2009–10 Year of the Book

Denis Hayes, President and CEO of the Bullitt Foundation, National Coordinator of the first Earth Day in 1970. “Is Prosperity Incompatible with Posterity?”

Kwame Anthony Appiah, Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy, Princeton University; Director of the PEN American Center. “Defending Freedom of Expression in the Written Word” (Eugene) and “A Life of Honor“(Portland)

Suzanne Moore, painter and lettering artist. “MANUScript: Historical Roots of the Modern Manuscript Book”

Robert Darnton, Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor and Director of the Harvard University Library. “Digitize, Democratize: Google, Libraries, and the Future of Book.” P

Frances Moore Lappé, democracy advocate and world food and hunger expert, author of Diet for a Small Planet. “Getting a Grip—Gaining Clarity, Creativity and Courage for the World We Really Want”