Sat, Mar 14 @ 1:00 pm at Student Union Sabino (Seats 87)
Curiosity, Critters and Craft
Join authors Caroline Paul, Katherine Larson, and Glenn Kurtz as they swap stories about the weird, wonderful ways we make sense of the world—through adventure, imagination, and the everyday work people do.
Student Union Sabino (Seats 87)
Sat, Mar 14, 1:00 pm - 1:55 pm
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Signing area: UA Campus Store Book Sales (Mall) (following presentation)
Panelists: Glenn Kurtz, Katherine Larson, Caroline Paul
Moderator: Patty Machelor
Real Work
The daily lives and labor of the people whose work underpins history’s greatest events often go unseen. From the early players of the "Basket Ball" league to the workers who built the Empire State Building, these authors reveal how they bring overlooked individuals to life for readers across generations.
UA Library/Special Collections (Seats 110)
Sun, Mar 15, 10:00 am - 10:55 am
History / Biography
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)
Panelists: Glenn Kurtz, Kadir Nelson
Moderator: Jaynie Adams
The Tucson Festival of Books is offered free of charge to the public. Parking at the University of Arizona is complimentary in many surface lots. Event parking charges of $10 per day will be in effect in all available garages and certain surface lots. See map for details. Parking at University of Arizona is cashless and cash will not be accepted.
Use of public transportation is strongly encouraged. Both the SunTran bus system and the SunLink street car provide convenient alternatives to parking at the University of Arizona.
Glenn Kurtz is the author of the newly released “Men at Work: The Empire State Building and the Untold Story of the Craftsmen Who Built It," which identifies the men in Lewis Hine's iconic photos of the Empire State's construction. Kurtz's previous books include “Three Minutes in Poland: Discovering a Lost World in a 1938 Family Film,” an NPR, New Yorker, and Boston Globe Best Book of 2014, and his memoir “Practicing: A Musician's Return to Music.” A Guggenheim Foundation Fellow, Kurtz currently lives in San Francisco.