FESTIVAL KEYNOTE (Saturday):
Enough Is Enough: Fighting Economic Injustice
Anand Giridharadas, Robert Reich, and Kat Taylor
Presented by Beneficial State Bank
A Conversation with Tayari Jones
Tayari Jones interviewed by Brooke Warner
Sponsored by She Writes Press; also with the support of Women Lit members
FESTIVAL KEYNOTE (Sunday):
The Unbreakable Human Spirit: Albert Woodfox on Survival in Solitary
Albert Woodfox interviewed by Shane Bauer
Dear America: An Interview with Jose Antonio Vargas
Jose Antonio Vargas interviewed by Kate Campbell
Sponsored by North Berkeley Investment Partners
Horizon: Interview with Barry Lopez
Barry Lopez interviewed by John Freeman
The Lies That Bind: Kwame Anthony Appiah on Identity
Kwame Anthony Appiah interviewed by Carlos Lozada
Which Side Are You On? Loyalty in Fiction
Christian Kiefer, Lauren Wilkinson, Takis Würger, moderated by Frances Dinkespiel
With the support of the initiative “Wunderbar Together,“ initiated by the German Federal Foreign Office and the Goethe Institut, and supported by the Federation of German Industries (BDI); the Goethe-Institut San Francisco; and Goethe-Institut’s translation support program “Books First”
Courage in Publishing in an Age of Political Polarization
Kwame Anthony Appiah, Jane Ciabattari, John Freeman, Carlos Lozada, Michael Naumann, Emily Nemens, moderated by Cherilyn Parsons
With support from the initiative “Wunderbar Together,“ initiated by the German Federal Foreign Office and the Goethe Institut, and supported by the Federation of German Industries (BDI)
The Business of Brutality: Slavery and the Foundations of Capitalism
David Blight, Stephanie Jones-Rogers, Caitlin Rosenthal, moderated by Jennifer D. King
Sponsored by the Stephen M. Silberstein Foundation
No Happy Endings, No Easy Answers: Seeking Truth Through Trauma
Lacy Johnson, Devi Laskar, Kiese Laymon, moderated by Sonya Shah
Sponsored by the California Institute of Integral Studies
The Uninhabitable Earth
David Wallace-Wells interviewed by Julian Brave NoiseCat
Human Face: Literature That Brings Human Rights To Life
Atia Abawi, Aaron Bobrow-Strain, Eliot Pattison, moderated by Clara Long
Rattlesnake Wins Hummingbird’s Heart: A Word for Word Performance
Greg Sarris and Native youth of Sonoma County
Sponsored by the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria
Goddesses, Grandmothers, and the Everyday Divine
Hallie Iglehart Austen and Vijaya Nagarajan, moderated by Arisika Razak
Sponsored by the California Institute of Integral Studies
Literary Bravery: Sleepwalkers, Ghosts, and Radical Storytelling from Three International Luminaries
Dorothee Elmiger, Laura Lindstedt, Mike McCormack, moderated by Anita Felicelli
With the support of FILI – Finnish Literature Exchange; the Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation; Culture Ireland; the initiative “Wunderbar Together,“ initiated by the German Federal Foreign Office, the Goethe Institut, and supported by the Federation of German Industries (BDI); Goethe-Institut’s translation support program “Books First”; the Consulate General of Switzerland in San Francisco; and Pro Helvetia
Seeking Connection: Literature from Germany and Switzerland
Dorothee Elmiger, Nora Krug, Katja Petrowskaja, Takis Würger, moderated by Sabine Kieselbach
With the support of the initiative “Wunderbar Together,“ initiated by the German Federal Foreign Office and the Goethe Institut, and supported by the Federation of German Industries (BDI); the Goethe-Institut San Francisco; Goethe-Institut’s translation support program “Books First”; also supported by the Consulate General of Switzerland in San Francisco and Pro Helvetia