History, Arts & Literary speakers

Gregory Maguire
Author, "Wicked"

Lawrence H. Levy
Two-time Emmy Nominee

Madeline Levine
Psychologist & Author

Tom Leopold
Veteran TV Comedy Writer

Wally Lamb
Author

Mollie Katzen
Cookbook Author

Charles Kaiser
Author

Erica Jong
Award-Winning Author, "Fear of Flying"

Lee Gutkind
Founder and Editor, Creative Nonfiction

Dorothea Benton Frank
New York Times Best-selling Author

David France
Director of Oscar-nominated documentary "How to Survive a Plague"

Bret Easton Ellis
Internationally Acclaimed Best-Selling Author

Koert van Mensvoort
Artist and Philosopher

Patricia Bosworth
Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair

Amanda Bennett
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Investigative Journalist

Jay Asher
Young Adult Author of "Thirteen Reasons Why"

Mary Kay Andrews
New York Times Best Selling Author

Kierna Mayo
Senior Vice President of Content and Brands, Interactive One, inc.

Piera Gelardi
Executive Creative Director and Co-Founder, Refinery29

Aziz Ansari
Actor, Comedian, and Filmmaker