# 2023 National Book Festival Opening Celebration: Everyone Has a Story

On the eve of the 2023 National Book Festival, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden and festival co-chair David M. Rubenstein welcomed five of the dozens of authors appearing at this year's festival, who discussed their work and their love of books: Angeline Boulley, David Grann, R.K. Russell, Beverly Gage and Luis Alberto Urrea.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2023
- By: National Book Festival (u.s.)
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2025661410/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens 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/2025661410?play=1)