Meet the Author Series
Cultural Conflicts Series
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February 16, Joyce Carol Oates
A public reading from one of America’s most known writers
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April 20, Alexander McCall Smith
A reading from the world celebrated author of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, The Sunday Philosophy Club and 44 Scotland Street.
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Planned speakers
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Václav Havel, President of the Czech Republic, world-known human right activist and noted playwright and poet.
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Khaled Hosseini, Afghan-American author of the best-seller and acclaimed novel The Kite Runner.
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Kay Redfield Jamison, Head of Psychiatrics at Johns Hopkins Medical School; author of the bestseller An Unquiet Mind and Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament.
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Azar Nafisi, Iranian-born author and scholar, author of Reading Lolita in Teheran.
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Oliver Sacks, world-famous neurologist and author of best-sellers such as Awakenings, The Man who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, An Anthropologist on Mars.
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