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2020 Authors

Bernardine Evaristo
TERRANCE HAYES
Kaveh Akbar
RACHEL YODER
Chris Abani
ANDRE PERRY
Tyrone McKinley Freeman
Koritha Mitchell
Ann Flesor Beck
Jonathan Robert Eller

2020 Think Presenters

Justin Vivian Bond
WILL LEITCH
Ahmed Badr
Shaina Taub
Adam Kantor
Angel Bat Dawid
Michelle Zauner
ELLEN KEMPNER (of Palehound)
TASHA
ILANA GLAZER
NABIL AYERS
Jim Ward
JONATHAN AMES
Franklin James Fisher (of Algiers)
PYGCRAFT SPEEDRUN BY OPEN PIT
SIMONE GIERTZ
A MOMENT OF TRANQUILITY AT JAPAN HOUSE
EXIT STAGE LEFT: A PYGMALION MYSTERY ESCAPE ROOM
SUDAN ARCHIVES
HEADLINES WE WOULD HAVE WRITTEN WITH DEFECTOR
JIMMY IN SAIGON
TAWNY NEWSOME
NAPOLEON DYNAMITE LIVE
DAN SAVAGE
ARI SHAPIRO

2019 Bands

JID
THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS
JAPANESE BREAKFAST
LADY LAMB
MDOU MOCTAR
BLACK PUMAS
BOOGARINS
BEACH BUNNY
JERRY PAPER
DUA SALEH
BLEACHED
DEAD HORSES
TATIANA HAZEL
CAPTURED! BY ROBOTS
RETIREMENT PARTY

2019 Authors

MICHELLE ZAUNER
J. Allyn Rosser
MAHOGANY L. BROWNE
Mark Halliday
WILL REGER
Matthew Murrey
HUMAN LIBRARY

2019 Think Presenters

ROB BELL
TECH DEMO
HOME BY GEOFF SOBELLE
MICHELLE WOLF
ANTONI POROWSKI
ERIC ANDRE
PYGHACK
ASTRONOMY ON TAP

2018 Bands

PLAYBOI CARTI
MOUNT KIMBIE
WHITNEY (duo)
CUCO
FRANKIE COSMOS
BILLY STRINGS
DIET CIG
JPEGMAFIA
FOXING
KWEKU COLLINS
POST ANIMAL
RUMPKE MOUNTAIN BOYS
ANNA BURCH
CJ RUN
CAMPDOGZZ
CASTOR
AUSAR
V.V. LIGHTBODY

2018 Authors

SAFIYA NOBLE
ELIZABETH ACEVEDO
LUIS ALBERTO URREA
STEVE DOLINSKY
JENSEN BEACH
ROCHELLE HURT
PAIGE LEWIS

2018 Think Presenters

TECH DEMO
TIG NOTARO
KYLE KINANE
JANELLE JAMES
KRISTEN TOOMEY
CHRIS HIGHTOWER
NORA FITTON
EDITATHON
MASTERS OF LIGHTNING: TESLA COIL
The 21st
CRIMINAL
LAST PODCAST ON THE LEFT
PYGHACK
ASTRONOMY ON TAP
TECH TEMO

2017 Bands

SUPERDUPERKYLE
Animal Collective
Thundercat
BADBADNOTGOOD
Julien Baker
Noname
Big Thief
Smino
Shlohmo
The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die
Wild Belle
SALES
Oddisee
Corbin
Ratboys
Now, Now
The Lil Smokies
Palehound
Zeshan B
GoGo Penguin
Flint Eastwood
El Ten Eleven
Charly Bliss
The Appleseed Collective

2017 Authors

Anthony Marra
Javaka Steptoe
Taylor Micks
Skyler Lalone
Nafissa Thompson-Spires
Chekwube Danladi
Adam Voith
Will Schwartz
Gale Walden
Amy Penne
George Saunders

2017 Think Presenters

TECH DEMO
PYGHACK
PechaKucha Night
ASTRONOMY ON TAP
Share the Vision
TECH TEMO

2016 Bands

Future Islands
Vince Staples
Wolf Parade
Louis the Child
Frightened Rabbit
Alvvays
Russian Circles
Foxing
Car Seat Headrest
Lucy Dacus
Poster Children
Saba
Julia Jacklin
Psychic Ills
The Hood Internet x ShowYouSuck
Hoops
Mild High Club
Prince Rama
Maiden Radio
Joan of Arc
Aloha

2016 Authors

Maggie Smith
HUMAN LIBRARY
Book Fort
Neil Steinberg
Literary Death Match
Tyehimba Jess
Matthew Minicucci
Jean Thompson
Eula Biss

2016 Think Presenters

TECH DEMO
TECH TEMO
Ernest Baker
Niala Boodhoo
Nancy Einhart
Lori Gold Patterson
Larry Smarr
Joaquin Vieira
Robert Patterson
Dr. Robert Sapolsky
Ed Seidel
Donna Cox
Danielle Rommel
Anna Yershova

2015 Bands

Run The Jewels
Ride
Purity Ring
Sylvan Esso
tUnE-yArDs
Patrick Watson
Zola Jesus
Savoy
The Besnard Lakes
Whitey Morgan
Ryley Walker
Bully
Caspian
Moon Duo
Braids
Beach Slang
White Reaper
Strand of Oaks
Pure Bathing Culture
Owen

