"The commencement speech is the most popular public address of our time, shared every spring and remembered for years. Here, in an anthology of some of the finest of the genre, ... creative minds in every sector offer their wisdom: David Foster Wallace on living a compassionate life, Debbie Millman on the importance of taking risks, Michael Lewis on the responsibility that good fortune merits--and so many other greats"-- Provided by publisher.

Debbie Millman -- Dick Costolo -- Bradley Whitford -- Michael Uslan -- Tom Wolfe -- Madeleine L'Engle -- Michael Lewis -- Nora Ephron -- Ira Glass -- Barbara Kingsolver -- Eileen Myles -- Jonathan Safran Foer -- Khaled Hosseini -- David Foster Wallace.