Past Speakers

Thank you to our past conference speakers since 1963!

• Emily Flint (1964)
• Isaac Asimov (1965)
• Margaret Walker (1967)
• Marge Piercy (1986)
• Dennis Lehane (2005)
• Natalie Babbitt (1981)
• Edward Gorey (1982)
• Elizabeth Searle (1993)
• Robert Balakian (1997)
• Billy Collins (1998)
• Claire Cook (2004)
• Colum McCann (2009)
• Diane Lake (2008)
• Verlyn Klinkenborg (2023)
• Kurt Vonnegut (1968)
• Art Buchwald (1963)
• Jacques Barzun (1963)
• Malachy McCourt (2011)
• Peter B. Abrahams (2016)
• David McCord (1970)
• Diane O'Connel  (2024)
• Nancy Agabian (2024)
• Ben Berman (2024)
• Nicole Blades (2024)
• Jerry Zezima (2024)
• William Martin (2010)
• Casey Sherman (2019)
• Steve Manchester (2025)