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Featured Speakers

Téa Obreht

Bestselling Author • Novelist

Téa Oberht’s acclaimed debut, The Tiger’s Wife, was a National Book Award finalist; and her second novel, Inland, was listed on President Obama’s 2019 summer reading list.

Emily Nussbaum

TV Critic • Pulitzer Prize Winner • Essayist

Proclaimed as “one of the leading TV critics of our time” (Kirkus), Nussbaum is the television critic for The New Yorker and author of I Like To Watch: Arguing My Way Through The TV Revolution.

Jonathan Lethem

Jonathan Lethem

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Essayist

Bestselling novelist and MacArthur “Genius” Jonathan Lethem has been lauded for his genre-bending fiction, including the award-winning Motherless Brooklyn, and his incisive cultural critiques. His newest novel, The Feral Detective, was published in 2018.

Susan Orlean

Bestselling Author • Journalist • Essayist

One of America’s most distinctive voices, Orlean is the bestselling author of The Orchid Thief and Rin Tin Tin. Her newest, The Library Book, explores the history, power and future of these vital yet endangered institutions.

Diana Abu-Jaber

Diana Abu-Jaber

Author • Essayist • Memoirist

Paul Beatty

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Poet

John Berendt

Bestselling Author • Journalist • Essayist

Elizabeth Berg

Bestselling Author • Novelist

Chris Bohjalian

Chris Bohjalian

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Human Rights Advocate

Nadia Bolz-Weber

Nadia Bolz-Weber

Pastor • Bestselling Author • Memoirist

Katherine Boo

Pulitzer Prize Winner • Bestselling Author • Journalist

Taylor Branch

Pulitzer Prize Winner • Bestselling Author • Historian

Jessica Bruder

Journalist • Author

NoViolet Bulawayo

Novelist • Essayist • Short Story Writer

Ana Castillo

Author • Essayist • Poet

Vikram Chandra

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Memoirist

Justin Cronin

Bestselling Author • Novelist

Dr. Matthew Desmond

Dr. Matthew Desmond

Pulitzer Prize Winner • Bestselling Author • Urban Ethnographer

Anthony Doerr

Pulitzer Prize Winner • Bestselling Author • Novelist

Heidi Durrow

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Essayist

Esi Edugyan

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Essayist

Dr. Brian Fagan

Archaeologist • Author • Climate Change Historian

Sheri Fink

Pulitzer Prize Winner • Bestselling Author • Journalist

David Finkel

Pulitzer Prize Winner • Bestselling Author • Journalist

Richard Ford

Pulitzer Prize Winner • Bestselling Author • Novelist

Elizabeth Gilbert

Elizabeth Gilbert

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Memoirist

Julia Glass

National Book Award Winner • Bestselling Author • Novelist

Dr. Alice Goffman

Dr. Alice Goffman

Author • Social Justice Advocate • Urban Ethnographer

Jeff Goodell

Author • Energy & Environment Expert • Investigative Journalist

Dr. Allyson Hobbs

Dr. Allyson Hobbs

Author • Essayist • Historian

Alice Hoffman

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Short Story Writer

Dr. Thomas Homer-Dixon

Dr. Thomas Homer-Dixon

Author • Energy & Security Expert • Political Scientist

A.M. Homes

Novelist • Essayist • Memoirist

Nancy Horan

Bestselling Author • Novelist

John Irving

National Book Award Winner • Bestselling Author • Screenwriter

Pico Iyer

Bestselling Author • Essayist • Travel Writer

Mitchell S. Jackson

Mitchell S. Jackson

Author • Filmmaker

Gish Jen

Cultural Commentator • Novelist • Essayist

Tayari Jones

Bestselling Author • Novelist

Hillary Jordan

Bestselling Author • Novelist

Piper Kerman

Bestselling Author • Memoirist • Social Justice Advocate

Sue Monk Kidd

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Memoirist

Tracy Kidder

Pulitzer Prize Winner • Bestselling Author

Lily King

Bestselling Author • Novelist

Laura Kipnis

Social Critic • Author • Essayist

Lisa Ko

Novelist • Essayist

Alex Kotlowitz

Bestselling Author • Journalist • Documentary Filmmaker

James Howard Kunstler

Urban Planning Advocate • Novelist • Social Critic • Journalist

The Lacks Family

The Lacks Family of THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS

Laila Lalami

Novelist • Author • Essayist

Stephanie Land

Economic Justice Advocate • Bestselling Author • Journalist

Jeanne Marie Laskas

Jeanne Marie Laskas

Bestselling Author • Journalist • Memoirist

Kiese Laymon

Bestselling Author • Social Critic • Essayist

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Bestselling Author • Journalist • Women’s Advocate

Jonathan Lethem

Jonathan Lethem

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Essayist

Anthony Marra

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Short Story Writer

Ayana Mathis

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Essayist

Colum McCann

National Book Award Winner • Bestselling Author • Novelist

Jeremy McCarter

Jeremy McCarter

Cultural Historian • Bestselling Author

Maaza Mengiste

Novelist • Essayist • Social Justice Advocate

Emily Nussbaum

TV Critic • Pulitzer Prize Winner • Essayist

Téa Obreht

Bestselling Author • Novelist

Susan Orlean

Bestselling Author • Journalist • Essayist

Jennifer Pastiloff

Jennifer Pastiloff

Bestselling Author • Memoirist • Mental Health Advocate

Jodi Picoult

Bestselling Author • Novelist

Eli Saslow

Pulitzer Prize Winner • Journalist • Author

Lisa See

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Memoirist

Joshua Wolf Shenk

Joshua Wolf Shenk

Bestselling Author • Essayist • Curator

Rebecca Skloot

Bestselling Author • Journalist

Rachel Louise Snyder

Rachel Louise Snyder

Domestic Violence Advocate • Journalist • Author

Paul Theroux

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Travel Writer

Clive Thompson

Journalist • Author • Tech Industry Expert

Krista Tippett

Public Radio Show Host • Journalist • Author

William T. Vollmann

William T. Vollmann

Novelist • Journalist • Short Story Writer

Jesmyn Ward

National Book Award Winner • Essayist • Memoirist

Edmund White

Novelist • Social Critic • Memoirist

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