2015 Authors

Christine Sneed
Janaka Stucky
Elena Passarello
Marcus Wicker
Ladan Osman
Russell Evatt
Jaime Brunton
Mark Neely
Michael Czyzniejewski
Mortified
Jessica Hopper
Jennine Capó Crucet
Brian Evenson
Adrian Matejka

2015 Think Presenters

TECH DEMO
TECH TEMO
Suk Shah
Mark Scifres
Justin Hill
Zavian Porter
Steve LaValle
Peter Folk
Thad Morrow
Theodore Gray
Nina Paley
Jen Quinlan
Kevin Jackson
Michael Solana
Rose Marshack
Jimmy Chamberlin
Roger Dickey
Sarah Buhr
Sanjay Patel
Stephen Wolfram
Dennis Beard
Taylor Rooks
Tommy Craggs
Lisa Bralts-Kelly
Jessica Hopper
Anthony Benjamin
Albert Burneko
Michael Renaud
Brandon Stosuy
Will Leitch

2014 Bands

Chvrches
American Football
Panda Bear
Tycho
Real Estate
Deafheaven
Sun Kil Moon
Ex Hex
Mutual Benefit
The Range
Owen
Speedy Ortiz
Nick Thune
EMA
Maserati
Alex G
Into It Over It
Earth
Twin Peaks
Liturgy

2014 Authors

George Clarke (of Deafheaven)
Ted Sanders
Amy Sayre Baptista
Letitia Moffitt
Timothy Denevi
Aaron Burch
Adam Prince
Charlotte Pence
Tom Williams
Scott McClanahan
Alissa Nutting
Rachel Cantor
Erika L. Sánchez
Tarfia Faizullah
Matthew G Frank
Richard Siken
Jennifer Percy
Jamaal May
Audrey Petty
Peter Orner

2013 Bands

Youth Lagoon
Major Lazer
The Breeders
The Head & The Heart
Kurt Vile and the Violators
Warpaint
Dawes
Kishi Bashi
METZ
Daughter
The Jillionaire
Murder By Death
San Fermin
Little Green Cars
Damien Jurado
Jenny Hval
Bleached
Caveman
Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons
Common Loon

2013 Authors

Amelia Gray
James Greer
Matt Bell
Dan Chaon
Roxane Gay
Chad Simpson
Kathleen Rooney
Andre Perry
Bayo Ojikutu
Kyle Minor
Lania Knight
Lindsay Hunter
Elizabeth Ellen
Jensen Beach
Aaron Burch

2012 Bands

Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Grizzly Bear
Dinosaur Jr
Dirty Projectors
HUM
Best Coast
Lord Huron
Cloud Nothings
Willis Earl Beal
Tennis
Lower Dens
Julia Holter
Frankie Rose
Purling Hiss
Hundred Waters
Eternal Summers
Laetitia Sadier
Craft Spells
Night Beds
Big Freedia and the Divas
Psychic Twin
Owen

2011 Bands

Explosions in the Sky
Braid
Cut Copy
Gang Gang Dance
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Youth Lagoon
MiM0SA
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Washed Out
Deerhoof
The Dodos
Grave Babies
Toro y Moi
Japandroids
Asobi Seksu
MartyParty (of PANTyRAiD)
Bear Hands
STRFKR
Xiu Xiu
Owen

2010 Bands

of Montreal
Built To Spill
Janelle Monáe
Roky Erickson with Okkervil River
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
Cut Chemist
Caribou
Cap'n Jazz
Surfer Blood
Cults
Those Darlins
Light Pollution
Turbo Fruits
Candy Claws
David Dondero
Colour Revolt
Fang Island
+/- {Plus/Minus}
Holy Fuck
Plastician
Owen

2009 Bands

So Many Dynamos
The Horse's Ha
Brooke Waggoner
Jookabox
Decibully
Pomegranates
Joe Pug
Company of Thieves
Denison Witmer
Gazelle
Skream
William Fitzsimmons
Bob Nanna
Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band
The 1900s
The Life & Times
My Brightest Diamond
Maps & Atlases
Phantogram
BLK JKS
Margot & the Nuclear So & So's
YACHT
Autolux
The Antlers
Headlights
The Books
Low
Wavves
Ra Ra Riot
RJD2
Lucero
Iron & Wine
The Hood Internet
Japandroids
STRFKR
Owen
Maserati

2008 Bands

PWRFL Power
Monotonix
Pattern is Movement
Oxford Collapse
Titus Andronicus
The M's
Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter
Catfish Haven
Dark Meat
Evangelicals
Centaur
Thao with the Get Down Stay Down
Times New Viking
High Places
Dan Deacon
Black Mountain
Yo La Tengo
Jookabox
Decibully
Headlights
The Hood Internet
Asobi Seksu
Murder By Death
Owen

2007 Bands

Foundry Field Recordings
Liz Janes
Sybris
Dianogah
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
?uestlove
Yeasayer
Okkervil River
Andrew Bird
Catfish Haven
Denison Witmer
Margot & the Nuclear So & So's
Headlights
Owen
Maserati

2006 Bands

Salaryman
Unwed Sailor
David Bazan
Elf Power
Danielson
Man Man
Margot & the Nuclear So & So's
Headlights
of Montreal
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
Murder By Death
Owen

2005 Bands

Chin Up Chin Up
The City on Film
The Like Young
Ida
The Appleseed Cast
Mates of State
The M's
Catfish Haven
Headlights
Saturday Looks Good To Me
Owen
Maserati