Diane Ackerman

NYT Bestselling Author
Naturalist, Essayist, Poet

Nuar Alsadir

Award-winning Poet, Essayist
Psychoanalyst

Donald Antrim

MacArthur "Genius" Award
Acclaimed Fiction Writer

Raymond Antrobus

Rathbone Folio Prize
Communication, Connection, Cultural Inheritance

Ellen Bass

Award-winning Poet
Lambda Literary Award

Destiny O. Birdsong

Award-winning Novelist & Poet
2021 PEN/Voelcker Award Longlist

Adrienne Brodeur

Best-selling Novelist
Executive Director of Aspen Words

Jericho Brown

Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
The Tradition

Mahogany L. Browne

Poet, Performer & Organizer
Black Girl Magic

Marcelo Hernandez Castillo

Mexican Poet & Translator
Immigration Advocate

Kwame Dawes

Ghana-born Jamaican Poet
Novelist and Essayist
Windham Campbell Prize Winner

LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs

Interdisciplinary Poet and Sound Artist
Whiting Award

Bryan Doerries

Theater of War Productions
Translator of Ancient Greek

Marie Howe

Acclaimed Poet
NYS Poet Laureate (2014)

Jonathan M. Katz

Award-winning Journalist
Haiti, Epidemic, Disaster

Michael Kleber-Diggs

Award-winning Author
Max Ritvo Poetry Prize

Heather McHugh

MacArthur "Genius" Award
Distinguished Poet

Rajiv Mohabir

Indo-Carribbean Poet
Memoir: Antiman

John Murillo

Award-winning Poet
Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award

Pádraig Ó Tuama

Acclaimed Irish Poet
Podcast Host: Poetry Unbound

Meghan O’Rourke

Award-winning Memoirist
Acclaimed Poet

Deesha Philyaw

Award-winning Writer
Black Queer Intersectionality

Sapphire

Bestselling Novelist
Performance Poet

Matthew Shenoda

Award-winning Poet
American Book Award

Maggie Smith

Award-winning Poet
NYT Bestselling Memoirist
Author of Good Bones

Nafissa Thompson-Spires

Award-winning Fiction Author
PEN Open Book Award

Brian Turner

Acclaimed Soldier-Poet
Poet, Memoirist & Essayist

Lidia Yuknavitch

Bestselling Novelist
Acclaimed Memoirist