I never get a chance to go to the Library of Congress National Book Festival. Except this year... but I wasn't able to stay for long. So I STILL didn't get to see any of the cool panels or get any books signed by awesome people!!!
Two of my favorite modern authors were there: Toni Morrison (though I *did* see her like, 4 days ago when she came to campus) and Sarah Vowell, who writes books on history in a really quirky and funny manner. You may have seen her on The Daily Show, or as the kid in The Incredibles. Yeah, she did the voice for that--she's really cool.
But I didn't get to see either of them, because I'm an idiot and didn't budget my time! They were both there Saturday and I went Sunday, and I only gave myself 2 hours to spend there so I didn't get to do much. I'm a jerk. Welcome to my self-loathing blog.
Moral of the story: GO TO THE NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL. But even more: FIND OUT WHO IS SPEAKING AND WHEN. and then GO WHEN COOL PEOPLE ARE SPEAKING. And you won't hate yourself as much as I do right now... in fact, you'll be very satisfied with your planning and time management skills.
Heed my warnings, folks. They're real. Coming from a true source of wisdom.
Email me and chastise me for not taking advantage of the LOC National Book Fest: shireens@gwmail.gwu.edu
<3 Shireen
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