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Known for her elaborate paintings composed of rhinestones, acrylic, and enamel, Mickalene Thomas draws on art history and popular culture to create a contemporary vision of female sexuality, beauty, and power.

Ai Weiwei s to discuss his new memoir “1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows,” depicting a century-long epic tale of China told through a story of his family.

New York Times bestselling author and journalist Suleika Jaouad began writing her Emmy Award-winning column, “Life, Interrupted,” from her hospital room, chronicling her experiences as a young adult with cancer. She s to discuss her remarkable life, career, and bestselling memoir, Between Two Kingdoms.

Working in painting, bookmaking, illustration, collage, performance, and sculpture, Oliver Jeffers s to talk about his career making art and telling stories. His new book, Begin Again, explores humankind’s impact on itself and our planet, asking the big question: Where do we go from here?

For decades, Rosanne Cash has soared through the ranks of music with her powerhouse poetic skills and wistful reflections on her past. She has released 15 albums, won four Grammys, and authored four books, including a best-selling memoir. She s to talk about her life and legendary career as a singer, songwriter, and author.

Isaac Fitzgerald has been a firefighter, worked on a boat, and was once given a sword by a king. He is also the New York Times bestselling author of Dirtbag, Massachusetts, a coming of age memoir recounting his early years in Boston, an ongoing search for forgiveness, and a more expansive definition of family and self.

Digital visionary, bestselling author, founder of the popular Cool Tools website, and Co-Founder and Senior Maverick of Wired magazine—Kevin Kelly s to talk about his career, his new book, and his radical optimism about the future of our world and humanity.

For over sixty years, Gloria Steinem has been at the center of American culture and political life, where she has been instrumental in shaping our ideas about feminism, humanity, and equal rights for all people. She s to talk about her legendary career as an award-winning journalist, New York Times best-selling author, co-founder of one of the most significant magazines of the 21st century, and an activist whose work has impacted the place women and girls now have in the world.

Carrie Brownstein, Megan Rapinoe, Lucy Sante, Kara Swisher, and Kirsten Vangsness reflect on their journeys and careers in this special Pride episode of Design Matters.

Scott Dadich is a designer, magazine editor, and filmmaker. Formerly the Editor-in-Chief of WIRED Magazine, he now runs Godfrey Dadich Partners, a brand strategy and design company, where he is the Co-Founder and CEO. He s to discuss his illustrious career and the multi-Emmy nominated series he created and produced, Abstract: The Art of Design.

During her often tumultuous, challenging, and sometimes controversial career, Judy Chicago pioneered Feminist art and art education. She s to talk about her memoir Revelations, a radical retelling of human history in the form of an illuminated manuscript.

Principal Designer at Adobe, speaker, and champion for artists, Brooke Hopper’s ion is deg better experiences for some of the most talented people in the world. She s live at SXSW to discuss the role of machine intelligence and new technologies in creativity.

Anne Morriss and s Frei are best-selling authors and among the world’s most influential thinkers, speakers, and advisors. Their clients range from Fortune 10 companies to tech founders to political leaders working to build national competitiveness. They to talk about their new book, Move Fast and Fix Things, outlining a practical process leaders can implement to drive change.

Punk singer, artist, and the front-woman of the bands Bikini Kill and Le Tigre, Kathleen Hanna has spent the last three decades as a trailblazer in the punk feminist movement. She s guest host Roxane Gay to talk about her new memoir and storied career making art and music. 

Adam Moss is widely known as one of the great magazine editors of his generation, remaking and reshaping The New York Times and New York magazine into the most significant print and digital publications of our time. He s to discuss his illustrious career as an author, editor, and artist.

Named one of TIME magazine’s “100 Innovators for the Next New Wave,” Suzan-Lori Parks is the first African American woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Topdog/Underdog. She s to discuss her long and illustrious career as a playwright, musician, and novelist.

New York Times bestselling, award-winning author and educator Emily Nagoski is one of the most exceptional minds at work today on the science of sexual connection, intimacy, and arousal. She s to discuss her remarkable career and new book, “Come as You Are.”

Writer Amy Lin deconstructs grief in her new memoir ‘Here After,’ a beautifully visceral and emotionally intimate depiction of young widowhood. She s to discuss the science of grief and how she coped in the wake of her inexplicable loss.

Throughout her prolific writing career, Nell Irvin Painter has published works on such luminaries as Sojourner Truth, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Malcolm X. Her unique vantage on American history pushes the boundaries of personal narrative and academic authorship and asks readers to reconsider ideas of race, politics, and identity. She s to discuss her legendary career as a distinguished historian, award-winning author, and artist.

Since 1998, David Remnick has been the editor of The New Yorker and has written hundreds of pieces for the magazine, including reporting from Russia, the Middle East, and Europe and Profiles of Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Katharine Graham, Mike Tyson, Bruce Springsteen and more. He also hosts the magazine’s national radio program and podcast, “The New Yorker Radio Hour.” He s live at the On Air Fest to talk about his legendary life and career.