The 2021 Summer Speaker Series is a free, outdoor lecture series presented by The Community Library and the Sun Valley Writers’ Conference.
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Registration is required to attend, and each lecture will be held in Ketchum’s Forest Service Park.
Registration opens May 24 at 7:00 a.m. Click below to register for each event.
Seating is festival-style (bring your own chairs and blankets).
The lectures will also be live-streamed and available to watch for two weeks after each lecture date.
July 1
7:00 p.m.
REBECCA MAKKAI
“Researching Into the Void: The Great Believers and Approaching History as an Outsider”
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July 15
7:00 p.m.
SUSAN ORLEAN
The Library Book
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July 21
7:00 p.m.
TOBIAS WOLFF
The Art of the Story
![Tobias Wolff](https://comlib.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/WOLFF-Tobias-Credit-C-Marion-Ettlinger-3-15-2021-002.bmp)
July 28
7:00 p.m.
PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Family
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