Rosamond Gifford Lecture Series
Past Seasons

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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

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