Robert Pinsky-

•Poet laureate of the United States from 1997-2000
•Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle nominee
•Winner, Los Angeles Times Book Award in Poetry for translation of The Inferno; the Saxifrage Prize; and the Shelley Memorial Award of the Poetry Society of America
•Poetry editor of The New Republic, 1979-86
•Contributor to numerous magazines and anthologies, including Antaeus, The New Yorker, Paris Review, The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry, and The Harvard Book of Contemporary Poetry.

Jill Ker Conway-

•Renowned lecturer on women's issues and author of several volumes of and about autobiography, including The Road from Coorain; True North; When Memory Speaks: Reflections on Autobiography; and Written by Herself:Autobiographies of American Women: An Anthology
•First woman president of Smith College, 1975-85
•Recipient of 32 honorary doctorates from the United States and Canada
•Chair, Lend Lease Corp. International and the Kresge Foundation
•Visiting scholar and professor at MIT's program in Science, Technology and Society.

Lloyd Schwartz--visit the web site for more information