Rosamond Gifford Lecture Series - Past Seasons
Sponsored by the Friends of the Central Library
2007-2008 series
Erik Larson, October 16, 2007
Tracy Kidder, November 7, 2007
Frank Rich, December 18, 2007
Louise Erdrich, March 11, 2008
Mary Oliver, April 15, 2008
Michael Ondaatje, May 13, 2008
2006-2007 Series
Joyce Carol Oates, October 3, 2006
John Feinstein, November 1, 2006
Barbara Ehrenreich, December 6, 2006
Jonathan Safran Foer, March 14, 2007
Azar Nafisi, April 12, 2007
Norman Mailer & John Buffalo Mailer, May 10, 2007
2005-2006 Series
Henry Petroski, October 11, 2005
Alexander McCall Smith, November 9, 2005
Suzan-Lori Parks, December 7, 2005
Dave Barry, March 1, 2006
Jhumpa Lahiri, April 5, 2006
Sara Paretsky, May 2, 2006
2004-2005 Series
Seamus Heaney, October 13, 2004
John Irving, November 17, 2004
Will Shortz, December 8, 2004
Sue Monk Kidd, March 17, 2005
Walter Dean Myers, April 20, 2005
Simon Winchester, May 12, 2005
2003-2004 Series
Anna Quindlen, October 15, 2003
Laurie Halse Anderson, November 5, 2003
Chris Casson Madden, December 10, 2003
Julia Glass, March 9, 2004
Billy Collins, April 14, 2004
Michael Chabon, May 12, 2004
2002-2003 Series
Ruth Reichl, October 3, 2002
Terry Gross, November 14, 2002
Robert Caro, December 11, 2002
John Edgar Wideman, March 19, 2003
Margaret Atwood, April 9, 2003
Dr. Oliver Sacks, May 8, 2003
2001-2002 Series
David Sedaris, November 8, 2001
Ursula Hegi, December 5, 2001
Amy Tan, February 28, 2002
Anita Shreve, March 12, 2002
Michael Cunningham, April 9, 2002
Richard Ford, May 9, 2002
2000-2001 Series
Walter Mosley, October 4, 2000
Frances Mayes, November 2, 2000
Frank McCourt, December 7, 2000
Bailey White, March 8, 2001
Barry Lopez, April 11, 2001
Robert Pinsky, May 9, 2001
1999-2000 Series
Tony Kushner, October 6, 1999
Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., November 9, 1999
Jules Feiffer, December 9, 1999
Carlos Fuentes, March 16, 2000
John Barth, April 11, 2000
Anne Lamott, May 31, 2000
1998-1999 Series
William Styron, October 21, 1998
Russell Banks, November 18, 1998
Kaye Gibbons, February 11, 1999
Edna O'Brien, March 30, 1999
Derek Walcott, April 27, 1999
Stephen Jay Gould, May 18, 1999
1997-1998 Series
Doris Kearns Goodwin, October 8, 1997
John Updike, November 5, 1997
James McBride, December 17, 1997
Frank McCourt, March 24, 1998
Mary Karr, April 7, 1998
Edward Albee, May 12, 1998
1996-1997 Series
Pat Conroy, October 1, 1996
Ntozake Shange, November 6, 1996
David Halberstam, December 17, 1996
Oscar Hijuelos, March 5, 1997
Carol Shields, April 2, 1997
Diane Ackerman, May 13, 1997
1995-1996 Series
Calvin Trillin, October 11, 1995
John Berendt, November 15, 1995
Isabel Allende, March 12, 1996
Tobias Wolff & Tim O'Brien, April 16, 1996
Jamaica Kincaid, May 7, 1996
Last updated: October 13, 2009