A Guide to the Must-See Events at the Brooklyn Book Festival
The So-Called ‘Post-Feminist, Post-Racial’ Life in Publishing
Oh, you thought the book world was somehow above the usual shitty, unspoken career barriers faced by women and people of color? Ahahaha. Deborah Copaken Kogan, Sonia Sanchez, and Jessica Valenti all have a few things to say about that. 10am, Borough Hall Courtroom
Mommy Dearest
Not, in fact, a series of Joan Crawford jokes, but instead, a thoughtful discussion between Jennifer Gilmore, Claire Messud, and Jamaica Kincaid on the role of motherhood in their respective novels (and also in life). We’ll take it. 11am, St. Francis Auditorium
Love, Villainy, Ethics and Karaoke: Chuck Klosterman and Rob Sheffield in Conversation
If the title of this event wasn’t an automatic selling point, well, we don’t know what to tell you. 2pm, Main Stage
Writers Who Read
There are some writers who were just meant to read their work out loud, and Jonathan Ames, Tao Lin, and Sapphire, are three of the best. Guaranteed to be one of the day’s more genuinely entertaining events. 2pm, St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church
On Nonfiction
In which we learn that blogging has not, in fact, destroyed the world of non-fiction or long form investigative journalism, and hear from some of the medium’s most exciting writers. 5pm, St. Francis Auditorium