Rosamond Gifford Lecture Series - Past Seasons
Sponsored by the Friends of the Central Library
2010-2011 Series
Michael Pollan - October 5, 2010
W.S. Merwin - November 9, 2010
Elizabeth Strout - December 21, 2010
Rick Steves - March 15, 2011
Alice Hoffman - April 12, 2011
David Baldacci - May 10, 2011
2009-2010 Series
Khaled Hosseini - October 6, 2009
Geraldine Brooks - November 10, 2009
Pete Hamill - December 9, 2009
Richard Russo - March 16, 2010
Sara Gruen - April 27, 2010
Jeffrey Toobin - May 18, 2010
2008-2009 Series
David Remnick - October 14, 2008
Carl Hiaasen - November 11, 2008
Ann Patchett - December 10, 2008
Sarah Vowel - February 24, 2009
Marjane Satrapi - March 31, 2009
Neil deGrasse Tyson - April 21, 2009
Ishmael Beah - May 19, 2009
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: June 7, 2011