Orlando Patterson October 23, 1997
Steven Pinker November 6, 1997
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Ismail Kadar November 6, 1997
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Don DeLillo November 6, 1997
Caryl Phillips November 6, 1997
J. M. Coetzee November 20, 1997
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Charles Frazier November 20, 1997
Wallace Stevens December 4, 1997
Whittaker Chambers December 4, 1997
Queen Elizabeth II December 4, 1997
Lawrence Eagleburger December 4, 1997
Biljana Plavsic December 18, 1997
Shakespeare December 18, 1997
Julia Child December 18, 1997
Jean de La Fontaine December 18, 1997
