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SUMMARY:"The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros - Library of Congress National Book Festival 2024
DESCRIPTION:LOC National Book Festival 2024 \nEpisode Description:\nIn partnership with WTTW and other local PBS stations\, PBS Books Heather-Marie Montilla is joined by Sandra Cisneros to discuss the release of the 40th Anniversary Edition of The House on Mango Street as the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival author featured this week by PBS Books. \n“The House on Mango Street” is one of the most cherished novels of the last 50 years. Readers from all walks of life have fallen for the voice of Esperanza Cordero\, growing up in Chicago and inventing for herself who and what she will become. “In English my name means hope\,” she says. “In Spanish it means too many letters. It means sadness\, it means waiting.” \nThe 24th annual Library of Congress National Book Festival will be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington\, D.C.\, on Saturday\, August 24\, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. \nAbout the Book:\nThe House on Mango Street is featured at the 2024 National Book Festival for a special celebration of the 40th anniversary. \nThe House on Mango Street is one of the most cherished novels of the last fifty years. Readers from all walks of life have fallen for the voice of Esperanza Cordero\, growing up in Chicago and inventing for herself who and what she will become. “In English my name means hope\,” she says. “In Spanish it means too many letters. It means sadness\, it means waiting.” \nTold in a series of vignettes—sometimes heartbreaking\, sometimes joyous—Cisneros’s masterpiece is a classic story of childhood and self-discovery and one of the greatest neighborhood novels of all time. Like Sinclair Lewis’s Main Street or Toni Morrison’s Sula\, it makes a world through people and their voices\, and it does so in language that is poetic and direct. This gorgeous coming-of-age novel is a celebration of the power of telling one’s story and of being proud of where you’re from. \nGuest Biography:\nSandra Cisneros\nSandra Cisneros is a poet\, short story writer\, novelist and essayist whose work explores the lives of the working class. Her numerous awards include National Endowment for the Arts fellowships in both poetry and fiction\, the Texas Medal of the Arts\, a MacArthur fellowship\, the PEN/Nabokov Award for International Literature\, the National Medal of Arts\, the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize\, and the Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award from the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation. A new collection of poetry and its Spanish translation\, “Woman Without Shame\,” Cisneros’s first in 28 years\, was published in 2022. Her novel The House on Mango Street has sold over seven million copies\, has been translated into over 25 languages\, and is required reading in elementary\, high school and universities across the nation.
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/loc-bookfest-2024-cisneros/
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SUMMARY:"Goodnight Thoughts" by Max Greenfield - Library of Congress National Book Festival 2024
DESCRIPTION:LOC National Book Festival 2024 \nEpisode Description:\nIn partnership with PBS SoCal and other local PBS stations\, PBS Books presents a conversation hosted by PBS SoCal’s Maria Hall-Brown with author Max Greenfield to discuss his latest book “Good Night Thoughts” as the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival author featured this week by PBS Books. \nThis lovely picture book is a simple but complex message about acknowledging anxiety without succumbing to it that will appeal to so many little ones (and adults) out there who find that nighttime is when their thoughts carry the most weight. \nThe 24th annual Library of Congress National Book Festival will be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington\, D.C.\, on Saturday\, August 24\, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. \nAbout the Book:\nWritten by Max Greenfield\, Illustrated by James Serafino \nWhat do we do when we can’t fall asleep? The child in this story has racing thoughts–funny\, silly\, and scary–that are running on a cycle they can’t stop. It’s only when they begin to think to themselves: Do any of these thoughts have merit? Am I in any danger right here and now? that they are finally able to settle down. \nThis lovely picture book is a simple but complex message about acknowledging anxiety without succumbing to it that will appeal to so many little ones (and adults) out there who find that nighttime is when their thoughts carry the most weight. \nGuest Biography:\nMax Greenfield\nMax Greenfield is an American actor and author of several illustrated children’s books. He is known for his roles as Schmidt in “New Girl” and Dave Johnson in “The Neighborhood.” In the past three years\, he has published the picture books “I Don’t Want to Read This Book\,” “This Book Is Not a Present” and “I Don’t Want to Read This Book Aloud.” Featured at the 2024 National Book Festival\, Greenfield’s new picture book\, “Good Night Thoughts\,” is a bedtime story about acknowledging anxiety.
