hink about this: 20,000 librarians descending on downtown DC. That was the scene this weekend as the American Library Association held its annual conference featuring hundreds of programs, sessions, thousands of exhibitors, and the 2006-2007 president of ALA, Princeton's own Leslie Burger. Then there was Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Bill Bradley, Julie Andrews, and so many more luminaries.
One of the programs I attended featured the Alex Award winners, 10 adult books that will appeal to teen readers, chosen by the Young Adult Library Services Association. The unexpected surprise was author Ron Rash, who read from his first novel,
That doesn't happen every day.