The 2025 Schedule & Program will be announced in May.
2025 Writers & Presenters
Be Inspired.
The Improvised Shakespeare Company
Sonia Purnell
Vivek H. Murthy, MD
Erling Kagge
Meenakshi Ahamed
Andre Dubus III
Yael van der Wouden
Ruth Reichl
Dan Jones
Safiya Sinclair
Ocean Vuong
Theodore H. Schwartz
Colum McCann
Liz Moore
Sloane Crosley
Oren Cass
Jonathan Blitzer
Admiral James Stavridis
Paola Ramos
Claire Keegan
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Rachel Eliza Griffiths
Carl Hiaasen
Griffin Dunne
Max Boot
Wright Thompson
Todd S. Purdum
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“Expertly programmed and executed with precision, expertise, and great love of literature, of community, of writers and readers… it continues to get even better—however implausible that might be!”
– Nicole K., SVWC Attendee
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