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

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

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

Ilyon Woo

is breathing life into history.

Rex Ziak

is a renaissance man who rewrote history.