Jill Lepore in conversation with Dan Chiasson

Join us on the Campus at Marlboro Music for a series of thoughtful public conversations about the ideas that shape our lives. Authors, poets, historians, and essayists will explore enduring questions through the lens of literature, history, memory, place, ethics, creativity, and civic life. Rather than traditional book talks or readings, each gathering is built around conversation—an opportunity to listen deeply, ask questions, and consider multiple perspectives in the company of others. Whether you are an avid reader, a lifelong learner, an aspiring writer, or simply curious about the world around you, we hope you will join us.

In Conversation is being offered in conjunction with the culminating performances of Marlboro Music’s Artist Residency program. It is presented in partnership with Word House, led by Vermont writer Robin Marie MacArthur, and supported by a generous grant from the Vermont Humanities Council. A reception follows each event.

All In Conversation: events take place on the Campus at Marlboro Music (2582 South Rd, Marlboro, VT) in the Whittemore Theater. Registration is required. A suggested donation of $25 helps support the series, but all are welcome regardless of ability to contribute. Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, complimentary admission is available for students and members of the community for whom cost would otherwise be a barrier. Reservations open approximately four weeks before each event. Seating is general admission. Books will be for sale before and after the event.

About the Writers

Jill Lepore

Jill Lepore is the David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American History at Harvard University, Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and a staff writer at The New Yorker. Her many books include We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution (2025), winner of the Pulitzer Prize; These Truths: A History of the United States (2018), an international bestseller, named one of Time magazine’s top ten non-fiction books of the decade; and The Deadline (2023), winner of the PEN prize for the Art of the Essay. Her next book, The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State, will be published in August, 2026. She lives part-time in Southern Vermont.

Dan Chiasson

Dan Chiasson is the Lorraine Chao Wang Professor of English Literature at Wellesley College and a longtime contributor to The New Yorker and the New York Review of Books. Born and raised in Burlington, Vermont, he is the author of seven books: The Afterlife of Objects (University of Chicago Press, 2002), Natural History (2005), One Kind of Everything: Poem and Person in Contemporary America (University of Chicago Press, 2007), Where’s the Moon, There’s the Moon (Alfred A. Knopf, 2010), Bicentennial (Alfred A. Knopf, 2014), The Math Campers (Alfred A. Knopf, 2020), and Bernie for Burlington: The Rise of the People’s Politician (Penguin Random House, 2026).