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2022 Writers Festival, Keynote Author » Interview with Rabbi Steve Leder, author of The Beauty of What Remains

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Following their much-loved appearance during the 2020 Summer Festival Days,  acclaimed journalist Dean Nelson and bestselling author Rabbi Steve Leder join us again in 2021 for a conversation about life, death, grief, and The Beauty of What  Remains, an inspiring book about loss based on Rabbi Leder’s most popular sermon. As the senior rabbi of […]

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2022 Writers Festival, Keynote Author » Interview with Kaitlyn Greenidge, author of Libertie

Virtual

Listen in as Brooke Warner, author, Publishers Weekly columnist, and co-host of the popular podcast, Write-minded, interviews Kaitlyn Greenidge, 2021 Guggenheim Fellow and award-winning author of We Love You, Charlie Freeman, about her newest book, Libertie.   Libertie has been named One of the Most-Anticipated Books of 2021 by: O, The Oprah Magazine, The New York […]

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2022 Writers Festival, Poetry » Welcome and Spoken Word with Gill Sotu

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Join us for the opening of festival day two with spoken word artist Gill Sotu and local San Diego poets sharing their work on the theme, Poetry as Protest. Hosts Marni Freedman and Jeniffer Thompson will present a 2021 SDWF award to Chris Baron, author of All of Me and The Magical Imperfect, and Matt […]

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