This weekend was the annual National Book Festival in D.C. I had a lot of errands to take care of, but I managed to make it for part of one day.
I heard Toni Morrison ("Beloved"), Jennifer Egan ("A Visit From the Goon Squad"), Gregory Maguire ("Wicked"), Sylvia Nasar ("A Beautiful Mind"), Candice Millard ("The Destiny of the Republic" - about James Garfield) and Justin Martin ("Genius of Place: The Life of Frederick Law Olmsted") speak. I looked at all the states' tables in the Pavilion of the States. I browsed the huge book sales tent (but didn't buy anything).
Then I came home and ordered a few books from Amazon.com. Hey, it's hard to listen to all these authors and not want to get a few books.
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