Comments

Beautifully crafted with love and inspiration.
- Doris Kearns Goodwin

It was first class from start to finish.
- Doug Brinkley (The Reagan Diaries)

The Festival was a winner!
- Frank McCourt

I was honored to be invited to such a wonderful event.
- Elizabeth Edwards

It was a hit.
- Publishers Weekly

I hope I am invited next year.
- Robert Scheer

The best Festival in the country.
- Ann Louise Bardach

The Festival sure knows how to throw a party.
- Sy Hersh

The best!
- John Grogan (Marley and Me)

This is the definitive Festival against which all others are compared.
- Tamim Ansary

Most profound, inspiring and enjoyable experience.
- Michael Pritchard 		Remarkable, enlightening and entertaining.
- Terri Jentz

Student Literacy Day was a stroke of genius and vision.
-Sandra Day O’Connor

I have warm memories of my two days at the Festival, and have told more than a few people what a beautiful and impressive program you’ve put together.
- Jeffrey Zaslow (The Last Lecture)

It was a great weekend…thanks!
- Michael Pollan (Omnivore’s Dilemma)

Congratulations on the success of the Festival. You scored again on the pace and emotional/intellectual/humorous choreography of the Program, which made the day fly by! We are so proud to be Founders.
- John and Jane McCoy

Outstanding, thoughtful and powerful.
- Fred Luskin, Ph.D. (Forgive for Love)

The organizers offered a coherent and beautifully articulated weekend. It had a great balance of scholarship and fun.
- Irshad Manji

I did so enjoy the Festival. All the authors were so richly varied and covered so many different topics; I learned a lot.
- Jan Yanehiro

Congratulations on organizing such a great event. The authors were all marvelous and their passion was off the chart!
- Markus Naerheim