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David Simon

Writers

Susan Sontag

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Paul Farmer

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Twyla Tharp

Dancers

Merce Cunningham

Writers

Adrienne Rich

Writers

Andre Dubus

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Stephen Jay Gould

Sarod Players

Ali Akbar Khan

Writers

Lester R. Brown

Writers

Octavia Butler

Scientists

Douglas D. Osheroff

Writers

Jared Diamond

Writers

Derek Walcott

Writers

Amy Clampitt

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A. R. Ammons

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Richard Roat

Anna Deveare Smith

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Rhiannon Giddens

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Joshua Oppenheimer

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Ta-Nehisi Coates

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Laura Poitras

Director

Errol Morris

Actress

Anna Deavere Smith