Joyce Carol Oates reads from her latest novel, "The Accursed," an eerie story of possession, power and loss in early 20th century Princeton, a cultural crossroads of the powerful and the damned.

Former U.S. Secretary of State, Madeleine K. Albright, discusses "Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948."

In their young adult biography, Judy Bentley and Lorraine McConaghy tell the true story of a 13-year-old slave who escaped from Washington Territory to freedom in Canada on the West's Underground Railroad.

"Creating Room to Read: A Story of Hope in the Battle for Global Literacy" tells the inspirational story of a former Microsoft executive's quest to build libraries and promote education around the world.

Education reformer Michelle Rhee talks about her new book "Radical: Fighting to Put Students First" and the state of education in the United States.

Colleen McElroy, award-winning writer of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry, reads from her newest poetry volume, "Here I Throw Down My Heart."

Carver Clark Gayton reads from a new "facsimile edition" of his great grandfather Lewis George Clarke's slave narrative.

New York Times bestselling author Cory Doctorow reads from his new young adult novel "Homeland," the sequel to the multiple award-winning "Little Brother."

Aaron Dixon, author of "My People Are Rising: Memoir of a Black Panther Party Captain," reads from his book and talks about his experiences and the history of the Black Panther Party in Seattle.

Humanities scholar and Chautauquan Clay Jenkinson presents a debate between Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States, and Theodore Roosevelt, 26th president of the United States.