now we are joined by authr and actor nick offerman. this is your fifth book. is there a threat that connects all five? >> for my second book which is called gumption among other people, you interviewed michael pollan for a feature i was writing about him and he said your second book is your hardest. everybody has one book in them. eventually, if you write two or three or more, you learn the questions that will plague you for the rest of your life. he said of his own work, and he said you can see the through line in my books which are both inspired in our writing somewhat by wendell berry who is a great kentucky agrarian writer. the questions of how do we relate to our food and nature through who produces our food and how they treat the land and the produce and so forth -- our awareness of that relationship i think is prevalent in all of my books. my fourth book was sort of a memoir of my marriage with megan mullally. there is some crossover where i think things that happen in our house get a little agricultural from time to time. that's maybe not appropriate f

>> nick offerman and he was being interviewed by a young lady who is very big the national park service. she was able to interview him about his new book and it was a good interchange. then, i was able to introduce janelle monae with her book the memory library and. talk about making librarians cool. it's science fiction and everything, however she was not the rock star she was a reader and someone who loves octavia butler the science fiction writer. she related to the people in the audience, but all of us. she is part of our reading group. >> you have a book in your lap. what is this? >> i mentioned politics and prose is here and they made it through the pandemic. i saw a young lady. she was dressed so creatively and beautifully. >> is it that young lady? >> yes and i asked her -- she said i'm an author and i said what's your book and she said black girls sew. this is going to be the perfect gift for my little grand friend who just got her first. jeans. she likes to make things and craft. she is 12 years old. this is going to be so cool and i'm going to get an autographed. that's the b

you heard nick offerman talk about an author named wendell berry. this evening our guest the owner of square books in oxford, mississippi also talked about wendell berry. you can watch that on book tv on c-span2 at 7:30. coming up, two call-in programs. then we will conclude our day with david rubenstein. his recent book is about investing and he is cochair of the national book festival. we will talk with him and you will have the opportunity to call in and talk with him as well. before we get to the next panel, we want to show you a little bit of last nights opening celebration. it was a tribute to the late historian david mccullough. >> i have been voting my working life to the american story for over 50 years. i am ever grateful that i somehow had the good fortune to wander into this way of life contributing what i can to the betterment of our country. i have done this on paper, and classrooms, on television. and on the stage. in every way i can to convey that history is not about boring statistics and quotations and memorizing dates. it isn't ab

carla: yes, because her husband is nick offerman to have that together is really going to be cool. there are children's authors and i see a lot of young people waiting because they have favorite authors and want to get the book signed and talk to the author. it is a fun time it appeared you can look at the schedule online and two in right here. i am a history buff. >> carla hayden will be back later joining us and taking your calls. here is your chance to talk to the librarian of congress at the national book festival. the full schedule of events is available at book tv.org. it was september 8, 2001 at the first national book festival sponsored by the library of congress occurred on the capitol grounds peered we caught up with the founder, laura bush. >> is this day what you expected? >> i am thrilled and excited to be here. i want to thank c-span for covering this. have a sunny day and i hope the camera shows behind me how huge the crowds are. >> we talked a lot that this idea came from the texas book festival here but where did the idea for the texas book festival come from? >> i

carla: yes, because her husband is nick offerman to have that together is really going to be cool. there are children's authors and i see a lot of young people waiting because they have favorite authors and want to get the book signed and talk to the author. it is a fun time it appeared you can look at the schedule online and two in right here. i am a history buff. >> carla hayden will be back later joining us and taking your calls. here is your chance to talk to the librarian of congress at the national book festival. the full schedule of events is available at book tv.org. it was september 8, 2001 at the first national book festival sponsored by the library of congress occurred on the capitol grounds peered we caught up with the founder, laura bush. >> is this day what you expected? >> i am thrilled and excited to be here. i want to thank c-span for covering this. have a sunny day and i hope the camera shows behind me how huge the crowds are. >> we talked a lot that this idea came from the texas book festival here but where did the idea for the texas book festival come from? >> i