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Erik Larson
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Kristin Hannah
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Niall Ferguson
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John Vaillant
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Vinson Cunningham
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Firoozeh Dumas
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Rabbi Sharon Brous
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Paul Muldoon
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Drew Gilpin Faust
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Alejandra Campoverdi
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Jeffrey Rosen
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Ayad Akhtar
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David Miliband
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Kaveh Akbar
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Anne Lamott
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James Shapiro
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Tiya Miles
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Judy Blume
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Mikhail Zygar
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Abraham Verghese
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Justice Stephen Breyer
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Clarissa Ward
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Padma Lakshmi
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Dennis Lehane
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Jonathan Eig
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Jean Hanff Korelitz
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Margaret Atwood
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That`s a wrap! Thank you for a wonderful 30th Anniversary Conference. With deepest gratitude and appreciation for all of our writers, donors, attendees, staff, specialists, vendors, and volunteers—we couldn`t do it without you! Until next year... mark your calendars for 2025: Saturday, July 19 – Monday, July 21.
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TONIGHT at 5:30pm, we have John Vaillant speaking at The Community Library about his book "Fire Weather," a Pulitzer Prize finalist! In-person registration for this talk is currently full, BUT you can livestream the event at the link in bio for free (no registration required)!
The Community Speaker Series in presented in partnership with the @thecommunitylibraryketchum.