The National Book Foundation celebrates its 2025 National Book Award honorees at the Tucson Festival of Books! Join 2025 Nonfiction honorees Caleb Gayle (Black Moses: A Saga of Ambition and the Fight for a Black State, Longlister), Julia Ioffe (Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy, Finalist), and Claudia Rowe (Wards of the State: The Long Shadow of American Foster Care, Finalist) for readings and conversation about how a background in journalism informs their approach to book-length, human-driven storytelling.

Moderated by Ruth Dickey, Executive Director of the National Book Foundation.

This program is supported by the Tucson Festival of Books.