2023 SESSIONS
Archival recordings are available for the following sessions from BBF 2023
Nonfiction
Book Banning: The Backlash Against Woke: Jocelyn Chadwick, Linda Johnson, Suzanne Nossel, Host: David Leonard
Cultural Histories: Twentieth Century Lives in the Arts: Maggie Doherty, Patti Hartigan, John Taylor Williams, Host: Megan Marshall
Data Driven Sports: Bruce Schoenfeld, Host: Chad Finn
Desire: The Promise and Price of Wanting: Margot Kahn, Kelly McMasters, Katy Kelleher, Fancy Feast, Host: Lydia Moland
Extremism: How it Grows: Joan Donovan, Jeff Sharlet, Jeffrey Toobin, Host: Raney Aronson-Rath
Graphic Novel: German Comics and the story of Rude Girl: Birgit Weyhe, Host: Priscilla Layne
Grub Street presents Tension and Subversion: How to Build a Narrative Foundation Through Simple Prompts: Elizabeth Santiago, Javed Rezaynee
How the Shadows of Boston’s Past Influence the City Today: Jacqueline Jones, Zebulon Vance Miletsky, Host: Saraya Wintersmith
How to Be Happy: Tiya Miles, Kieran Setiya, Robert Waldinger, Host: Paris Alston
How to Make Boston More Livable: David Gamble, Imari K. Paris Jeffries, Ann-Marie Lubenau, Host: Renee Loth
How to Save Democracy: Danielle Allen, Daniel Ziblatt, Host: Arun Rath
How to Think About Big Tech: Coco Krumme, Brian Merchant, Jonathan Taplin, Host: Meghna Chakrabarti
How to Write History like a Fast-paced Thriller: Amrita Chakrabarti Myers, Ilyon Woo, Host: Cameo George
Leadership Under Pressure: Christopher Gorham, Morra Aarons-Mele, Lynn Perry Wooten, Host: Olive Darragh
Memoir: Life Lessons: Josh Barkan, Curtis Chin, Kelly McMasters, Host: Alicia Anstead
Memoir: Reproductive Rights, Where Personal is Political: Felicia Kornbluh, Hannah Matthews, Host: Joyce Linehan
Memoir: Two Lives Well-Lived: Drew Gilpin Faust, Rose Styron, Host: Tiziana Dearing
Nonfiction Keynote: Heather Cox Richardson: Heather Cox Richardson, Host: Susan Goldberg
Reconsidering Failure, Stress, and Exclusion: Karen Dillon, Amy Edmondson, David Moinina Sengeh, Host: Katie Burke
Refugees: The Harrowing Path to Home: Jake Bittle, Carly Beth Goodman, Saket Soni, Muhammad Zaman, Host: Ambassador Mark C. Storella
Tasting History: Max Miller, Host: Edgar B. Herwick III
The Climate Crisis: How to Cope: Susan Crawford, Michael Mann, Jacopo Buongiorno, Host: Armond Cohen
Understanding Knowledge: Adam Gopnik, Simon Winchester, Host: Jeremy Siegel
Wildlife: To Honor, Respect, and Preserve: Sy Montgomery, Matt Patterson, Allen Crawford, Terry Tempest Williams, Host: Vicki Croke
Women Scientists: Breaking Through: Sola Mahfouz, Shohini Grose, Kate Zernike, Host: Julia Cort
Fiction
Art, War, and Adventure: Emily Franklin, Stephen P. Kiernan, Henriette Lazaridis, Host: Robin Kall.
Readings: Debut Novels: Rebekah Bergman, Christy Cashman, James Frankie Thomas, Host: Christine Mastrangelo.
Deconstruction of Myth: Ha Jin, Susanna Moore, Emily Wilson, Host: Dawn Tripp.
Defiance: Literary Imagination and the Power of Stories: Rachel Cantor, Tan Twan Eng,Virginia Pye, Host: Jessica Keener
Family Complexities and (Un)conventions: Jane Roper, Novuyo Rosa Tshuma, Jimin Han, Host: Michelle Hoover
Fictions of Class, Fictions of Place: Andre Dubus, Jennifer Haigh, Richard Russo.
Graphic: We, Robots! Will AI Replace Creatives?: Mahesh Daas, Andrew John Wit.
Love, Motherhood, and Ambition: Sadeqa Johnson, Jean Kwok, Elizabeth L. Silver, Host: Joanna Rakoff
Readings: Mystery and Suspense: Deborah Goodrich Royce, Sara DiVello, Lev AC Rosen, Host: Dawn Tripp
Satire and Truth: Cecilia Rabess, Tom Perrotta, and Stephen Buoro, Host: Rachel Barenbaum
Readings: Short Stories: Shubha Sunder, Daphne Kalotay, John Fulton, Host: Kara Elliott-Ortega
Mystery: Where Nothing Is What It Seems: Angie Kim, Paul Goldberg, Wendy Walker, Host: Emiko Tamagawa
Poetry
Headliners Readings: Diannely Antigua, Oliver de la Paz
Poems & Pints: J.D. Debris, Krysten Hill, Jill McDonough, Emmanuel Oppong-Yeboah, Host: Danielle Jones
Poetic Dialogue: Allison Adair, Leslie Sainz, Jubi Arriola-Headley
Poetry from Disappearing Places: Elizabeth Bradfield, Rage Hezekiah, Deborah Leipziger, Mary Pinard
Poetry Off the Page: Joliné Brito, Chandler Camerato, D. Ruff, Poet Phree, Ezana Demissie, Anthony Febo, Durane West, Host: Amanda Shea
BBF Unbound
A Second Heart: Novelists on the Pull of the Past: Suzanne Berne, Elizabeth Graver, Paul Harding, Rishi Reddi, Margot Livesey
Breaking into a Publishing Career: Joan Paquette, Olivia Carey, Nicole Angeloro, Diane Zhang, Annie Stone
Haitian Literature in the US: The Intersection of Migration and Translation: Danielle Legros Georges, Charlot Lucien, Eddy Toussaint, Milady Auguste
Shaping the Ache of Grief Into the Beauty of Art: Melanie Brooks, Laura Carney, Anne Pinkerton, Alysia Abbott
Young Adult
A Panel on Panels: Drawing YA Stories: Erica Henderson, Dave Ortega, Host: Joel Christian Gill
If Not Now, When?: Elana K. Arnold, Aden Polydoros, R.M. Romero, Host: Rebecca Podos
It’s Complicated: Gabi Burton, Caleb Roehrig, Joan F. Smith, Host: Amy Pattee
Queer Horror that Slays: Andrew Joseph White, Alex Crespo, Jennifer Dugan, Host: Hannah Robinson
YA Keynote: Chloe Gong: Chloe Gong, Host: Sara Farizan
Kids
Fantasy and New Worlds: Cameron Chittock, Sayantani DasGupta, Isi Hendrix, Host: Nicholl Montgomery
Furry Friends: A Perfect Partner in Every Plot: M.T. Anderson, James Bird, Sara Pennypacker, Host: Meena Jain
Graphic Novels: You Got This!: Maria Scrivan, Sharee Miller, Host: Abbey Stephens
Kids Keynote: Rick Riordan: Rick Riordan
Spine-Tingling Suspense: Ciera Burch, Jacqueline Davies, Susan Tan, Host: Elissa Gershowitz
Storytime: Juana Martinez-Neal
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