Indian-born, American photographer, writer, educator, and leading international voice on issues of arctic conservation

Join the best of the best WITS students from 2011-12 as they read their poetry and prose.

Delia Ephron is a screenwriter (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, You’ve Got Mail, Hanging Up, and Michael), and bestselling author (How to Eat Like a Child, Funny Sauce, Frannie in Pieces).

A favorite author of Israel’s younger generation, as well as an international success for his short stories (Suddenly a Knock on the Door), movies (Jellyfish),  and graphic novels (Pizzeria Kamikaze).

Indian-Bengali author of nine novels infused with themes of postcolonialism, The Circle of Reason, Sea of Poppies, & his newest work, River of Smoke.

Indian-Bengali author of nine novels infused with themes of postcolonialism, The Circle of Reason, Sea of Poppies, and his newest work, River of Smoke.

Host of "Hardball" and "The Chris Matthews Show," Matthews' books include Hardball, Life's a Campaign and Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero (Fall 2011).

Israeli author of To the End of the Land, a novel of war and peace nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award.

For 22 years the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, Brokaw has a new book out in November, The Time of Our Lives: A Conversation About America.

Travel writer and novelist Pico Iyer’s latest book, The Man Within My Head, about Graham Greene, will be published in January.

Words Matter...we dreamed up an extra night of the year just to raise our glasses to them. Featuring: Jim Lynch and Ed Skoog

Popular philosopher and essayist, de Botton is the author of The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work, The Architecture of Happiness, and How Proust Can Change Your Life.