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Which commencement speech by an author is your favorite?
Posted: 08 Nov 2013, 23:56
by obiebookworm
I would definitely say J.K. Rowling's speech for the 2011 Harvard Commencement - absolutely outstanding!
Re: Which commencement speech by an author is your favorite?
Posted: 17 Nov 2013, 17:03
by prican11
I'm actually a fan of Dr. Seuss' commencement speech
-- 17 Nov 2013, 17:03 --
I also love the speech attributed to Kurt Vonnegut but I think that was by another author actually.
Re: Which commencement speech by an author is your favorite?
Posted: 17 Nov 2013, 17:24
by obiebookworm
To prican11: Are those commencement speeches available on YouTube? I'd be very interested in seeing them. I am a fan of both Vonnegut and Seuss.
Re: Which commencement speech by an author is your favorite?
Posted: 09 Dec 2013, 11:06
by hasmartz
I enjoyed Neil Gaiman's "Make Good Art" commencement speech. I'll have to look up Rowling's speech now.
Re: Which commencement speech by an author is your favorite?
Posted: 20 Jul 2014, 18:35
by thsavage2
She isn't strictly an author, but maybe because of Oprah's Book Club, we can include her? Oprah gave a really great speech at Stanford a few years back. She has a very clear outline and some solid advice for new graduates. We watched it in one of my classes right before graduating high school, and apparently it made an impression because I remember it.
Re: Which commencement speech by an author is your favorite?
Posted: 20 Jul 2014, 20:06
by alex_
This is Water by David Foster Wallace