In this Spring 2026 Book and Author Festival virtual event hosted by Penguin Random House, Library Journal, and School Library Journal, Edwidge Danticat, author of Dèy (Knopf, 2026), Andrew Sean Greer, author of Villa Coco (Doubleday, 2026), and Ruth Ozeki, author of The Typing Lady: And Other Fictions (Viking, 2026), talk about their new books with librarian Jen Jumba.
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