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 | Authors Theatre Side Man by Warren Leight Reading and demonstration by Mary Gallagher The Talk by Frank Pugliese A Question of Mercy by David Rabe (with commentary by Richard Selzer) | January 26 February 2 February 9 February 12 |
 | Sharon Olds Poet and author of Satan Says, The Dead and the Living, The Gold Cell, The Father and The Wellspring | January 29 (Thursday) |
 | James McBride African-American journalist and jazz musician, author of the best-selling biography of his Jewish mother, The Color of Water | February 17 (Tuesday) |
 | Shakespeare at the Globe with David Scott Kastan Video/Discussion on the construction on the newly opened Globe Theatre and differences from the original (1599-1642) in London, England | February 18 (Wednesday) |
 | Allen Fisher British poet, publisher and painter. | February 20 (Friday) |
 | David Sedaris Humorist and commentator on National Public Radio's Morning Edition, author of Barrel Fever, Naked, and The Santa Land Diaries | February 26 (Thursday) |
 | An Offer She Couldn't Refuse by Forrest Stone A new play based on John Ford's 'Tis Pity She's a Whore as well as Shakespeare's misidentity plays. This comedy, with original music, presents two star-crossed lovers whose union is threatened. (NOTE: This event is not free of charge.) | February 27-28 March l, 4-7 |
 | Second Generation Holocaust Perspectives Panel Discussion and Readings Alan Berger (Commentator), Julie Salamon, Melvin Bukiet, Thane Rosenbaum | March 5 (Thursday) |
 | Paul Muldoon Winner of the Irish Times 1997 Irish Literature Prize for Poetry and author of New Weather, Why Brownlee Left, Meeting the British, Madoc: A Mystery, The Annals of Chile, New Selected Poems 1968-1994, and Kerry Slides Hosted by Writer-in-Residence John Montague | March 12 (Thursday) |
 | New York State Author/State Poet Awards Congratulations to newly named awardees: James Salter, NY State Author & Sharon Olds, NY State Poet | March |
 | Robert Pinsky, 39th United States Poet Laureate, 1997 Prize-winning poet, essayist, author of The Figured Wheel: New and Collected Poems and translator of Dante's The Inferno and Poetry Editor of weekly Internet magazine Slate | March 25 (Wednesday) |
 | Timothy O'Grady Author of I Could Read the Sky and Motherland | March 31 (Tuesday) |
 | Joanne Koch Playwright and screenwriter, presents an afternoon seminar on Adapting Literature to the Screen | April 2 (Thursday) |
 | Chinua Achebe One of Africa's most influential and widely published authors; Nigerian novelist and essayist, author of Things Fall Apart, A Man of the People and Anthills of the Savannah | April 7 (Tuesday) |
 | Steven Pinker One of the world's leading cognitive scientists, author of The Language Instinct and How the Mind Works | April 16 (Thursday) |
 | William Herrick Novelist, author of ten novels including the award-winning Hermanos! (1969), based on his experiences in the Spanish Civil War, That's Life (1984), and Bradovich (1990) and his new autobiography Jumping the Line (1998) | April 21 (Tuesday) |
 | Kaye Gibbons Novelist, author of six novels predominantly set in rural Southern communities which include: Ellen Foster, A Virtuous Woman, A Cure for Dreams, Charms for the Easy Life, and Sights Unseen and the forthcoming On the Occasion of My Last Afternoon | April 23 (Thursday) |
 | Studs Terkel Broadcaster and author who has crossed the country for over two decades interviewing the American people on such topics as the Great Depression, World War II, and their jobs. His intimate portraits include: My American Century, Division Street, Hard Times, Working, The Good War, The Great Divide, and RACE | May 5 (Tuesday) |