Christopher Buckley has been called the quintessential political novelist of his time by Fortune magazine and one of the funniest writers in the English language, by Tom Wolfe. A winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, Buckley has written bestselling novels that skewer American politics including Boomsday and Thank You for Smoking, which was adapted into an acclaimed feature film. In Supreme Courtship, the President of the United States, ticked off at the Senate for rejecting his nominees, decides to get even by nominating the most popular TV judge in America to the Supreme Court.

Meelya Gordon Memorial Lecture