Chris Abani
NYT Bestselling Novelist
Nigerian-born Poet
Elizabeth Acevedo
Performance Poet & Novelist
National Book Award
Diane Ackerman
NYT Bestselling Author
Naturalist, Essayist, Poet
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Bestselling Fiction Writer
PEN/Jean Stein Book Award
Osama Alomar
Acclaimed Syrian Author
Flash Fiction/Poetry
Nuar Alsadir
Award-winning Poet, Essayist
Psychoanalyst
Molly Antopol
5 Under 35 Honoree
O. Henry Prize
Donald Antrim
MacArthur "Genius" Award
Acclaimed Fiction Writer
Raymond Antrobus
Rathbone Folio Prize
Communication, Connection, Cultural Inheritance
Simon Armitage
U.K. Poet Laureate Forward Prize
Jami Attenberg
NYT Bestselling Novelist
Memoirist
Peter Balakian
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet Black Dog of Fate
Coleman Barks
Acclaimed PoetPremier Translator of Rumi
Samiya Bashir
Acclaimed Poet Finalist Lambda Lit Award
Ellen Bass
Award-winning Poet
Lambda Lit Award
Frank Bidart
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
National Book Award
Destiny O. Birdsong
Award-winning Novelist & Poet
Sherwin Bitsui
Native American Poet
PEN Open Book Award
Richard Blanco
Obama's Inaugural Poet
Poetry Education Ambassador
Julian Talamantez Brolaski
Native American Poet
Its Pronoun is It
Brian Broome
Award-winning Memoirist
Punch Me Up to the Gods
Jericho Brown
Pulitzer Prize-winning PoetThe Tradition
Mahogany L. Browne
Poet, Performer & Organizer Black Girl Magic
Gabriel Bump
Acclaimed Novelist
Everywhere You Don't Belong
Stephanie Burt
Critic, Poet & Essayist
NBCC Award Finalist
Bonnie Jo Campbell
Bestselling Novelist
Short Story Writer
Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
Mexican Poet & Translator
Immigration Advocate
Tina Chang
Acclaimed American Poet
Race, Culture, Identity
Chen Chen
Acclaimed Poet
T. Gunn Gay Poetry Award
Marilyn Chin
Poet, Novelist, Translator
Pushcart Prize-winning Author
Geffrey Davis
Award-winning Poet
Finalist Hurston/Wright Legacy Award
Kwame Dawes
Ghana-born Jamaican Poet
Novelist and Essayist
Windham Campbell Prize Winner
Natashia Deón
Acclaimed Novelist
Immigration Attorney
LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs
Interdisciplinary Poet and Sound Artist
Whiting Award Winner
Bryan Doerries
Theater of War Productions
Translator of Ancient Greek
Mark Doty
Distinguished Poet & Memoirist
National Book Award
Andre Dubus III
#1 NYT Bestselling Novelist
House of Sand and Fog
Carol Ann Duffy
U. K. Poet Laureate
T. S. Eliot Prize
Camille Dungy
Award-winning Poet
Acclaimed Essayist & Critic
Anaïs Duplan
Award-winning Poet & Essayist
2022 Whiting Award-winner
Cornelius Eady
Poet, Lyricist, Playwright
Co-Founder of Cave Canem
Bernardine Evaristo
Award-winning Novelist
Booker Prize Winner
Percival Everett
Award-winning Novelist
NBCC Lifetime Achievement Award
Tarfia Faizullah
Poet & Translator
Pushcart Prize-winning Author
Beth Ann Fennelly
Acclaimed Poet & Essayist
Micro-Memoirist
Carolyn Forché
Award-winning Poet
Memoir: What You Have Heard Is True
Aminatta Forna
Award-winning Novelist
Acclaimed Memoirist
Carrie Fountain
Award-winning Poet
