Speakers 2016

Aaron Hirsh

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WRITER & BIOLOGIST

Aditya Roy

RIGHT

PERFORMER

Ami Dayan

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DIRECTOR, ACTOR & PLAYWRIGHT

Amitava Kumar

RIGHT

WRITER

Amrit Kaur Lohia

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SINGER & MUSICIAN

Andrew Lam

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WRITER

Anne C. Klein

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WRITER & ACADEMIC

Anne Waldman

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POET, ACADEMIC & CULTURAL ACTIVIST

Arsen Kashkashian

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BROADCASTER & BOOKSELLER

Arthur Flowers

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WRITER, SCREENWRITER & PLAYWRIGHT

Brian Catlos

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WRITER & ACADEMIC

Carolyn Finney

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WRITER, ACADEMIC & PERFORMER

Carrie Morgridge

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WRITER & PHILANTHROPIST

Charles Rice-Gonzalez

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WRITER & LGBT ACTIVIST

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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WRITER

Claudia Cragg

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WRITER & JOURNALIST

Daisy Rockwell

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WRITER & ARTIST

Dave Goulson

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WRITER, BIOLOGIST & CONSERVATIONIST

Devdutt Pattanaik

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WRITER & MYTHOLOGIST

Dominic Smith

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WRITER

Eleni Sikelianos

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WRITER & POET

Erika Krouse

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WRITER

G. Willow Wilson

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Gopi Kallayil

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WRITER

Guillermo Rodriguez

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WRITER AND CULTURAL ACTIVIST

Heather Hansen

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WRITER & JOURNALIST

Helen Thorpe

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WRITER & JOURNALIST

Her Majesty the Royal Queen Mother Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck

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Irene Vilar

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WRITER

Jane Shepard

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Jeffrey Sichel

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THEATER DIRECTOR & AUTEUR

Jennifer Elise Foerster

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WRITER

Jovan Mays

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POET

Jules B. Levinson

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ACADEMIC

Kirstin Valdez Quade

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WRITER

Laird Hunt

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WRITER

Laura Pritchett

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WRITER

Layli Long Soldier

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WRITER

Maeve Conran

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JOURNALIST

Maina Chawla Singh

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WRITER & ACADEMIC

Manuel Ramos

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WRITER

Marcia Douglas

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WRITER & PERFORMER

Margaret Coel

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Marie Brenner

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WRITER & JOURNALIST

Maruta Kalnins

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WRITER & ACADEMIC

Michael Patrick MacDonald

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WRITER

Namita Gokhale

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WRITER, PUBLISHER & FESTIVAL DIRECTOR

Nicholas Carr

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WRITER

Nick Sousanis

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COMICS WRITER & ARTIST

Patricia Chapman

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ARTIST

Patty Limerick

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WRITER, HISTORIAN & ACADEMIC

Philip A. Lutgendorf

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WRITER & ACADEMIC

Reed Bye

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WRITER & POET

Robert Blackwill

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WRITER & DIPLOMAT

Ruchira Gupta

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Writer, Academic & Women’s Rights Activist

Sanford J. Ungar

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WRITER & EDUCATOR

Sanjoy Roy

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MD of Teamwork Arts & Festival Producer

Sarah Elizabeth Schantz

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WRITER

Scott Haas

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WRITER & CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST

Stephen Graham Jones

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WRITER

Suketu Mehta

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WRITER

Susan Allman

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POTTER

Tanaya Winder

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WRITER, POET & MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER

Thomas Bell

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WRITER & JOURNALIST

Tim Z. Hernandez

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WRITER, POET & PERFORMER

Vera Hildebrand

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WRITER & ACADEMIC

Vidya Shah

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WRITER & MUSICIAN

Viet Thanh Nguyen

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WRITER

William Dalrymple

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WRITER, HISTORIAN & FESTIVAL DIRECTOR