San Antonio Book Festival 2021 will feature Walter Isaacson, Sandra Cisneros, Jeff VanderMeer, Nic Stone
Deborah Martin, Staff writer
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Author Walter Isaacson will discuss his latest nonfiction book, “The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race,” during the 2021 San Antonio Book Festival.Simon & SchusterShow MoreShow Less
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“The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing and the Future of the Human Race” by Walter Isaacson.Simon & Schuster /APShow MoreShow Less
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Charles Yu, author of Interior Chinatown,” will take part in the 2021 edition of the San Antonio Book Festival.Tina Chiou /Show MoreShow Less
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Red Saturn and His Children Evidenced by the curly tailed babirusa (or “pig deer”) scrawled on the wall of a cave in Indonesia, animals have been inspiring art for at least 45,500 years. As the oldest muse on record, critters unsurprisingly boast a fascinating art historical record that includes ancient Egyptian cat sarcophagi; a foreboding dog mosaic in the lost city of Pompei; a veritable menagerie created by German Renaissance kingpin Albrecht Dürer; post-impressionist wildlife paintings by Henri Rousseau; watercolors of every imaginable bird by 19th-century naturalist John James Audubon; anthropomorphic self-portraits by Mexican icon Frida Kahlo; and contemporary interpretations that run the gamut from poppy and playful (Jeff Koons) to controversial and