Sunday shines with brilliant minds, including Senator Amy Klobuchar, best-selling author Heather McGhee, Deesha Philaw, and more.
The Martha’s Vineyard Book Festival's live Summer Series moves to Chilmark. Held both down-Island and up-Island, and outdoors, the Summer Series feature 22 of the country’s leading authors. It is an extraordinary line up of fiction and non-fiction authors with discussions on the cutting edge issues of the day. All events will be ticketed in advance and ticket sales will include the purchase of books.
9 a.m. - Senator Amy Klobuchar - Antitrust - with Cecilia Kang
10 a.m. - Short Stories/Telling Our Stories with Deesha Philyaw (The Secret Lives of Church Ladies) and Brandon Taylor (Filthy Animals) with Geraldine Brooks
10:15 a.m. - Heather McGhee - The Sum of Us - with Bliss Broyard
11:15 a.m. - Danielle Dreilinger - The Secret History of Home Economics - with Merissa Nathan Gerson
11:30 a.m. - Simon Winchester - Land - with George Gibson
12:15 p.m. - John Judis - The Politics of Our Time - with Daniel Schlozman
12:45 p.m. Sebastian Junger - Freedom - with Charles Sennott
1:15 p.m. - Louis Menand - The Free World - with Elizabeth Kolbert
2:15 p.m. - Closing panel: Considering Our Future
For details and tickets to Saturday's program in Chilmark with Walter Isaacson opening, please go here
Each event will be live-streamed so that those without tickets or who are uncomfortable attending in person can participate, and live-streamed events will be free. All guests must be vaccinated.
Sunday Day Pass is $150 and includes your choice of 2 signed books (bookplates). Make your selection at checkout from the titles of Sunday's featured authors. Half-day and single event tickets also available.
2021/08/08 - 2021/08/08
Chilmark Community Center
520 South Rd, Chilmark, MA 02535