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The Lost Weekend: Daze of Books 05/04/08

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The Lost Weekend: Daze of Books

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Lynn Reed

One week ago, I was at one of the largest book festivals in the country, the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. This annual two-day event is held on the UCLA campus in the heart of Westwood. I spent my undergraduate years at this university (back when the earth was still cooling), but the campus didn’t look like this. From one end to the other, tents, booths, banners and signs, all having to do with books, were spread out. There were vendors and speakers and author signings and panels—a virtual Disneyland for booklovers.
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