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Sagas of Jamestown: Lives and Times Reimagined

Author John Thompson (The Journals of Captain John Smith) and the author-photographer team of Avery Chenoweth and Robert Llewellyn (Empires in the Forest) explore in words and images one colony's enduring historical imprint on American society.

Sponsored by the We the People Initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Moderator: Garrett Brown

Odetta
(Canceled)

We regret to announce that this event has been canceled.

Lives Up Close: Portraits and Appreciations

Authors Charles Shields (Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee), Donna Lucey (Archie and Amélie), and Earl Hamner (Generous Women: An Appreciation) discuss their books capturing influential lives.

Moderator: David Plunkett

Changing the Constitution: The 14th Amendment and Judicial Activism

Garrett Epps (Democracy Reborn), and Dahlia Lithwick (NPR and Slate.com judicial analyst) discuss Supreme Court activism, the Constitution and American society.

Sponsored by the We the People Initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Moderator: Dahlia Lithwick

Graphic Nonfiction: Brave New Genre

Comics editor Sid Jacobson and artist Ernie Colon (creators of The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation) and comic biographer Andy Helfer (Ronald Reagan, Malcolm X) display and discuss their recent forays into nonfiction.

Moderator: Beau Eichling

Novels to Keep You Up at Night: Romance! Suspense!

Best-selling Novelists Kathryn Caskie, Sarah Langan, Cathy Maxwell, Sophia Nash and Kathryn Smith discuss their novels of romance and suspense.

Moderator: Cathy Maxwell

Late Bloomers: Women Novelists Over 40

Meet novelists who started their writing careers together and in middle age: Darnell Arnoult (Sufficient Grace), Lynn York (The Sweet Life), and Pam Duncan (The Big Beautiful).

Moderator: Virginia Boyd

Immigration: Where Are We Going?

A discussion with Luis Alberto Urrea (The Devil's Highway), Hiroshi Motomura (Americans in Waiting) and Charles Bowden (Down By the River).

Moderator: David Martin

Figured in Fiction: Literary Figures as Characters

The life and times of great authors refigured in new fiction by Caroline Preston (Gatsby's Girl), Mameve Medwed (How Elizabeth Barrett Browning Saved My Life) and Louis Bayard (The Pale Blue Eye).

Sponsored by The Virginia Foundation Center for the Book and The Big Read in Virginia.

Moderator: Susan Coleman

Virginia Politics: Where Have We Been, Where Are We Going

Frank Atkinson (Virginia in the Vanguard: Political Leadership in the 400-Year-Old Cradle of American Democracy) and Garrett Epps (The Shad Treatment) talk Virginia Politics with Daily Progress political reporter Bob Gibson.

Sponsored by the We the People Initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Moderator: Bob Gibson