Seriously Questioning…Laura Lippman
Laura Lippman is a New York Times bestselling novelist who has won more than 20 awards for her fiction—and been nominated for 30 more. Since her debut in 1997, she has published 20 novels, a...
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Seriously Questioning…James Forman Jr.
James Forman Jr. is one of the nation’s leading authorities on race, education, and the criminal justice system, and a tireless advocate for young people who others have written off. Forman worked...
read moreSeriously Questioning…J.T. Rogers
J.T. Rogers is a playwright whose plays include (Lincoln Center Theater, then Broadway; National Theatre, London, then West End); Blood and Gifts (Lincoln Center Theater; National Theatre); The...
read moreSeriously Questioning…Julie Scelfo
Julie Scelfo is a former staff writer/current contributor to The New York Times, where her stories about society and human behavior reframe popular ideas and ask us to rethink our basic assumptions....
read moreSeriously Questioning…Lev Grossman
Lev Grossman is the author of Warp, Codex, and The Magicians series, the first of which was one The New Yorker‘s best books of the year. The Magicians books have now been published in twenty-five...
read moreSeriously Questioning…Rachel Eliza Griffiths
Rachel Eliza Griffiths is a poet and photographer. She received the MFA in Creative Writing from Sarah Lawrence College. A Cave Canem and Kimbilio Fellow, she is the recipient of fellowships...
read moreSeriously Questioning…David Kilcullen
David Kilcullen is the Chairman of Caerus Associates. Before founding Caerus, he was Special Advisor to the Secretary of State from 2007-2009 and Senior Advisor to General David Petraeus in Iraq in...
read moreSeriously Questioning…Ann Brashares
Ann Brashares is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series, The Here and Now, 3 Willows, The Last Summer (of You and Me), and My Name Is Memory. She...
read moreSeriously Questioning…Loudon Wainwright III
Loudon Wainwright III is a singer-songwriter and actor. In 1968, he began to write songs, and in 1969 recorded his first album. Wainwright has recorded twenty-seven albums, including his 2010...
read moreSeriously Questioning…Erica Wagner
Erica Wagner was the literary editor of The London Times for seventeen years and is now a contributing writer for The New Statesman, and consulting literary editor for Harper’s Bazaar. Her...
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