Despite a rise in attendance at the event to a record-breaking 180,000, the show floor remained orderly. Show organizer ReedPoP relied on offsite events like BookCon to alleviate overcrowding at the Javits Center, and to turn the show into an almost city-wide pop culture festival. more »
Nguyen Wins
Dayton Peace Prize: The Vietnamese-American writer, whose 'The
Sympathizer' also won the Pulitzer, is awarded for his "profound and
startling" debut.
The Fantastic
Ursula K. Le Guin: The literary mainstream once relegated her
work to the margins. Then she transformed the mainstream.
Jonathan Safran
Foer, Internet Meme: A conversation with the author about his
new novel, 'Here I Am,' and becoming an internet joke.
Doubt and Shame
in 'The Mothers': Brit Bennett on her debut novel, her
childhood, the politics within the black church, the social power of church
mothers, and female autonomy.
Booksellers
Recommending Books: On the difficulty of recommending books as a
contemporary bookseller, and whether to buy into consumer-driven algorithms.
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