Programs by Subject - Nonfiction

9:45 am to 10:30 am
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room A
Lexington: The Extraordinary Life and Turbulent Times of America’s Legendary Racehorse
with Kim Wickens and moderator Miki Pfeffer

9:45 am to 10:15 am
State Capitol, House Committee Room 6
Africatown: America’s Last Slave Ship and the Community It Created
Nick Tabor

11:00 am to 11:45 am
State Library, Fourth Floor
Origin Stories: How Time and Place Affect Decisions and Outcomes
Bart Elmore, Country Capitalism: How Corporations from the American South Remade Our Economy and the Planet
James Hoogerwerf, Speed, Safety, Comfort: The Origins of Delta Air Lines
with moderator David Johnson

11:30 am to 12:15 pm
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room E
New Orleans Is for Writers: Literary New Orleans
T.R. Johnson

12:45 pm to 1:30 pm
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room A
At the Intersection of Sports and Human Rights
Warren A. Perrin, The Weight of History, the Power of Apology: Remembering Lifter David Berger 50 Years After the Munich Olympics
Erin Grayson Sapp, Moving the Chains: The Civil Rights Protest That Saved the Saints and Transformed New Orleans

1:15 pm to 2:00 pm
State Library Seminar Center
A Traveler’s Guide to the Stars
Les Johnson

2:15 pm to 3:00 pm
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room C
What an America: Propaganda, Truth Twisting, and Gun Debates
Andrew C. McKevitt, Gun Country: Gun Capitalism, Culture, and Control in Cold War America
Samuel C. Spitale, How to Win the War on Truth: An Illustrated Guide to How Mistruths are Sold, Why They Stick, and How to Reclaim Reality
with moderator Mike Perlstein

2:30 pm to 3:30 pm
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room A
Country Roads Magazine Celebrates 40 Years
with Sam Irwin, Ruth Laney, and moderators Jordan LaHaye Fontenot and Alexandra Kennon

2:45 pm to 3:30 pm
State Capitol, House Committee Room 5
Celebrating the Library of Congress Center for the Book and Our Neighboring Centers of Arkansas and Mississippi
with Tracy Carr, Karen O'Connell, and moderator Guy Lamolinara

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Book-loving volunteers are essential to the Louisiana Book Festival's success. Whether it's escorting authors, guiding visitors, selling refreshments, working with children in the Young Readers Pavilion or other fun and rewarding assignments, the Louisiana Book Festival wants you to join the volunteer team.

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