Comments on: Author Commencement Speeches

By: cinetrix

cinetrix — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

Heh, you have listed two I heard firsthand, both in their ways quite wonderful and not the usual boilerplate at all. One even made me a little verklempt at the time and again now on the first read in many years. Thanks.

By: Darren

Darren — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

My favorite is Tony Kushner’s commencement address at Vassar in 2002.

http://www.vassar.edu/commencement/020526.kushner.html

By: birnbaum

birnbaum — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

My vote is for Rick Russo’s 2004 Colby address and, well, Howard Zinn …

By: Anna

Anna — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

Joseph Brodsky’s address at Dartmouth 1989. A different take on the mind-death and boredom that Wallace warns of. No online version, but a big chunk of it here:

threedogblog.blogs.com/three_dog_blog/2004/05/joseph_brodsky_.html