Diane Ackerman

NYT Bestselling Author
Naturalist, Essayist, Poet

Ellen Bass

Award-winning Poet
Lambda Literary Award

Sherwin Bitsui

Native American Poet
PEN Open Book Award

Nickole Brown

Award-winning Poet & Educator
Winner of the Weatherford Award for Appalachian Poetry
Animal Advocate

Bonnie Jo Campbell

Bestselling Novelist
Short Story Writer

LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs

Interdisciplinary Poet and Sound Artist
Whiting Award

Mark Doty

Distinguished Poet & Memoirist
National Book Award

Camille Dungy

Award-winning Poet
Acclaimed Essayist & Critic

Josh Fox

Director of Gasland Films
LennonOno Peace Award

Forrest Gander

Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
Ecopoetics & Translation

Jorie Graham

Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
Forward Prize

Kimiko Hahn

Acclaimed Poet & Teacher
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize

Juan Felipe Herrera

US Poet Laureate (2015-17)
Performer & Activist

Brenda Hillman

Griffin Poetry Prize
Environmental Advocate

Pam Houston

Acclaimed Novelist
Animals, Outdoors, Nature

Jonathan M. Katz

Award-winning Journalist
Haiti, Epidemic, Disaster

Akil Kumarasamy

Award-winning Author
Bard Fiction Prize

Heather McHugh

MacArthur "Genius" Award
Distinguished Poet

Rajiv Mohabir

Indo-Carribbean Poet
Memoir: Antiman

Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Asian-American Poet
Barnes & Noble Book of 2020

Maya C. Popa

Romanian-American Poet
North American Book Prize

Matthew Shenoda

Award-winning Poet
American Book Award

Emily Skillings

Acclaimed Poet & Teacher
Feminist Intertextualities

Maggie Smith

Award-winning Poet
NYT Bestselling Memoirist
Author of Good Bones