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Speakers on History
Anthony Arnove
fights for the people.
Andrew Aydin
knows we must understand our history to fight for our future.
Thi Bui
explores the borders - national, personal, and familiar.
Craig Childs
walks in the footsteps of our ancient ancestors.
Grace M. Cho
is exploring intergenerational trauma through the connective potential of food.
Sandra Clark
sees every side of the story.
Andrei Codrescu
is an OG.
Maureen Corrigan
reads a lot, like, A LOT!
David Dennis Sr.
helped start a movement.
David Dennis Jr.
is a living legacy.
Rebecca Donner
is an archival sleuth.
Geoff Dyer
is led by curiosity.
Joseph Ellis
understands that our history informs our present - and how.
Ben Fountain
is a pretty good attorney but a great writer.
Anand Gopal
learns by going.
Dave Isay
is saving our stories for our great-grandchildren.
Ashley M. Jones
is a poet for the people.
Brian Klaas
keeps tabs on authoritarianism. He’s pretty busy most days.
Rachel Kushner
writes like your favorite mixtape plays.
Jacki Lyden
is a good person to have with you in a war zone.
Natalia Molina
makes sense of community.
Viet Thanh Nguyen
calls us to re-examine our own history.
Sarah Parcak
is saving our lost civilizations, and she’s doing it from outer space.
Dolen Perkins-Valdez
is uncovering silences in the archives.
Liara Roux
is amplifying high-risk voices.
Angela Saini
is rethinking things.
Carina del Valle Schorske
translates beautifully.
Lisa Scottoline
puts the best in bestselling.
Jason Stanley
knows that words matter and why.
Luis Alberto Urrea
is a literary badass with a rock and roll heart.
Ilyon Woo
is breathing life into history.
Rex Ziak
is a renaissance man who rewrote history.