10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Girls Coming of Age:  Lisa Ko, Aisha Abdel Gawad, and Emily Layden. Moderated by Elisa Albert

 

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. 
Lincoln and American Immigration: Harold Holzer. Moderated by Hank Greenberg  

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1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
The Latino Spirit: A conversation with Luis A. Miranda and UAlbany President Havidan Rodriguez. 

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2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. 

Reverberations of the Unabomber: A conversation with David Kaczynski. Moderated by Paul Grondahl, 
NYSWI Opalka Endowed Director

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3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.

Time Travel and Multiverses: Marc Guggenheim and Peng Shepherd. Moderated by Casey Seiler, Times Union VP & Editor

10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Planet on Fire: Sunil Amrith and William Bryant Logan. Moderated by Mark Koplik, NYSWI Assistant Director.

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11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.

Rethinking God: Sarah McCammon and Shalom Auslander. Moderated by Mark Koplik, NYSWI Assistant Director.

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1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Queer Childhood: Mike DeSocio and James Frankie Thomas. Moderated by Sof Voet, Editor-in-Chief, Barzakh, PhD Candidate in UAlbany English Department.

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2:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Thrillers: Armando Lucas Correa and Jahmal Mayfield. Moderated by novelist Elizabeth Brundage

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3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Discovering New Narratives: Joachim Frank. Dan Wilcox, poet, peace activist and UAlbany alumnus. 

10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Recipes for Cultural Preservation: Marisel Salazar, Taffy Elrod and Alliah Agostini. Moderated by Susie Davidson Powell, 
Dining Critic for the Times Union.

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11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.

Voices and Views from the Expanding Security State: Ed Schwarzschild and Danny Goodwin. Moderated by Paul Grondahl, NYSWI Opalka Endowed Director. 

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1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Beavers, The Rodent that Built Albany: Leila Philip. Moderated by Maeve McEneny, Director of Community Engagement, Discover Albany.

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2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.

Kamala, Beyonce, and Black Female Power: Tanisha C. Ford and Martha S. Jones. Moderated by Janell Hobson, Professor, UAlbany’s Department of Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies.

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3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. 

Heartbreak on the Southern Border: Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez and Ruben Reyes Jr. Moderated by Alejandra Bronfman, Professor, UAlbany’s Department of Africana, Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies.

10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Skribblers/Capital District Writing Project Open Mic

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12:00 p.m. - 12:45 p.m.

Children's Author Spotlight with author Alliah L. Agostini on her new book Great Idea Malia!

12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Open Mic Reading hosted by Arch Magazine and featuring the Young Writers Project, Friends and Contributors

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2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Hudson Valley Writers Guild open Mic Reading​