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  • University of Delaware journalism professor Ben Yagoda has written about language and writing for such publications as the New York Times Book Review , Rolling Stone , and Esquire . His books include Memoir: A History ; When You Catch an… more

  • "The most sophisticated and original poet of his generation," ( The New York Review of Books ), Paul Muldoon received the Pulitzer Prize for his 2003 poetry collection Moy Sand and Gravel . His many other honors include the T. S. Eliot Award, the… more

  • The One Book, One Philadelphia season concludes with a reading by featured author Julie Otsuka as well as a special musical tribute led by Udi Bar-David, cellist with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Intercultural Journeys Artistic Director.*… more

  • Scholar and women’s studies pioneer Lillian Faderman is the author of several groundbreaking narratives of the cultural, social, and political history of LGBT life and identity, including Surpassing the Love of Men , “one of the most significant… more

  • Called “both an irresistibly engaging adventure and a searching portrait of contemporary young people in Pakistan” (Joyce Carol Oates), internationally bestselling author Mohsin Hamid’s first novel, Moth Smoke , was a New York Times Notable Book… more

  • A master storyteller and queen of the book club, Jodi Picoult is known for plumbing hot-button topics in novels that feature nuanced characters, pitch-perfect descriptions of suburbia—and the darkness it often conceals—and unfettered insight into… more

  • Anti-poverty advocate Peter Edelman is a Professor of Law at Georgetown University and the Faculty Director at the Center on Poverty, Inequality, and Public Policy. His first book, Searching for America's Heart: RFK and the Renewal of Hope… more

  • Lyrical, sardonic, and forthright, Antigua native Jamaica Kincaid’s novels display “a poet’s understanding of how politics and history, private and public events, overlap and blur” ( New York Times) , and examine the powerful ties and inherent… more

  • Po Bronson’s widely acclaimed social documentary books include Why Do I Love These People? and What Should I Do With My Life?, a no. 1 New York Times bestselling career guide. For their collaborative reporting on the science of human development… more

  • Tina Kelley was a staff writer for the New York Times for ten years and belonged to the team that won the Pulitzer Prize for covering the September 11th attacks and now works at Covenant House.  In Almost Home she and co-author Kevin Ryan tell… more

  • A force for social justice, Saru Jayaraman is the co-founder and co-director of the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, a New York City-based nonprofit that organizes restaurant workers to win workplace justice campaigns, conduct research… more

  • Robert Jordan’s multi-volume epic fantasy series, Wheel of Time “has come to dominate the world Tolkien began to reveal” ( New York Times ). Following his untimely death in 2007, Jordan’s wife and editor Harriet McDougal recruited bestselling… more

  • Evolutionary biologist Neil Shubin was a member of the field team that made the 2004 landmark discovery of Tiktaalik roseae, a fossil fish dubbed the "missing link" between fish and land animals. The bestselling author of Your Inner Fish, Shubin… more

  • Karen Russell's debut novel Swamplandia! , a lushly imagined narrative of a dilapidated, family-run amusement park in the Everglades, was a New York Times Best Book of the Year, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, and a nominee for the Orange Prize. Her… more

  • An art photographer and one of the nation’s leading historians of African American photography, Deborah Willis is University Professor and Chair of the Department of Photography and Imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.… more

  • Under Michelle Rhee’s leadership, the Washington, D.C. public school system—the worst performing school district in the country—became the only major city system to see double-digit growth in state reading and state math scores over three years.… more

  • Taylor Branch received the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award for  America in the King Years , a landmark three-volume history of the Civil Rights Movement. Branch’s other works include The Cartel and The Clinton Tapes .… more

  • A columnist at the Miami Herald for nearly 30 years, New York Times bestselling humorist Dave Barry won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1988. His work has been syndicated in more than 500 newspapers, and his more than 30 books include I’ll… more

  • “A legendary warrior with a fine eye for enduring lessons about leadership, courage, and consequence” (Tom Brokaw), General Stanley McChrystal retired in July 2010 as a four-star general in the United States Army after serving as the top… more

  • One of the first cosmologists to suggest that galaxies are immersed in large halos of dark matter, Jeremiah Ostriker has been an influential researcher in the most exciting areas of modern astrophysics and cosmology. His areas of study include… more