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/loc-bookfest-2024-greenfield/
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SUMMARY:"the year of the buttered cat" by Susan & Lexi Haas - Library of Congress National Book Festival 2024
DESCRIPTION:LOC National Book Festival 2024 \nEpisode Description:\nIn partnership with Kansas City PBS and other local PBS stations\, PBS Books Heather-Marie Montilla is joined by Authors Susan & Lexi Haas to discuss their book the year of the buttered cat as the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival authors featured this week by PBS Books. \nthe year of the buttered cat is based on the real-life story of Lexi Haas. In the spirit of “Wonder” by R.J. Palacio and “Out of My Mind” by Sharon M. Draper\, the year of the buttered cat offers powerful messages of friendship\, family\, loss and the art of redefining ourselves. \nThe 24th annual Library of Congress National Book Festival will be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington\, D.C.\, on Saturday\, August 24\, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. \nAbout the Book:\nThirteen years ago\, when she was just a tiny baby\, something terrible happened to Lexi Haas. Something criminal. It left her with an out-of-control body and without a voice. Now\, as a precocious\, superhero-obsessed teen\, Lexi is counting down the final 24 hours to a risky brain surgery that might help her talk or–dare she dream it?–to walk and use her hands. As surgery grows closer\, Lexi finds an urgent\, relentless need to share the story of the year in her life she calls The Year of the Buttered Cat. That year\, on the verge of shutting out the rest of the world\, Lexi began a gutsy and solitary quest to find her “missing” body. After the family cat went missing\, too\, and a mysterious letter appeared\, Lexi reluctantly enlisted two budding friends to aid her search. But when these friends also disappeared\, Lexi had to learn new ways to reach out to the world to save her friendships and uncover the truth about what happened to her as a baby. the year of the buttered cat is based on the real-life story of Lexi Haas. In the spirit of Wonder by R.J. Palacio and Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper\, the year of the buttered cat offers empowering powerful messages of friendship\, family\, loss and the art of redefining ourselves. \nGuest Biographies:\nSusan Haas\nSusan Haas is a disability advocate and mother of Lexi Haas. Together\, they form a writing team focusing on disability education. Lexi has a rare and severe form of cerebral palsy. While she can’t walk or talk\, she was reading by 10 months old\, has an impressive memory\, a keen sense of humor and an invincible spirit. Recognizing her young daughter’s gift for words\, Susan began writing with Lexi to help foster independence and develop communication. She soon learned that Lexi’s fresh perspective needed to be shared with others. In addition to writing together\, Susan and Lexi also enjoy presenting to schools and organizations around the world\, helping others learn about disability from a first-person narrative. “The Year of the Buttered Cat: A Mostly True Story\,” the duo’s first book\, is featured at the 2024 National Book Festival. \nLexi Haas\nLexi Haas is a disability advocate and daughter of Susan Haas. Together\, they form a writing team focusing on disability education and advocacy. Lexi has a rare and severe form of cerebral palsy. While she can’t walk or talk\, she was reading by 10 months old\, has an impressive memory\, a keen sense of humor and an invincible spirit. Recognizing her young daughter’s gift for words\, Susan began writing with Lexi to help foster independence and develop communication. She soon learned that Lexi’s fresh perspective needed to be shared with others. In addition to writing together\, Susan and Lexi also enjoy presenting to schools and organizations around the world\, helping others learn about disability from a first-person narrative. “The Year of the Buttered Cat: A Mostly True Story\,” the duo’s first book\, is featured at the 2024 National Book Festival.
