Tell me again that books are dead

This pic also references a
newspaper, yay newspapers.

And then tell it to the 140,000 people who attended this past weekend's Tucson Festival of Books. 

Given an unexpected bunch of time off, I seized the day (and a half) and a Covid-related airline credit and made my way Southwest. The crowd at the book festival drew a wide range of people representing all ages, backgrounds, and tastes—judging from the exhibitors, the teens standing in a line 100 yards long for a YA author signing, and the offerings of music and food (wow... the gelato concoctions). What a surprise, what a fun way to celebrate books.

Viva el libro.