Ernest Hemingway was the focus of a panel of biographers (left to right) Paul Hendrickson, Mary Dearborn, and Nicholas Reynolds at the 17th annual Library of Congress National Book Festival at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington D.C. on Saturday, September 2, 2017. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
Author Matthew Desmond appears at the 17th annual Library of Congress National Book Festival at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington D.C. on Saturday, September 2, 2017. Desmond is the John L. Loeb associate professor of the social sciences at Harvard University. His research focuses on urban sociology, race and ethnicity, poverty, social theory, organizations and work, and ethnography. Desmond was awarded a MacArthur grant in 2015 for his work on poverty. He is the author of four books, including the award-winning "On the Fireline." His most recent book, "Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City" is the winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
