Sunday Salon: Empire State Book Festival
I've been looking forward to the FIRST Empire State Book Festival for almost a year now. It's conveniently happening right here in Albany on April 9 & 10, 2010. Even better: it's FREE. The New York Library Assocation has done a fantastic job putting this event together. I was already excited, but this week I discovered the list of authors who will be attending , and now I'm even more excited. In an attempt to lure you other northeasterners to Albany (during the read-a-thon, no less), here are the highlights: Karen Abbott, author of Sin in the Second City Brunonia Barry, author of The Lace Reader Andy Borowitz (one of the funniest people on Twitter , among tother things). David Ebershoff, author of The 19th Wife Masha Hamilton, author of 31 Hours Ann Hood Marilyn Johnson, author of the fabulous This Book Is Overdue! Sally Koslow, author of The Late Lamented Molly Marx (one of my favorite reads last summer) Gregory Maguire Julie Metz, author of Perfe...