YA: I’m Not Missing
Josh Fox
Director of Gasland Films
LennonOno Peace Award
Margalit Fox
Award-winning Journalist
NYT Obituary Writer
Haleh Liza Gafori
Vocalist, Poet, Educator
Translator of Rumi
Forrest Gander
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
Ecopoetics & Translation
Cristina García
Novelist, Poet, YA Author
Cuban-American Writer
Alex George
Bestselling Novelist
Unbound Book Festival Founder
Natalie Goldberg
Bestselling Author & Poet
Writing Down The Bones
Adam Gopnik
Int'l Bestselling Author
New Yorker Staff Writer
Jorie Graham
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
Forward Prize
Sara Gruen
NYT Bestselling Novelist
Water for Elephants
Kimiko Hahn
Acclaimed Poet & Teacher
American Book Award
Isabella Hammad
Award-winning Novelist
O. Henry Prize
Nathalie Handal
Arab American Book Award
Dislocation, Home & Exile
Joy Harjo
US Poet Laureate (2019-22)
NBCC Lifetime Achievement Award
Memoirs: Crazy Brave, Poet Warrior
Terrance Hayes
MacArthur "Genius" Award
National Book Award
Juan Felipe Herrera
US Poet Laureate (2015-17)
Performer & Activist
Brenda Hillman
Griffin Poetry Prize
Environmental Advocate
Pam Houston
Acclaimed Novelist
Animals, Outdoors, Nature
Marie Howe
Acclaimed Poet
NYS Poet Laureate (2014)
Vanessa Hua
Acclaimed Novelist
Immigration Issues
Major Jackson
Acclaimed Author
Host of The Slowdown
Roll Deep
Jonathan M. Katz
Award-winning Journalist
Haiti, Epidemic, Disaster
Douglas Kearney
National Book Award Longlist
Race, Culture & Identity
Michael Kleber-Diggs
Award-winning Author
Max Ritvo Poetry Prize
Ted Kooser
US Poet Laureate (2004-2006)
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
Keetje Kuipers
Award-winning Poet
Culture, Identity, Motherhood
Akil Kumarasamy
Award-winning Author
Bard Fiction Prize
Deborah Landau
Acclaimed Poet
The Uses of the Body
Li-Young Lee
Chinese American Poet
Resilience, Faith, Exile
Nikola Madzirov
Award-winning Poet
Exile & Refugees
Taylor Mali
Performance Poet
What Teachers Make
Dawn Lundy Martin
Poet, Critic, Memoirist
Kingsley Tufts Award
Hisham Matar
Pulitzer Prize-winning Memoirist
Acclaimed Libyan Novelist
Khaled Mattawa
Award-winning Poet & Author
Culture, Narrative, Memory
Airea D. Matthews
Award-winning Poet
Race, Culture & Identity
Philadelphia Poet Laureate
Heather McHugh
MacArthur "Genius" Award
Distinguished Poet
Erika Meitner
Acclaimed Poet & Essayist
Jewish Book Award
Dunya Mikhail
Iraqi-American Poet & Writer
Arab American Book Award
Jamila Minnicks
Award-winning Fiction Author
Rajiv Mohabir
Indo-Carribbean Poet
Memoir: Antiman
Rick Moody
Bestselling Novelist
Acclaimed Memoirist
Honor Moore
Memoirst, Biographer, Poet
Bishop's Daughter
Valzhyna Mort
Acclaimed Belarusian Poet
Translator of Slavic
Sir Andrew Motion
U.K. Poet Laureate (1999-09)
Dylan Thomas Prize Winner
John Murillo
Award-winning Poet
Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award
Eileen Myles
Acclaimed Poet and Critic
Lambda Pioneer Award
Marilyn Nelson
Poet-as-Historian
Frost Poetry Prize
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Asian-American Poet
