Many activities today with the Arkansas Literary Festival!

At 10am –

• Karen Joy Fowler, Janis F. Kearney and Jamaica Kincaid on a panel – Acts of Empowerment at the Darragh Center.
• Alison Hedge Coke and Casandra Lopez on a panel – Indigenous Grace in the Main Library
• Stephen Roth, Jay Ruud and John Vanderslice on a panel – Island of Fatal Pride in the Arkansas Studies Institute
• Karen Akins, John Horner Jacobs and Ann Leckie on a panel – Science Fiction & Fantasy in the Arkansas Studies Institute
• Michael Barrier will discuss his book Funnybooks on the 3rd floor of River Market Books & Gifts
• Joe Barry Carroll will give a workshop at Historic Arkansas Museum
• Arree Chung will discuss Ninja! At the Hillary Rodham Clinton Children’s Library and Learning Center.

At 11:30am –

• Scott Simpson will lead a Dinosaur Odyssey in the Ron Robinson Theater
• Megan Abbott & Ben Percy on a panel – Thrill Me in the Darragh Center.
• Morgan Murphy & Desha Peacock on a panel – Social Savvy in the Arkansas Studies Institute
• Lisa Howorth and James Korne Gay on a panel – Mississippi Two by Two on the 3rd floor of River Market Books & Gifts
• John A. Beineke & James Presley on a panel – Notorious Crimes at Historic Arkansas Museum
• Brian Turner discusses Memories of a Soldier at the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History
• Tiphanie Yanique and Sefi Atta on a panel – Vital Fusion at Mosaic Templars Cultural Center
• Michele Raffin discusses The Birds of Pandemonium at the Witt Stephens Jr. Arkansas Nature Center

At 1pm –

• Issa Rae will discuss The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl at the Ron Robinson Theater
• Michael Kardos & M.O. Walsk on a panel – The Unputdownables at the Darragh Center.
• Mary Miller & Timothy S. Lane on a panel – Triumph of Youth in the Main Library
• Jesse J. Hargrove and Janis F. Kearney on a panel – Celia and T.J. in the Arkansas Studies Institute
• Cheryl & Griffith Day on a panel – Baking Days in the Arkansas Studies Institute
• Jonathan Darman discusses Landslide: LBJ and Ronald Reagan on the 3rd floor of River Market Books & Gifts
• Joe Barry Carroll discusses Growing Up…in Words and Images at Historic Arkansas Museum
• Jeff Allen and Preston Lauterbach on a panel – Beginning in 1866 at Mosaic Templars Cultural Center
• Amanda Petrusich and Kent Russell on a panel at the Witt Stephens Jr. Arkansas Nature Center
• Spencer Reese discusses The Road to Emmaus at Christ Episcopal Church

At 2:30 pm –

• Rick Bragg discusses Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story at the Ron Robinson Theater
• Quan Barry and Brock Clarke on a panel – Luminosity at the Darragh Center.
• Richard Lange, Thomas Pierce & Antonio Ruiz-Camacho on a panel – Short Stories in the Main Library
• Maxine Payne discusses Making Pictures in the Arkansas Studies Institute
• Morgan Murphy discusses Off the Eaten Path: On the Road Again in the Arkansas Studies Institute
• Meili Cady discusses Smoke on the 3rd floor of River Market Books & Gifts
• Frank Thurmond discusses Ring of Five at Historic Arkansas Museum
• Ted Rall discusses Traveling to Afghanistan at the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History
• Jamaica Kincaid discusses See Now Then at Mosaic Templars Cultural Center
• Scott Sampson discusses How to Raise a Wild Child at the Witt Stephens Jr. Arkansas Nature Center

At 4 pm –

• Marck Beggs, Nickole Brown, Hope Coulter, Jessica Jacobs, Sand Longhorn and Jo McDougall headline a poetry panel at the Ron Robinson Theater
• Kevin Brockmeier and Tania James on a panel at the Darragh Center.
• Desha Peacock leads a workshop on creating your style in the Main Library
• J. Hartley discusses Macbeth: A Novel in the Arkansas Studies Institute
• Sam Quinones and Marilyn Wedge on a panel in the Arkansas Studies Institute
• Seph Lawless discusses Black Friday on the 3rd floor of River Market Books & Gifts
• Laura Parker Castoro and Adrienne Thompson on a panel at Historic Arkansas Museum
• Molly Guptill Manning discusses When Books Went to War at the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History
• Guy Lancaster and Andrew Maraniss on a panel – History and Sport at Mosaic Templars Cultural Center
• Michael Largo discusses The Big, Bad Book of Botany at the Witt Stephens Jr. Arkansas Nature Center

Evening activities include:

• Fed, White & Blue at 5pm at the Oxford American annex (1300 Main) featuring author and TV personality Simon Jajumdar
• Joshua Wolf Shank discussing Powers of Two at the Clinton School at 6pm
• Pub or Perish, moderated by Bryan Borland at Stickyz Rock ‘n’ Roll Chicken Shack at 7pm
• Speak Now at Mosaic Templars Cultural Center at 7pm
• John Waters discussing Carsick at the Ron Robinson Theatre at 8pm