Welcome to the library of congresss National Book festival a vibrant series of programs meant to bring you into the heart of this historical dynamic institution in the library of congress, your national library. Thilibrary. This is a brandnew after it to which we hope to spark conversations, engage, inspire and entertain you with some of the most diverse, provocative and notable writers of the day. In every program that we put before you save from the childrens writer to a conversation with the literary novelist to the program that you have come to hear tonight we connect the work of living writers to a deeper understanding and we delight in making those connections for you and in that kind of exchanges that make all of us more informed and mindful citizens. You are part of that by being here tonight. Thank you for joining us and for helping us carry the torch. I hope youve taken a moment to look at the display put out for your nextdoor and perhaps youve taken that were some of the lib