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and America’s third largest—with a full week of literary events beginning Monday,
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authors making appearances.
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poetry, this year’s festival has something for booklovers of all genres.
Literary heavyweights include Jonathan Ames, Nicholson Baker, Edwidge
Danticat, Pete Hamill, Jamaica Kincaid, Sam Lipsyte, James McBride, Claire
Messud, Colum McCann, Sharon Olds, George Packer, Karen Russell,
Sapphire, Art Spiegelman, Meg Wolitzer and Tom Wolfe.
Lois Lowry, beloved children’s book author, will be honored with this year’s
Best of Brooklyn (BoBi) literary award at Sunday’s festival. Before penning
countless classics like “The Giver” and “Number the Stars,” Lowry spent many
years in Brooklyn.
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