Gloria Estefan
International Singer/Songwriter and Entrepreneur
Looking for The Gulf Motel by Richard Blanco
Amanda Gorman
Poet
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Historian, Professor, Harvard University
Eileen Myles
Poet
John Turturro
Actor
Tony Kushner
Playwright
All Guests
These are all the guest interpreters who have joined the conversation about poetry.
Yelena Akhtiorskaya
Author
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Activist and Author, "The Caged Virgin"
The Language of the Brag and The Desires of Mothers to Please Others in Letters by Sharon Olds and Bernadette Mayer
Matthew Aucoin
Composer
David Axelrod
Political consultant
David Baker
Poet
Murray Bartlett
Actor
Sir Jonathan Bate
Professor, Environmental Humanities, Arizona State University
Sir Jonathan Bate
Author, Professor, Arizona State University
Daaron Battle
Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church
Dr. Joshua Bennett
Poet, Professor, Dartmouth College
Sven Birkerts
Author
Dana Bond
Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church
Jonathan Brent
Executive Director, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
Stephen Breyer
Ret. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
Frank Bruni
New York Times columnist, Author
Patrick DéɁileligi Burtt
Wašíw Historian
Bear Fat & Rabbits and Fire by Alberto Ríos and Linda Hogan
Paula Byrne
Author
Rafael Campo
Poet and Physician
Glenda Carpio
Professor, Harvard University
Donna Lynne Champlin
Actor
The Language of the Brag and The Desires of Mothers to Please Others in Letters by Sharon Olds and Bernadette Mayer
Finishing the Hat by Stephen Sondheim
Todd Colby
Poet
Alexandra Contreras-Montesano
National Student Poet, 2018
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
Richard Dawkins
Evolutionary Biologist and Author
Philip J. Deloria
Professor of History, Harvard University
Bear Fat & Rabbits and Fire by Alberto Ríos and Linda Hogan
Bryan Doerries
Artistic Director, Theater of War
Rosemarie Dombrowski
Lecturer & Poet
Angela Duckworth
Psychologist, University of Pennsylvania
Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden
Joseph Ellis
Historian
Eve Ensler
Playwright and Performer
Martín Espada
Poet
Al Filreis
Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Stephanie Fitzgerald
Director, American Indian Studies, Arizona State University
Bear Fat & Rabbits and Fire by Alberto Ríos and Linda Hogan
Cora Fox
Professor, English, Arizona State University
Dr. Serita Frey
Microbial Ecologist
Philip Galanes
New York Times Columnist
Sonnet IV; I shall forget you presently, my dear by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Historian, Professor, Harvard University
Olivia Gatwood
Poet
Sonnet IV; I shall forget you presently, my dear by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Raven Gibson
Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church
Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Singer, songwriter
Dulce Gonzalez-Estevez
Lecturer, Spanish, Arizona State University
Amanda Gorman
Poet
Gabrielle Hamilton
Chef, Author
Terrance Hayes
Poet
Juan Felipe Herrera
Former United States Poet Laureate
Hymmnn and Hum Bom! by Allen Ginsberg
Linda Hogan
Poet
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
Bear Fat & Rabbits and Fire by Alberto Ríos and Linda Hogan
Ben Horowitz
Co-Founder, Andreessen Horowitz; Board Member, Genius
Susan Howe
Poet
Yunte Huang
Professor, English, UC Santa Barbara
Zakhar Ishov
Author, Brodsky in English
Leslie Jamison
Author
Sonnet IV; I shall forget you presently, my dear by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Kay Redfield Jamison
Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Cristina Jiménez
Executive Director & Co-Founder, United We Dream
The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus
Elena Kagan
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
Laure Katz
Senior Director Center for Oceans, Conservation International
The Fish by Marianne Moore
Jeffery Kennedy
Associate Professor, Arizona State University
Sonnet IV; I shall forget you presently, my dear by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Katherine Kenny
Dean, College of Nursing, Arizona State University
Dr. Inna Khazan
Doctor
Ann Kjellberg
Literary executor of Joseph Brodsky
Suzanne Koven
Doctor, Mass General
Rabbi Claudia Kreiman
Temple Beth Zion
Tony Kushner
Playwright
Jill Lepore
Historian
Mikayla Mace Kelley
Science writer
Pastor Terry E. Mackey
Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church
Bernadette Mayer
Poet
The Language of the Brag and The Desires of Mothers to Please Others in Letters by Sharon Olds and Bernadette Mayer
Andrea Mitchell
Journalist
Mark Morris
Choreographer
Wangui Muigai
Historian
Eileen Myles
Poet
Dr. Patricia Neff
Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church
Catherine O’Donnell
Professor, Arizona State University
Edgardo Ochoa
Marine Safety Officer, Conservation International
The Fish by Marianne Moore
Sharon Olds
Poet
The Language of the Brag and The Desires of Mothers to Please Others in Letters by Sharon Olds and Bernadette Mayer
Suzannah Omonuk
Poet
Emily Oster
Economist and Author "Expecting Better"
The Language of the Brag and The Desires of Mothers to Please Others in Letters by Sharon Olds and Bernadette Mayer
Robert Pinsky
Poet
Maria Pinto
Writer, forager
Johanna Polsenberg
Former Senior Director, Conservation International
The Fish by Marianne Moore
Maria Popova
Writer
Samantha Power
Former US Ambassador to the United Nations
Musée des Beaux Arts by W.H. Auden
Rachael Price
Musician
Dr. Barry Pryor
Professor of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona
Gus Rancatore
Toscanini’s Ice Cream
Elizabeth Reis
Professor, City University of New York
This Is Just to Say by William Carlos Williams
Ana Maria Rodriguez
Former Senior Manager, Conservation International
The Fish by Marianne Moore
Bob Rubin
Fmr. Secretary of the Treasury
Laurie Santos
Cognitive Scientist
Natasha Sarin
Economist
Sean Satterthwaite
Former Congressional speechwriter
Alan Seltzer
Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Jeremy Sigler
Poet
Clint Smith
Author, Poet
Rosanne Somerson
Past President, Rhode Island School of Design
Nick Spitzer
Folklorist, Tulane Univ. and Host American Routes
you can say that again, billie by Evie Shockley
Betsey Stevenson
Economist
James Tanton
Mathematician and Math Educator
Louisa Thomas
Staff Writer, New Yorker
Davóne Tines
Opera singer
John Turturro
Actor
Vilray
Musician
Catherine Walker
Fashion Designer
Dr. Andrew Weil
The Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine
Randi Weingarten
President, American Federation of Teachers
The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus
Lorna Wilkerson
Obstetrician-Gynecologist
The Language of the Brag and The Desires of Mothers to Please Others in Letters by Sharon Olds and Bernadette Mayer
Cassandra Wilson
Vocalist, Songwriter, and Producer
you can say that again, billie by Evie Shockley
Justin Wolfers
Economist
Justin Worland
Climate journalist
Richard Yarbough
Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church
Amanda Zory
Opera singer
Natalia Zukerman
Singer/Songwriter
Sonnet IV; I shall forget you presently, my dear by Edna St. Vincent Millay