The National Book Foundation celebrates 2019 National Book Award honorees and their work across genre to close the 2020 Virginia Festival of the Book. Kali Fajardo-Anstine (Sabrina & Corina, Finalist, Fiction), Ilya Kaminsky (Deaf Republic, Finalist, Poetry), and Brian Teare (Doomstead Days, Longlist, Poetry) discuss why books and recognition matter.

Moderated by Lisa Lucas, Executive Director of the National Book Foundation.