From border dispatches to moon phases, home-cooked meals to Boricua superheroines, the Bay Area Book Festival is proud to present a wide range of programs by and for people of color. Here’s a snapshot of 2019 Festival events that prominently feature POC voices and center the stories of marginalized communities. #POCBABF
Saturday I Sunday
Saturday, May 4 | 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM
Michele Filgate, Kiese Laymon, Carmen Maria Machado, Nayomi Munaweera, moderated by Natasha Singh
Saturday, May 4 | 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM
Aaron Bobrow-Strain, Jonathan Freedman, Steven Mayers, J.J. Mulligan Sepúlveda, Eileen Truax, moderated by Sara Campos
Saturday, May 4 | 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM Jill Bialosky, Aya de Leon, Susan Griffin, Nell Painter, Morgan Parker, moderated by Sandra Gilbert
Saturday, May 4 | 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM *FREE *YA
Justina Ireland in conversation with Alexandria Brown
Saturday, May 4 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM *FREE
Kwame Onwuachi in conversation with Bryant Terry
Saturday, May 4 | 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM
Jamel Brinkley, R.O. Kwon, Namwali Serpell, moderated by Jane Ciabattari
Saturday, May 4 | 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM
Nora Krug, Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez, Juliana “Jewels” Smith, moderated by Ajuan Mance
Saturday, May 4 | 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM
Franny Choi, Tommy Pico, Sam Sax, Brenda Shaughnessy, moderated by Ari Banias
Saturday, May 4 | 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM
Susan Devan Harness, Lisa Marie Rollins, Greg Sarris, moderated by Katie Wynen
Saturday, May 4 | 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM
Aaron Coleman, Innosanto Nagara, Katherine Silver, moderated by Michael Holtmann
Saturday, May 4 | 12:45 AM – 2:00 PM
Cindy Pon and Lee Wind, moderated by Riya Kataria
Saturday, May 4 | 1:30 PM – 2:45 PM
Lesley Nneka Arimah, Alice Sola Kim, Carmen Maria Machado, moderated by Namwali Serpell
Saturday, May 4 | 3:00 PM – 4:15 PM *FREE
Jose Antonio Vargas interviewed by Kate Campbell
Saturday, May 4 | 3:15 PM – 4:30 PM
Lara Bazelon, Tony Platt, Albert Woodfox, moderated by Rachel Herzing
Saturday, May 4 | 3:15 PM – 4:30 PM
Morgan Parker and Ishmael Reed, moderated by Ismail Muhammad
Saturday, May 4 | 3:15 PM – 4:30 PM
Nell Painter interviewed by Lance Knobel
Saturday, May 4 | 3:15 PM – 4:30 PM
Kirstin Chen, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Nayomi Munaweera, moderated by Beth Nguyen
Saturday, May 4 | 5:00 PM – 6:15 PM
Camille Acker, Dickson Lam, Ismail Muhammad, David Mura, moderated by David Roderick
Saturday, May 4 | 5:00 PM – 6:15 PM
Helen Shewolfe Tseng in conversation with Dorothy R. Santos
Saturday, May 4 | 5:00 PM – 6:15 PM
Nathalie Mathé, Lakshmi Sarah, Kevin Tsukii, moderated by Siciliana Trevino
Saturday, May 4 | 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Anand Giridharadas, Robert Reich, and Kat Taylor
Sunday, May 5 | 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM
Lacy Johnson, Devi Laskar, Kiese Laymon, moderated by Sonya Shah
Sunday, May 5 | 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM
Jason Bayani, James Cagney, Heather June Gibbons, Leticia Hernández-Linares, moderated by devorah major
Sunday, May 5 | 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM
Alexandria Brown, Mallory O’Meara, Cherríe Moraga, moderated by Shizue Seigel
Sunday, May 5 | 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM
Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Susan Devan Harness, Tommy Pico, and Rebecca Roanhorse, moderated by Greg Sarris
Sunday, May 5 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM *FREE
Esi Edugyan and Tayari Jones, moderated by Caille Millner
Sunday, May 5 | 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM *FREE *YA
Zoraida Córdova, Anna-Marie McLemore, Cindy Pon, moderated by Yodassa Williams
Sunday, May 5 | 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM
Omar El Akkad, Charlie Jane Anders, Lesley Nneka Arimah, Justina Ireland, moderated by Vernon Keeve
Sunday, May 5 | 12:45 PM – 1:45 PM *FREE
Nik Sharma interviewed by Sandhya Dirks
Sunday, May 5 | 1:30 PM – 2:45 PM
David Blight, Stephanie Jones-Rogers, Caitlin Rosenthal, moderated by Jennifer D. King
Sunday, May 5 | 1:30 PM – 2:45 PM
Angie Kim, Chia-Chia Lin, Lauren Wilkinson moderated by C Pam Zhang
Sunday, May 5 | 3:15 PM – 4:30 PM
Camille Acker, Jamel Brinkley, Kali Fajardo-Anstine, moderated by Farida Jhabvala Romero
Sunday, May 5 | 3:15 PM – 4:30 PM
Vanessa Hua, Lydia Kiesling, Dani McClain, moderated by Devi Laskar
Sunday, May 5 | 3:15 PM – 4:30 PM
Aya de Leon, Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez, moderated by Tianna Paschel
Sunday, May 5 | 3:15 PM – 4:30 PM
André Alexis, Esi Edugyan, Sheila Heti, moderated by Omar El Akkad
Sunday, May 5 | 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM *FREE *YA
Jose Antonio Vargas, youth delegates, moderated by Sandra Bass
Sunday, May 5 | 5:00 PM – 6:15 PM
Albert Woodfox interviewed by Shane Bauer
Saturday, May 4 | 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM *FREE *YA
Justina Ireland in conversation with Alexandria Brown
Saturday, May 4 | 11:30 AM *FREE *MG
Saturday, May 4 | 11:30 AM *FREE
Nidhi Chanani, Rana DiOrio, Mylo Freeman, moderated by Alex Green
Saturday, May 4 | 1:30 PM *FREE *MG
Laura Atkins, Innosanto Nagara
Saturday, May 4 | 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM *FREE *YA
Saturday, May 4 | 12:45 AM – 2:00 PM *FREE *YA
Cindy Pon and Lee Wind, moderated by Riya Kataria
Sunday, May 5 | 11:00 AM *FREE *YA
Zoraida Córdova, Anna-Marie McLemore, Cindy Pon, moderated by Yodassa Williams
Sunday, May 5 | 11:40 AM *FREE *PB
Oliver Chin, Ying Chang Compestine, Mylo Freeman, Tania de Regil, moderated by Innosanto Nagara
Sunday, May 5 | 1:00 PM *FREE *PB
Cindy Derby, K-Fai Steele, and Andrea Tsurumi, moderated by Alex Green
Sunday, May 5 | 2:15 PM *FREE *MG
Atia Abawi and e.E. Charlton-Trujillo, moderated by Kenan Mirou
Sunday, May 5 | 3:00 PM *FREE *MG
Steve Bramucci, J.C. Cervantes, Anna Meriano
Sunday, May 5 | 3:15 PM *FREE *YA
Sunday, May 5 | 4:00 PM *FREE *MG
Yamile Méndez, Emma Otheguy, Aída Salazar
Sunday, May 5 | 4:00 PM *FREE *YA
Jose Antonio Vargas, youth delegates, moderated by Sandra Bass
