The Celebrity Lecture Series was established at Michigan State University in 1988, and it has “featured some of the most illustrious scholars, critics, novelists, poets, and creative artists of our time.” Now, thanks to a special online archive, you can revisit these lectures presented by the likes of Amy Tan, Arthur Miller, Joyce Carol Oates, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Margaret Atwood, Maya Angelou, Norman Mailer, Paul Theroux, Philip Roth, Richard Ford, Susan Sontag, Tom Wolfe, Carlos Fuentes, August Wilson, E.L. Doctorow, Edward Albee, Isabel Allende, Garry Wills, Jane Smiley, John Irving, John Updike and Joseph Heller. Just click on any of the links above and you can stream the audio lectures for free online.
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