Alan Lightman (yes, THAT Alan Lightman) is coming to Unbound!

We’re very pleased to announce that renowned physicist and celebrated writer Alan Lightman will be attending Unbound this year. Currently Professor of the Practice of the Humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he will be in conversation with Donald Quist about his work. The discussion promises to be as compelling and fascinating as his extraordinary books.

Photo Credit: Michael Lionstar

Alan Lightman’s novel Einstein’s Dreams was an international bestseller. His novel The Diagnosis was a finalist for the National Book Award. His essays have appeared in the Atlantic, Granta, Harper’s, the New Yorker, the New York Review of Books, Salon, and other publications. His latest books are Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine, about the search for meaning in the age of science, and the novel Three Flames, about the trials and tribulations of a farming family in Cambodia. Lightman is also the founder and chair of the board of the Harpswell Foundation, which works to empower women in Southeast Asia.