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SUMMARY:PBS Books Readers Club - "James" by Percival Everett
DESCRIPTION:Readers Club HomeEpisodes \nEpisode Description:\nLiterary Icon Percival Everett Joins the PBS Books Readers Club to Discuss James—Named a Most Anticipated Book of the Year by Time\, NPR\, The Seattle Times\, Elle\, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution\, and Oprah Daily  \n“To call James a retelling would be an injustice. Everett sends Mark Twain’s classic through the looking glass. What emerges is no longer a children’s book\, but a blood-soaked historical novel stripped of all ornament. . . Genius.” \n—The Atlantic \nThis month’s PBS Books Readers Club pick is James—the instant New York Times bestseller and highly acclaimed novel by distinguished Professor Percival Everett\, that puts a transformative spin on the canonical work Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. In James\, Everett places Jim\, the enslaved character from Twain’s novel\, front and center in this powerful narrative\, giving voice to his untold story. Brimming with humor while delivering biting observations on themes of race and freedom\, James is a provocative and unforgettable page turner that will forever alter our perception of American literature. \nSays Everett\, “I have to say I didn’t write this as a corrective to Twain’s novel. He was telling the story of the adolescent white boy. And I’m telling the story of a full-grown black man who has a family and a life.”  \nDon’t miss the PBS Books Readers Club as eminent author Percival Everett shares his vision behind this remarkable novel destined to become a modern classic. \nAbout the Book:\nGet the E-BookDONATE NOW and download your e-book copy. \nWhen the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans\, separated from his wife and daughter forever\, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile\, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father\, recently returned to town. As all readers of American literature know\, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and too-often-unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond. \nWhile many narrative set pieces of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn remain in place (floods and storms\, stumbling across both unexpected death and unexpected treasure in the myriad stopping points along the river’s banks\, encountering the scam artists posing as the Duke and Dauphin…)\, Jim’s agency\, intelligence and compassion are shown in a radically new light. \nBrimming with the electrifying humor and lacerating observations that have made Everett a “literary icon” (Oprah Daily)\, and one of the most decorated writers of our lifetime\, James is destined to be a major publishing event and a cornerstone of twenty-first century American literature. \nGuest Biography:\nPercival Everett\nPercival Everett is the author of over thirty books\, including So Much Blue\, Telephone\, Dr No and The Trees\, which was shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize and won the 2022 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize. He has received the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award and the PEN Center USA Award for Fiction\, has been a Pulitzer Prize finalist\, and is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California. His novel Erasure has now been adapted into the major film American Fiction. He lives in Los Angeles. \nReaders Club Hosts:\nHeather Marie Montilla\nHeather-Marie Montilla\, a dynamic integrative leader\, is an educator and nonprofit manager. She has worked in the nonprofit sector and libraries for over two decades\, making a positive impact in arts\, cultural\, educational\, and community-building arenas. \nHaving joined the PBS Books team as their Library Bureau Chief in Fall 2018\, Montilla is now the National Director of PBS Books and has interviewed more than 150 writers. In addition\, she is a faculty member at Michigan State University and Eastern Michigan University for their Arts and Cultural/Entertainment Management Programs. Having been an Executive Director for 8 years\, Heather has a wide range of experience in management\, finance\, strategic planning\, marketing\, and fundraising. Heather holds a MPA From Columbia University\, a MLIS from Wayne State University\, and a bachelor’s from Duke University. She lives in Chicagoland\, and is married with four children\, a dog\, and a bird. \nPrincess Weekes\nPrincess Weekes is an award winning writer and video essayist who works at breaking down the intersections between race\, gender\, and pop culture. Formally an Assistant Editor at The Mary Sue\, co-host of Netflix’s The Geeked Podcast\, and co-host and co-writer on the PBS Digital Series It’s Lit. On weekends she works as a bookseller at a local bookstore. When not reading or writing she can be found playing TTRPGs of cuddling with her cat\, Lola. \nLauren Smith\nExecutive Producer and host of national PBS programming at Detroit Public TV\, Lauren develops content for PBS and other distributors of public media for broadcast\, streaming\, and other digital channels and has executive-produced and/or produced over 60 national broadcast and programs. Her passion is to develop inspiring\, entertaining\, and educational content alongside the best national and international talent\, and to engage important content with communities across the country. Lauren loves to read and has worked to develop and produce PBS Books content for nearly ten years! \nFred Nahhat \nFred Nahhat is an Emmy Award-winning producer\, host\, and presenter for Detroit’s PBS station\, where he serves as Sr. VP of Production. A 30-year broadcast veteran\, Fred has hosted and produced numerous programs for Public TV – including music specials from Il Volo\, Celtic Gold and the New Divas – as well as other series and specials “New Year’s Eve with the DSO”\, “The Detroit Dream Cruise\,” “The PBS Books Readers Club” and “Get Up\, Get Out\,” among others. \nHe is a graduate of Wayne State University and a member of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Michigan Chapter\, USA Hockey\, and Leadership Detroit.
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