Tag: Frances Dinkelspiel

When something is on people's minds, publishers notice. In the past year, there has been a surge of books about politics. That means there will be a plethora of conversations about politics at the Festival of Books. Here are a few favorites. Listen to experts in history and the law discuss today's challenges in the panel "Our Endangered Constitution" (Sat. April 21, 3:30 p.m.). Their moderator is Barry Glassner, author of the bestselling book "The Culture of Fear." Apr. University professor Alberto Ledesma, whose graphic memoir is "Diary of a Reluctant Dreamer," will be joined by two journalists: Sasha Polakow-Suransky, author of the big-picture, reported book "Go Back to Where You Came From: The Backlash Against Immigration and the Fate of Western Democracy" and Lauren Markham, who tells the story of twins from El Salvador in her book "The Far Away Brothers: Two Young Migrants and the Making of an American Life," a finalist for the L.A. Times Current Interest Book Prize. Three authors will discuss the attraction and impact of extremist ideologies on the panel "The Rise of Extremism" (Sun.