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The <\/span><\/span>Texas Book Festival<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a> announced the lineup for its annual festival, featuring nationally renowned authors, including Matthew McConaughey, David Chang, Kevin Kwan, Sigrid Nunez, Isabel Wilkerson, Julia Alvarez, Michael J. Sandel, Ibi Zoboi, and more.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n One of the largest literary festivals in the country, Texas Book Festival is moving to a virtual format for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the festival. The two-week online event will kick off on October 31 and run through November 15.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Among the award-winning authors scheduled to appear at the festival this year, Academy Award-winning actor Matthew McConaughey will present Greenlights<\/em>, a memoir filled with stories and life lessons from the beloved native Texan\u2019s life. McConaughey is also the founder of the just keep livin Foundation, which helps promote the health and well-being of high-school students.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Acclaimed chef David Chang will present Eat a Peach: A Memoir<\/em>, an intimate account of Chang\u2019s rise through the restaurant world. Chang is the chef and founder of Momofuku Noodle Bar in New York City and the host of Netflix\u2019s Ugly Delicious<\/em> and Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner<\/em> shows. He\u2019s a multiple James Beard award-winner, a New York Times<\/em> bestseller, and a Time<\/em> 100 honoree.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Kevin Kwan will present his new novel, Sex and Vanity<\/em>, a modern retelling of E. M. Forster\u2019s A Room with a View<\/em>, set on the island of Capri and starring Lucie Churchill, who has always ignored her Chinese-American mother\u2019s culture in favor of her white New Yorker father\u2019s \u2014 especially when she meets and falls for George Zao. Kwan\u2019s Crazy Rich Asians<\/em> was a New York Times<\/em> bestseller, a major motion picture, and has been translated into more than thirty languages.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n National Book Award winner Sigrid Nunez will present her new novel, What Are You Going Through<\/em>, in which a woman serves as a passive listener to the stories of the people she meets in her everyday life, from close friends to total strangers. Nunez\u2019s The Friend<\/em> won the 2018 National Book Award, and Nunez has been the recipient of several awards, including a Whiting Award, the Rome Prize in Literature, and a Berlin Prize Fellowship.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Pulitzer Prize winner Isabel Wilkerson will present Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents<\/em>, an analysis of caste systems across civilizations and how these systems impact our modern-day world. Wilkerson won a Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing in 1994 at the New York Times<\/em>, making her the first African American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize in journalism. Wilkerson is also the author of the award-winning The Warmth of Other Suns<\/em> and a National Humanities Medal recipient.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n National Medal of Arts winner Julia Alvarez will present her latest novel, Afterlife<\/em>, the story of a retired college English teacher who finds a pregnant undocumented teenager on her doorstep. Alvarez left the Dominican Republic for the United States in 1960 at the age of ten. She is the author of six novels, three books of nonfiction, three collections of poetry, and eleven books for children and young adults. Her work has garnered wide recognition, including a Latina Leader Award in Literature from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, the Hispanic Heritage Award in Literature, the Woman of the Year by Latina<\/em> magazine, and inclusion in the New York Public Library\u2019s program \u201cThe Hand of the Poet: Original Manuscripts by 100 Masters, from John Donne to Julia Alvarez.\u201d In the Time of the Butterflies<\/em>, with over one million copies in print, was selected by the National Endowment for the Arts for its national Big Read program.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n World-renowned philosopher Michael J. Sandel will present his latest work, The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good?<\/em>, in which he argues for a more attentive and ethical way of thinking about politics and success. Sandel teaches political philosophy at Harvard University, and his books What Money Can\u2019t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets<\/em> and Justice: What\u2019s the Right Thing to Do?<\/em> were international bestsellers and have been translated into twenty-seven languages. Sandel\u2019s legendary course \u201cJustice\u201d was the first Harvard course to be made freely available online and has been viewed by tens of millions. His BBC series, The Public Philosopher<\/em>, explores the philosophical ideas lying behind the headlines, with participants from around the world.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Bestselling author Ibi Zoboi will present Punching the Air<\/em>, a young-adult novel in verse about a boy who is wrongfully incarcerated, written with author Yusef Salaam, one of the \u201cCentral Park Five.\u201d Zoboi\u2019s novel American Street<\/em> was a National Book Award finalist and a New York Times<\/em> Notable Book. She is also the author of Pride<\/em> and My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich<\/em>, a New York Times<\/em> bestseller.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe twenty-fifth anniversary Texas Book Festival will be one for the record books, and not only because we will be all virtual,\u201d says Lois Kim, TBF executive director. \u201cThe authors we are hosting are so talented, and we can\u2019t wait to share dozens of unforgettable conversations with everyone, everywhere.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The 2020 virtual festival lineup features more than 125 authors, illustrators, poets, journalists, artists, and thought leaders across a diverse array of genres and topics. The festival will also showcase previously announced authors Michael Ian Black, Nick Hornby, Dean Koontz, Erin Brockovich, Robert Draper, Stephen Graham Jones, Kathy Valentine, and more.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Children\u2019s programming will run from November 2 to 6 and will include acclaimed children\u2019s authors and illustrators Jon Scieszka and Steven Weinberg, Derrick Barnes, Ra\u00fal The Third, David Bowles, Jerome Pumphrey and Jarrett Pumphrey, and more.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Adult-author programming will run from November 6 to 15. The First Edition Literary Gala will also take place virtually this year on Friday, November 6 at 7:30 p.m. CST, featuring authors Julia Alvarez, Nick Hornby, and Natasha Trethewey, as well as emcee Michael Ian Black. Visit <\/span><\/span>texasbookfestival.org\/gala<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a> for sponsorship information.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re so excited to share this year\u2019s lineup, and we\u2019re especially proud about how many Texas authors will join us at this year\u2019s festival,\u201d says TBF Literary Director Matthew Patin. \u201cIn such an unconventional year, it\u2019s more important than ever to support the local literary community, and we can\u2019t wait to showcase their work.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Texas authors featured at this year\u2019s festival include Jos\u00e9 R. Ralat, Deb Olin Unferth, Natalia Sylvester, John Mackey, Julia Heaberlin, Lupe Mendez, H. W. Brands, Rebekah Manley, Rub\u00e9n Degollado, Peniel E. Joseph, Tom Philpott, Robert Draper, Richard Z. Santos, James Wade, Amanda Eyre Ward, and more.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n