The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University has released its day-to-day schedule.
Thursday, March 14, will feature author and professor Walter Isaacson and Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic.
Other authors including journalist Jane Kim, The Atlantic editor Ellen Cushing, writer and poet Clint Smith and novelist and professor Jesmyn Ward will all be on the Ford Foundation Stage in McAlister Auditorium from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
On Friday, notable speakers include actress and fashion designer Nicole Richie in the Marshall Family Commons at 4 p.m., rapper Big Freedia in Dixon Hall at 1 p.m., former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney in McAlister Auditorium at 3 p.m., anthropologist and writer Ruth Behar on the Bernstein Stage at 1 p.m, and writer Emma Cline in Kendal Cram Auditorium at noon.
Also on Friday, local culinary stars Edgar “Dook” Chase IV, Ashley Hansen and E.J. Lagasse present at noon in the Marshall Family Commons.
Saturday continues with special speakers like former Georgia Rep. Stacey Abrams in Dixon Hall at 1 p.m., journalist Jake Tapper in Dixon Hall at noon, educator Sal Khan in McAlister Auditorium at 11 a.m., filmmaker Ken Burns in McAlister Auditorium at 2 p.m., novelist Amor Towles in McAlister Auditorium at 4 p.m. and University of Southern California professor and novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen in Diboll Gallery at 10 a.m.
The weekend concludes with a musical celebration featuring Irma Thomas, the “Soul Queen of New Orleans,” in the Hyatt Regency Festival Tent on Berger Family Lawn at 4:45 p.m.
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