The following is a complete list of the authors & speakers in both the Manuscripts Literary Series & the Martin W. Witte Distinguished Speakers Lecture Series.
Authors featured in the Manuscripts Literary Event Programs
FALL 1995
Jay Gummerman
John Gobbell
Irwin Gellman
Lisa See
APRIL/MAY 1996
Jane Smiley
Victor Villasenor
Richard Selby
Geoffrey Wolff
JUNE 1996
Daniel Duane
JULY 1996
Michael Joyce & Carolyn Guyer (hypertext fiction authors)
OCTOBER 1996
Nancy Jo Hoy
NOVEMBER 1996
Judy Rosener
FEBRUARY/MARCH 1997
Wilton Barnhardt
Gordon McAlpine
APRIL 1997
First Poetry Festival
MAY 1997
Linda Yablonsky
SEPTEMBER 1997
Frances Kroll Ring
NOVEMBER 1997
David Hackworth
Susan Dworkin
DECEMBER 1997
Susanne Pari
FEBRUARY 1998
Frances Mayes
Marjorie Luesebrink (hypertext fiction author)
APRIL 1998
Second Annual Poetry Festival
MAY 1998
Gregory Benford
OCTOBER 1998
Lucille deView in collaboration with UC Irvine’s Writer’s Conference
NOVEMBER 1998
David Mas Masumoto
DECEMBER 1998
Sharon Wohlmuth & Carol Saline – “Best Friends Event”
APRIL 1999
Third Annual Poetry Festival
Lesley Stahl
OCTOBER-DECEMBER 1999
Julius Shulman
Suzanne Muchnic
Dominick Dunne
Nathaniel Branden
FEBRUARY/MARCH 2000
Margot Livesey
Maureen Stout
APRIL 2000
Fourth Annual Poetry Festival
NOVEMBER 2000
Dava Sobel – “Celestial Event”
JANUARY 2001
Michael Lewis
MARCH 2001
David Brooks
APRIL 2001
William Least Heat-Moon
Fifth Annual Poetry Festival
FALL/WINTER 2001
Ross King
Mary Maynard
Adrienne Sharp
FEB 2002
Calvin Trillin
APRIL 2002
Avivah Zornberg
OCTOBER 2002
Charmaine Craig & Andrew Winer
FEBRUARY 2003
Cai Emmons – first salon hosted by the Foundation
MARCH 2003
Col. David Hackworth
JANUARY 2003
Wendy Wasserstein
APRIL 2003
Dr. Atul Gawande
Nigella Lawson – luncheon event
Douglas Brinkley
Sixth Annual Poetry Festival
SEPT 2003
Nathan Gephard & Mike Marriner
OCT 2003
Caroline Alexander
JAN 2004
Al Martinez
FEB 2004
Dr. Leonard Shlain
MAR 2004
George Anders on Carly Fiorina
JUNE 2004
David Brooks
SEP 2004
T.C. Boyle
Stephen Bauer
Peter Greenberg
Hunter Drojohowska
OCT 2004
Victor Davis Hanson
JAN 2005
James Hall & T. Jefferson Parker
Franz Wisner
MAR 2005
Frank Rich on Media, Culture & Politics – in collaboration with The Barclay
MAY 2005
Francine duPlessix Gray
SEPT 2005
Michael Kimmelman
Wes “Scoop” Nisker
Quang Pham
OCT 2005
Dr. James Pick
Jonna Doolittle Hoppes
NOV 2005
Judy Flynn
JAN 2006
Barbara deMarco-Barrett
FEB 2006
Walter Cruttenden
Trudi Alexy
MAR 2006
Lisa See
Jonathan Kirsch
APRIL 2006
Joshua Wolf Shenk
MAY 2006
Barry Siegel
Thomas Cole Edwards
SEPT 2006
Carolyn See
OCT 2006
Peter Greenberg
NOV 2006
Scott Turow
March 2007
Craig Smith
April 2007
John J. Gobbell
April 2007
Emily Wu & Larry Engelmann
May 2007
Larry Berman
June 2007
Susan Vreeland
Sept 2007
Peggy Strong
Sept 2007
Kirwan Rockefeller, Ph.D.
October 2007
Katharine Weber
November 2007
William Mann
November 2007
Special Event
Tony Kushner in Conversation with John Glore
Martin W. Witte Distinguished Speakers Lecture Series
Past speakers:
First Annual (1998)
Michael Jackson, broadcast journalist on "Public Opinion on the Air Waves"
Donna Shirley, JPL Mars Program Manager on "Women in Outer Space"
Jeff Greenfield, political analyst on "Media & Politics in the 21st Century"
George Plimpton, writer on "Reflections and Projections"
Second Annual (1999)
David Levy, comet-discoverer on "The Sky's the Limit"
Andy Rooney, CBS News correspondent on "More Than a Few Minutes"
Susan Estrich, USC law professor on "Politics, Crime and the Rule of Law"
Doris Kearns Goodwin, writer on "Shared Memories"
Third Annual (2000)
Susan Faludi, feminist writer on "Whose Backlash Is It, Anyway?"
Orville Schell, China expert on "China: Will It Be A Friend or Enemy"
Tom Brokaw, NBC news anchor on "Problems & Challenges in the 21st Century"
Stephen Jay Gould, evolutionary biologist on "The Surprising Pattern of Life's History"
Fourth Annual (2001)
Sylvia Earle, marine biologist on "Sustainable Seas: The Vision, The Reality"
Jared Diamond, UCLA physiology professor on "Guns, Germs, & Steel"
Gregory Stock, transformational technology expert on "The Human Genome Project"
Robert Gates, former CIA head on "Real World Dangers: Global Terrorism"
Fifth Annual (2002)
David Gergen, presidential advisor "Leadership in America"
Laurie Garrett, medical journalist on "Betrayal of Trust"
Howard Zinn, revisionist historian on "America Today, America Past"
Todd Buchholz, economist on "Competing & Surviving in a Turbulent Economy"
Sixth Annual (2003)
Jeremy Rifkin, economist on "Petroleum, Politics & The Hydrogen Economy"
David Halberstam, Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist on "New Challenges in a Time of Uncertainty"
David Kessler, former FDA Commissioner on "Prescription for Life: the FDA and You"
Ray Suarez, correspondent and immigration expert on "On the Border: Are We Still a Melting Pot?"
Seventh Annual (2004)
Lori Wallach on "The Era of Corporate Globalization"
Bruce Babbitt on "Environmental Policy & Law"
Gen. Anthony Zinni on "The American Military"
Nancy Soderberg on "The United Nations"
Eight Annual (2005)
Joe Klein on "Primary Colors"
Dr. Leonard Shlain on "The Alphabet vs. The Goddess"
Eric Schlosser on "Fast Food Nation"
Christopher Hitchens on "The Impact of Literature in the 21st Century"
Ninth Annual (2006)
Seymour Hersh on "Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib & Beyond"
Ron Haviv on "Freelancing in a World of Risk"
Robert Thurman on "The Spirituality of True Capitalism; Generosity = Prosperity"
Edward Albee on "Remember the Afternoon"
Tenth Annual (2007)
Gerd Ludwig, Photojournalist
Frank Deford on "Sports: The Hoopla and the Hypocrisy"
Michael Pollan on "The Omnivore's Dilemma: Searching for the Perfect Meal in a Fast Food World"
Reza Aslan on "The Future of Islam: Toward the Islamic Reformation"
Andrew Sullivan on "The Conservative Soul: How We Lost It, How to Get It Back"
