Stacey Abrams, left, chats with Times columnist Erika D. Smith on Sunday at the 43rd annual L.A. Times Festival of Books. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)Books quite literally surrounded Stacey Abrams as a child. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)"She's one of the most entertaining and lively members of Congress," said Sidney Stern, a high school senior from Los Angeles. Held the same weekend as another arts festival some 130 miles east in the Coachella Valley, the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books draws a different type of star power. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 24, 2023 03:14 UTC