Joie de livre: 15th Book Fest, 15 hot lit picks
Seems like only yesterday that the Virginia Festival of the Book was an infant, and now, at 15– it's an adolescent– a very mature adolescent. With the tougher economic diet, the four-day March 18-22 event lost its baby fat and is a bit trimmer this year– down from 171 programs last year to 131, although still with far too many choices for book lovers, most of them free.
Like a precocious teen, the book fest keeps trying new things. Last year, it showed a pubescent interest in sex (tantric!). This year the Festival of the Book offers a more sophisticated wine-and-cheese interlude with David Baldacci and Adriana Trigiani– although that sold out long ago. Hiphop makes the scene, and another music and poetry event– Rita Dove and Boyd Tinsley at the Paramount– is such a good idea that you wonder why no one thought of it sooner.
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