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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