Now in its eighth year, Dallas’ Hay Festival Forum has become a sprawling literary gathering that reaches beyond a discussion of books and its home base of the Wild Detectives bookstore in Oak Cliff.

Contemporary social and political issues affecting Latin America, other parts of the developing world and the U.S. remain at the forefront of the three-day festival. Its two dozen events — featuring for the first time four writing workshops — are spread across the neighborhood to include the Texas Theatre, Oak Cliff Cultural Center and North Oak Cliff Branch Library. Many of the events are free.

“I think this year’s forum illustrates better than ever the philosophy behind the festival: bringing people from many different backgrounds together to discuss how they approach their work, how that

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