{"id":1128,"date":"2011-09-16T09:42:50","date_gmt":"2011-09-16T13:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.old.caraghobrien.com\/book\/?p=1128"},"modified":"2011-09-16T09:48:43","modified_gmt":"2011-09-16T13:48:43","slug":"true-confessions-of-a-bbf-moderator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/miscellaneous\/true-confessions-of-a-bbf-moderator\/","title":{"rendered":"True Confessions of a BBF Moderator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brooklynbookfestival.org\/BBF\/FestivalEvents\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1129\" title=\"BBF\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/BBFforBlog.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a>Since a couple of months ago, when my editor Nancy Mercado asked me to moderate a writers\u2019 panel at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brooklynbookfestival.org\/BBF\/Home\" target=\"_blank\">Brooklyn Book Festival<\/a>, I\u2019ve been reading works by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gayleforman.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gayle Forman<\/a> (<em>If I Stay, Where She Went<\/em>), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jacquelinewoodson.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jacqueline Woodson<\/a> (<em>After Tupac and D Foster, Under a Meth Moon<\/em>), and <a href=\"http:\/\/craphound.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cory Doctorow<\/a> (<em>Makers, For the Win, Contents<\/em>) so I\u2019d be ready to ask them a few questions.\u00a0 Gayle\u2019s books made me think about if, without family, there\u2019s a point to living, Jacqueline\u2019s made me feel like I am a 12-year-old friend growing up in Queens, and Cory\u2019s made me see technology and world-wide gamers in a way that I still can\u2019t quite wrap my head around.\u00a0 Devising questions around the panel\u2019s topic, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brooklynbookfestival.org\/BBF\/FestivalEvents\" target=\"_blank\">Making Difficult Choices<\/a> (3:00),<\/strong> has intrigued me.\u00a0 These are the kinds of books I have personal relationships with now.\u00a0 They\u2019ve become part of me and nudged the way I see the world.\u00a0 As I writer, I\u2019m thinking about memory, and pacing, and scope of conflict with new attention.\u00a0 I\u2019ve had deep reminders to write honestly about what matters to me, in ways only I can do, and to do it with conviction.<\/p>\n<p>A week ago, my editor told me a different writer cancelled out on another panel and asked if she could plug me in there because my work fits the topic, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brooklynbookfestival.org\/BBF\/FestivalEvents\" target=\"_blank\">Another World<\/a> (2:00)<\/strong>.\u00a0 So I\u2019m on a panel with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brooklynbookfestival.org\/BBF\/FestivalEvents\" target=\"_blank\">Bill Willingham<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/jewellparkerrhodes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jewell Parker Rhodes<\/a>, and that should be fun, too. \u00a0I expect to be inspired.<\/p>\n<p>The Brooklyn Book Festival is this coming Sunday, September 18th, 10:00-6:00, and over 260 writers are involved. \u00a0Events are free. \u00a0Come by to hear about some amazing new books, meet some super nice writers, have a few laughs, and say hello!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since a couple of months ago, when my editor Nancy Mercado asked me to moderate a writers\u2019 panel at the Brooklyn Book Festival, I\u2019ve been reading works by Gayle Forman (If I Stay, Where She Went), Jacqueline Woodson (After Tupac and D Foster, Under a Meth Moon), and Cory Doctorow (Makers, For the Win, Contents) 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