Seems like 10 years now (actually it’s 11) that the Tucson Festival of Books has been at the University of Arizona Campus mall (west of Campbell Avenue), and it seems to grow bigger each year. Here’s the presenting authors’ schedule for both days, March 2 and 3, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
http://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org/?id=58
Check out all the information at their website: www.tucsonfestivalofbooks.org. Sign up starting today for free tickets to some of the popular talks, beginning at 12 noon. If you miss out, here’s the back up plan:
“Reserving tickets ahead of time simply allows you to secure a place in line and plan your day at the festival. For many sessions demand will be high, we do not guarantee that you will be able to get tickets for a particular session. Don’t worry if you can’t get the tickets you want! A percentage of seats are reserved for walk-ins the day of the event—the number will vary by venue.”
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Not feeling well so will likely skip Day 2, but my professor husband Albrecht Classen will venture over to the AZ Daily Star tent to ask Dave Fitzsimmons, cartoonist to sign our 2019 Fitz calendar. Some of my husband’s books are at booth #445 Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, near Cherry Ave (north side). He did present at TFOB years ago. Enjoy the 2nd day of the festival, as the weather looks fine.
Well, today was Day 1 of the TFOB, probably my 10th. Got a taste of the festival by attending first the SBS tent panel on Conundrums of racial divides in American culture, where I learned the difference between optimism and perpetual hope, and more about White Guilt. Then off to the N. Ballroom for the poignant panel of men on Is Democracy in Danger? and the answer is yes. Journalist John Nichols advocated for impeachment of the President, as written in our U.S. Constitution. He even quoted Founding Father George Mason as saying that there is “no power more important than impeachment”, as the “Cure for the Constitutional Crisis” we are in. Then I went off to hear the Motivation for Murder panel with Tucson author AJ Flick, author of Toxic Rage in the Koffler Bldg. Fascinating crime dramas were told. Later my husband joined me at the UA Mall tent (standing room only) to hear about Democracy and a Free Press. Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts was candid, eloquent and truthful about the polarization of the American people/voters. The panel said that DT got too much media in the 2016 campaign, but that his popularity is at a low. Finally surprise speaker Fitz at the AZ Star Tent as a “filler” due to cancellation of military author Dan Hampton. Fitz was his usual hilarious self, and even presented a eulogy to his father in law Prof. Dickinson who founded School of Library Science at UA. More tomorrow.