs, LBC
U.S. Politics Today | Molly Jong-Fast, Eddie S. Glaude Jr. + Jonathan Martin | Moderated by: Tim Miller

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
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
A Century of Faith, Education & Service: The Xavier University of Louisiana Story | Vincent Barraza, Congressman Troy Carter + Dr. Reynold Verret | Moderated by: Tim Francis

Diboll Gallery, Malkin Sacks Commons
Mother, Nature: A Journey of Distance, Belief & Becoming | Jedidiah Jenkins | Moderated by: Nicole Richie

The Burgundy Room, Berger Family Lawn
American Struggle: Democracy, Dissent & the Pursuit of a More Perfect Union | Jon Meacham | Moderated by: Mitch Landrieu

McAlister Auditorium
NEW New Orleans Cuisine: Then & Now | Emeril Lagasse + E.J. Lagasse | Moderated by: Ian McNulty

Dixon Hall
Navigating Uncertainty: America's Foreign Policy | Gen. David H. Petraeus | Moderated by: Jim Sciutto

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
Outbreak Behind Bars: Spider Bites, Human Rights & the Unseen Danger to Public Health | Homer Venters | Moderated by: Dean Thomas LaVeist

Stibbs, LBC
The Elusive Escape: Fiction, Confinement & the High-Stakes Search for Transcendence | Michael Clune, C.J. Farley + Wally Lamb | Moderated by: Beth Ann Fennelly

Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, LBC
From the Beatles to Ozzy to John Prine: Music Legends | Tom Piazza, Stephen Rea + Bruce Spizer | Moderated by: Gayle Wald

ROTC
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
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
Book Signing: Peter Brannen, Marc J. Dunkelman, Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Gary Hoover, Jedidiah Jenkins, Chris Jennings, Jesse M. Keenan, Jonathan Martin, Michael Pollan

Book Signing Tent - Berger Family Lawn
Interactive Pop-Up: Taylor Center for Design Thinking

Rosenberg Mezzanine, Lavin Bernick Center
Book Signing: Jon Meacham, Jim Sciutto

Book Signing Tent - Berger Family Lawn
It Doesn't Have to Hurt: Your Smart Guide to a Pain-Free Life | Sanjay Gupta, MD | Moderated by: Walter Isaacson

McAlister Auditorium
Erik Larson on Craft, Characters & Curiosity | Moderated by: Susan Orlean

Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
The Director: A Conversation with Daniel Kehlmann | Moderated by: Michelle Miller

Diboll Gallery, Malkin Sacks Commons
Conversations with Jason Berry | Moderated by: Howard Hunter

Stibbs, LBC
New Conservatives: Restoring America's Commitment to Family, Community & Industry | Oren Cass | Moderated by: Juan Williams

Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, LBC
Miracle Children: Race, Education & a True Story of False Promises | Katie Benner + Erica L. Green | Moderated by: Molly Jong-Fast

ROTC
100 Years of Black History Month | Jarvis R. Givens + DeRay McKesson | Moderated by: Stevona Elem-Rogers

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
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: Erik Larson

Book Signing Tent - Berger Family Lawn
Musical Performance: DJ Brice Nice

The Burgundy Room, Berger Family Lawn
After the Sentence: Justice, Accountability & Second Chances | Sophie Cull, Calvin Duncan + Nick Weldon | Moderated by: Madeleine Landrieu

ROTC
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
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
When Societal Bonds Collapse: Moral Complexity in Fiction | Daniel Kehlmann + George Packer | Moderated by: Nathaniel Rich

Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, LBC
The Power of Community & Connection in Times of Uncertainty & Change | Michelle K. Johnston + Nicholas Lalla | Moderated by: Rob Lalka

Stibbs, LBC
Book Signing: Katie Benner, Jason Berry, Jarvis R. Givens, Erica L. Green, Juan Williams

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
A World Appears: A Conversation with Michael Pollan | Moderated by: Michael Lewis

McAlister Auditorium
The Algorithm: The Hypergrowth Formula that Transformed Tesla, Lululemon, General Motors & SpaceX | Jon McNeill | Moderated by: Scott Wolfe Jr.

Dixon Hall
Book Signing: Sophie Cull, Calvin Duncan, Freddi Williams Evans, Michelle K. Johnston, Daniel Kehlmann, Nicholas Lalla, Wendy Rodrigue Magnus, George Packer, Anna Rita Scott, Ayo Scott, Nick Weldon

Book Signing Tent - Berger Family Lawn