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Michael Chabon

Pulitzer Prize-winning Novelist, Author of
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
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Roz Chast

New Yorker Cartoonist
“Theories of Everything:
An Evening of Images & Conversation
With New Yorker Cartoonist, Roz Chast”
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Ira Glass

Radio Producer and Host, This American Life
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Louise Glück

United States Poet Laureate (2003–2004)
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
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Terry Gross

Award-winning Host of National Public Radio’s Fresh Air
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Daniel Handler

Bestselling Author, (A.K.A Lemony Snicket)
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Tony Kushner

Pulitzer Prize-winning Playwright,
Author of Angels in America and Caroline, or Change
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Fran Lebowitz

Author, Journalist & Social Observer
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Robert Pinsky

United States Poet Laureate (1997–2000)
Translator, Essayist, and Teacher
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Michael Pollan

Bestselling Author & Journalist
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
& The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
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Frank Rich

Author & Journalist, Featured Essayist
for New York Magazine
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Dr. Robert M. Sapolsky

Science and Nature Writer, Biologist and Neuroscientist, and Stress Expert
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Eric Schlosser

Bestselling Author of Fast Food Nation & Reefer Madness
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Scott Simon

Host, Weekend Edition Saturday on NPR
and Need to Know on PBS, Writer & Novelist
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Stephen Sondheim

Playwright, Composer, & Lyricist
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Art Spiegelman

Pulitzer Prize-winning Artist/Illustrator,
Author of MAUS, In the Shadow of No Towers, & Breakdowns
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