For more than 30 years, the Summer Lecture Series has brought insightful presentations highlighting recent works of memoir and biography to The Mount. The 2024 summer speaker lineup features an expanded roster of literary luminaries who reflect a diverse range of disciplines and perspectives.

July 8 at 4 pm and July 9 at 11 am: Natalie Dykstra – Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner
July 15 at 4 pm and July 16 at 11 am: Rachel L. Swarns – 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sol
July 22 at 4 pm and July 23 at 11 am: Peter Hessler – Other Rivers: A Chinese Education
July 29 at 4 pm and July 30 at 11 am: Jonathan Eig – King: A Life
August 5 at 4 pm and August 6 at 11 am: Safiya Sinclair – How to Say Babylon: A Memoir
August 12 at 4 pm and August 13 at 11 am: Deborah Cohen – Last Call at the Hotel Imperial
August 19 at 4 pm and August 20 at 11 am: Charlotte Gray – Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons
August 26 at 4 pm and August 27 at 11 am: Brenda Wineapple – Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial that Riveted a Nation