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Here are some photo highlights from last weekend's Arkansas Literary Festival. We wish we could have been everywhere at once!
Frank Thurmond, author of Before I Sleep, and George H. Jensen, Jr., author of Some of the Words are Theirs
Stephanie McAfee, author of Diary of a Mad, Fat Girl, and OA intern Victoria Hinshaw
David Margolick, author of Elizabeth and Hazel: Two Women of Little Rock, W. Ralph Eubanks, author of Ever Is a Long Time: A Journey into Mississippi's Dark Past, and Greg Brownderville, author of Gust
Barbara Slate and David Margolick
David Margolick is everywhere!
Ian Frazier, author of Travels in Siberia, and Roy Blount, Jr., author of Alpha Better Juice
Some pretty ladies at the reception
Claire Dederer (center), author of Poser: My Life in Twenty-Three Yoga Poses, Gael Fashingbauer Cooper (right), author of Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops?, and friend
Three cartoonists: Peter Kuper, Barbara Slate, and David Rees
Jessica DeLoach and friend
Avi Steinberg (second from left), author of Running the Books, Heidi Julavits (far right), author of The Vanishers, and friends
Writer James Pogue, OA senior editor Wes Enzinna, and n + 1 editor Marco Roth
The magical library in downtown Little Rock
Witold Rybczynski, author of The Biography of a Building
Bill Whitworth, former editor-in-chief at The Atlantic Monthly, and his daughter Katherine
Katherine Whitworth and OA managing editor Carol Ann Fitzgerald
Moderator Jay Jennings with panelists Roy Blount, Jr. and Ian Frazier
Roy Blount, Jr. and Ian Frazier signing books
David Rees, author of How to Sharpen Pencils: A Practical and Theoretical Treatise on the Artisanal Craft of Pencil Sharpening, helps audience member Ms. Pat into her "novice smock."
Justin Torres, author of We The Animals
Tiny Books panel moderator and UCA professor Mary Ruth Marotte
Tiny Books panelists: Kevin Brockmeier, Hannah Dela Cruz Abrams, and Ken Kalfus
Hannah Dela Cruz Abrams, author of The Man Who Danced With Dolls
Kevin Brockmeier, OA contributing writer and author of The Human Soul as a Rube Goldberg Device
A very busy dog-walker in downtown Little Rock
Free drinks at The OA bar
The riveted audience
Moderator Wes Enzinna and panelists Marc Smirnoff, Heidi Julavits, and Marco Roth
Panelists Marc Smirnoff, Heidi Julavits, and Marco Roth
Nina Roth, a New York-based architect
Nicholas Pippins, OA contributor Natalie Elliott, and James Pogue
Marco and Nina Roth
Arkansas Times editor and former OA intern Lindsey Millar
Autumn Allison and former OA intern Wyndham Wyeth
