About the Program
The week-long event includes evenings with award-winning authors of all genres and a three-day street festival. Book TV will feature former Vice President Al Gore, presidential confidante and historian Taylor Branch, and Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Kidder on Saturday. Former presidential candidate Ralph Nader and editor-at-large of Commentary magazine Norman Podhoretz will headline Sunday's coverage, with call-in programs scheduled for both. A politics and culture panel Sunday will include Editor of the New York Times Book Review Sam Tanenhaus, Chris Hedges and George Packer.
Saturday Schedule
9:30a - Al Gore, "Our Choice"
11:00a - PEN Panel: Ana Menendez, Francince Prose and Mary Gordon
12:00p - Taylor Branch, "The Clinton Tapes"
2:00 - Gwen Ifill, "The Breakthrough"
3:00 - Tracy Kidder, "Strength in What Remains"