Fellows at the Festival

Did you miss the National Book Festival this year? Or, like us, are simply missing it because it’s over? Never fear, digital archives are here! Relive some of the festival’s highlights with these videos of wildly talented NEA Literature Fellows.

Poet Laureate & NEA Literature Fellow Joy Harjo:

NEA Literature Fellow Maaza Mingeste (in conversation with Ishmael Beah):

Former Poet Laureate & NEA Literature Fellow Juan Felipe Herrera:

NEA Literature Fellow Mark Doty (in conversation with Jenn Shapland):

National Medal of Arts Recipient & NEA Literature Fellow Sandra Cisneros: 

Former Poet Laureate & NEA Literature Fellow Robert Pinsky:

NEA Literature Fellow Elizabeth Tallent (in conversation with Carmen Maria Machado):

NEA Literature Fellow Danez Smith (in conversation with Franny Choi):