Other writers scheduled to participate include Orhan Pamuk, from Turkey, E. L. Doctorow and Martin Amis.
Prose, Ondaatje and Carey were among more than 60 writers scheduled to serve as hosts.
Among the writers scheduled to give readings and sign books are the astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the presidential biographer David McCullough, E.L. Doctorow, Tom Clancy and Sandra Brown.
Other writers scheduled to participate in later events include Pierre Michon from France, Claudio Magris from Italy, Eduardo Galeano from Uruguay and three American writers with roots in the former Yugoslavia: Aleksandar Hemon, Charles Simic and Téa Obreht.
Among the writers scheduled to appear are Derek Walcott, the Nobel Prize-winning West Indian poet, on Sept. 17, and the Haitian-American writer Edwidge Danticat and the South African novelist Zakes Mda on Sept. 20.
And a tweet from Lord Selve of good news for OBO writers scheduled for 3am alarm calls on days four and five … mike selvey (@selvecricket) This could be a v short game.
Other writers scheduled to appear are Amy Goodman, a WBAI radio host who will talk about her book "The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love Them" (Hyperion, $12.95), and the former major league pitcher Jim Bouton, author of the recent "Foul Ball Lyonsns, $17.95).
During the summer of 1986, the writer's schedule as a third-year medical….
During the summer of 1986, the writer's schedule as a third-year medical student on a surgery rotation prevented him from really experiencing the Boston summer since he left so early in the morning for work and returned so late in the evening.
In an effort to extend this projection, I found one more writer's schedule to ape.
