Chatter rolls with Claude, David, Torie, James Grady, and Chatter's favorite Mayor, Jud Ashman. The wrap up March Madness and Torie's Duke animosity. James Grady's soon to be released "Shadows on Sidewalks" getting terrific buzz. Jud previews the May 16 Gaithersburg Book Festival. Free attendance, free parking, and over 130 authors, workshops, kids' events, poetry competitions and more. COB fave David Wright Falade zooms in to share "The New Internationals," out in paperback and joining David'd impressive, eclectic and impactful work. He writes young adult, non-fiction, and historical fiction with empathy and an academic's rigor. "The New Internationals" captures the colliding, sometimes clashing challenges of race and identity in post-World War II Paris.