Lecture Series:

Richard Russo - Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Terry Tempest Williams - Tuesday, October 7, 2008
John Updike - Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Michael Pollan - Monday, January 12, 2009 **SOLD OUT**
Junot Díaz - Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Mira Nair - Tuesday, April 28, 2009

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Special Event Series:

Annie Leibovitz - Wednesday, November 19, 2008 **SOLD OUT**
Scott Simon - Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Shirin Ebadi - Tuesday, May 19, 2009

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Wednesday University:

Fall: For the Good of the Nation? Media Politics in America - This course is SOLD OUT.
David Domke (Communication)
9/10, 9/24, 10/8, 10/22, 11/5 2008

Winter: Food for Thought: The Ethics, Culture, and Politics of Eating - SOLD OUT
Ann Anagnost (Anthropology and Chnese Studies) and Lucy Jarosz (Geography)
1/14, 1/28, 2/11, 2/25, 3/11 2009
**WINTER COURSE LOCATION CHANGE** This course will be held in Kane Hall at the University of Washington. More specific directions will be included with your ticket mailing.

Spring: Art and its Publics, from the Renaissance to the Present
JoLynn Edwards (Art History)
4/1, 4/15, 4/29, 5/13, 5/27 2009

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Poetry Season:

Five Series Readings:

Donald Hall - Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Jane Hirshfield - Thursday, March 12, 2009
Yusef Komunyakaa - Thursday, March 26, 2009
Simon Armitage - Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Naomi Shihab Nye - Thursday, May 7, 2009

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Two Special Events:

W.S. Merwin - Friday, November 7, 2008
Gary Snyder - Wednesday, May 27, 2009**
**Please note this event will be held in the S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium at Benaroya Hall.

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