Get Lit with Mark Bittman

The San Antonio Book Festival is proud to present “Get Lit with Mark Bittman,” author of How to Cook Everything Vegetarian. Bittman will be joined in conversation by Emily Spicer, features editor and "The Spice of Life" columnist at the San Antonio Express-News. After audience Q&A, there will be book sales and signing courtesy of The Twig...

A Conversation with Sheryl Sculley

VIRTUAL EVENT

The San Antonio Public Library, the San Antonio Public Library Foundation, and the San Antonio Book Festival proudly presented A Conversation with SHERYL SCULLEY, featuring the former City Manager's new book, Greedy Bastards: One City's Texas-Size Struggle to Avoid a Financial Crisis. Former City Council member Rey Saldaña moderated the event. How to get a...

Get Lit with Maria Hinojosa

VIRTUAL EVENT

Diane Guerrero, © Jeffrey Mosier About the moderator: Diane Guerrero appeared on the hit shows Orange is the New Black and Jane the Virgin. She was just 14 years old on the day her parents were detained and deported while she was at school. Born in the U.S., she was able to remain in the country and continue...

Get Lit: Brit Bennett in conversation with Jason Reynolds

VIRTUAL EVENT

Jason Reynolds, © James J. Reddington About the moderator: Jason Reynolds is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, a Newbery Award Honoree, a Printz Award Honoree, a two-time National Book Award finalist, a Kirkus Award winner, a two-time Walter Dean Myers Award winner, an NAACP Image Award Winner, and the recipient of multiple Coretta...

GET LIT with Javier Zamora

Alamo Colleges District Boardroom 2222 N. Alamo Street, San Antonio

ABOUT THE AUTHOR & MODERATOR Javier Zamora. Photo credit: Gerardo del Valle Javier Zamora was born in El Salvador in 1990. His father fled the country when he was a year old, and his mother when he was about to turn five. Both parents' migrations were caused by the U.S.-funded Salvadoran Civil War. When he...

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GET LIT with Danielle Prescod

About the Author & Moderator Danielle Prescod Danielle Prescod is a fifteen-year veteran of the beauty and fashion industry and graduate of NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study. A lifelong fashion obsessive, she was most recently the style director of BET.com. With Chrissy Rutherford, Danielle cofounded 2BG Consulting, which aids fashion and beauty brands and...

GET LIT with Luis Alberto Urrea

Malú and Carlos Alvarez Theater and Studio 321 W. Commerce St, San Antonio, TX, United States

ABOUT THE AUTHOR & MODERATOR Luis Alberto Urrea, © JP Calubaquib Hailed by NPR as a “literary badass” and a “master storyteller with a rock and roll heart,” Luis Alberto Urrea is a prolific and acclaimed writer who uses his dual-culture life experiences to explore greater themes of love, loss and triumph. A finalist for...

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GET LIT with Michele Norris

Carver Community Cultural Center 226 N. Hackberry St., San Antonio, United States

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Michele Norris has earned several honors over a long career, including Peabody, Emmy, Dupont, and Goldsmith awards. She is a columnist for The Washington Post Opinion Section and from 2002 to 2012 she was a cohost of NPR’s All Things Considered. Norris is also the founding director of The Race Card Project,...

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