It’s That Time Again: The National Book Festival

Hip, Hip, Hurray! It’s The 2005 National Book Festival this weekend. The 2005 National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress and hosted by first lady Laura Bush, will be held on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., between 7th and 14th streets from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (rain or shine). The festival is free and open to the public. For reasons spelled out Here, the poet Sharon Olds has declined to attend.