# 2022 National Book Festival: D.C. Reads Writer Clint Smith

In this collaboration with D.C. Public Library, Clint Smith talks about his book "How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America," the latest D.C. Reads selection. "How the Word Is Passed" was named a Best Book of 2021 by The New York Times, among other media outlets. Moderated by Frederick Wherry.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2022
- By: National Book Festival (u.s.)
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2024698177/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/2024698177?play=1)