Barnes & Noble Book of 2020
Pádraig Ó Tuama
Acclaimed Irish Poet
Podcast Host: Poetry Unbound
Meghan O’Rourke
Award-winning Memoirist
Acclaimed Poet
Chigozie Obioma
Award-winning Novelist
NAACP Image Award
Ladan Osman
Somali-born Poet
Gender & Displacement
Alicia Ostriker
Distinguished Poet
Jewish Book Award
Molly Peacock
Acclaimed Poet
Memoir, Biography, Essay
Torrey Peters
NYT Bestselling Novelist
Detransition, Baby
Patrick Phillips
Poet & Nonfiction Writer
Blood at the Root
Rowan Ricardo Phillips
Award-winning Poet
Literary & Visual Art Critic
Deesha Philyaw
Award-winning Writer
Black Queer Intersectionality
Casey Plett
Fiction & Short Story Writer
Lambda Literary Award Winner
Katha Pollitt
Poet, Essayist, Writer
PRO: Abortion Rights
Maya C. Popa
Romanian-American Poet
North American Book Prize
Francine Prose
NYT Bestselling Author
Fiction, Nonfiction, Essay
Ernesto Quiñonez
Acclaimed Novelist
Latino Trendsetter Award
Claudia Rankine
NYT Bestselling Author
NBCCA & Forward Prize
Vaddey Ratner
NYT Bestselling Novelist
Khmer Rouge Survivor
Bushra Rehman
Award-winning Novelist & Poet
Alberto Ríos
Mexican-American Writer
Nat'l Book Award Finalist
Robin Robertson
Acclaimed Scots Poet
Forward Prize Winner
Roxana Robinson
Acclaimed Novelist & Biographer
Georgia O'Keeffe: A Life
Sapphire
Bestselling Novelist
Performance Poet
George Saunders
NYT Bestselling Writer
Booker Prize Winner
Philip Schultz
Pulitzer Prize winning Poet
Acclaimed Memoirst
Nicole Sealey
Forward Prize
Former Executive Director of Cave Canem (2017-2019)
Tim Seibles
Acclaimed Poet
Nat'l Book Award Finalist
Matthew Shenoda
Award-winning Poet
American Book Award
Sun Yung Shin
Poet, Writer & Cultural Worker
2016 Minnesota Book Award
Emily Skillings
Acclaimed Poet & Teacher
Feminist Intertextualities
Maggie Smith
Award-winning Poet
NYT Bestselling Memoirist
Author of Good Bones
Danté Stewart
Acclaimed Memoirist
Belonging & Religion
Katherine Stewart
Investigative Reporter & Author
Religious Liberty, Politics, Education
Mecca Jamilah Sullivan
Award-winning Novelist & Critic
Black Queer Feminism
Michael Thomas
Novelist & Memoirist
IMPAC Dublin Award
Nafissa Thompson-Spires
Award-winning Fiction Author
Daniel Torday
Acclaimed Novelist
Jewish Book Award
Natasha Trethewey
US Poet Laureate (2012-2014)
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
Brian Turner
Acclaimed Soldier-Poet
Poet, Memoirist & Essayist
Crystal Valentine
Poet, Educator & Activist
Nat’l Poetry Slam Finalist
Fernando Valverde
Award-winning Poet
The Insistence of Harm
Mai Der Vang
Acclaimed Hmong Poet
Exile & Refugees
Juan Gabriel Vásquez
NYT Bestselling Novelist
IMPAC Dublin Award
Frank B. Wilderson III
Award-winning Author
Poet, Scholar, Activist
Phillip B. Williams
Acclaimed Poet
Lambda Literary Award
Tamara Winfrey-Harris
Acclaimed Writer
Dear Black Girl
Jenny Xie
Chinese American Poet
Immigration & Dislocation
Karen Tei Yamashita
Award-winning Author
Inheritance: Familial, Cultural, Artistic
Lidia Yuknavitch
Bestselling Novelist
Acclaimed Memoirist
Ibi Zoboi
Award-winning YA Novelist
National Book Award Finalist
American Street