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

NYT Bestselling Novelist
PEN/Jean Stein Book Award

Osama Alomar

Acclaimed Syrian Author
Flash Fiction/Poetry

Nuar Alsadir

Award-winning Poet, Essayist
Psychoanalyst

Anastacia-Reneé

Author, Educator, Interdisciplinary Artist
Award-winning Poet

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

Fatimah Asghar

Acclaimed Poet, Novelist, Screenwriter
National Book Award Longlist

Jami Attenberg

NYT Bestselling Novelist
Memoirist

Peter Balakian

Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
Black Dog of Fate

Coleman Barks

Acclaimed Poet
Premier Translator of Rumi

Samiya Bashir

Acclaimed Poet
Oregon Book Award

Ellen Bass

Award-winning Poet
Lambda Literary Award

Frank Bidart

Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
National Book Award

Destiny O. Birdsong

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

Eula Biss

NYT Bestselling Author
National Book Critics Circle Award

Sherwin Bitsui

Native American Poet
PEN Open Book Award

Richard Blanco

Obama's Inaugural Poet
Poetry Education Ambassador

Adrienne Brodeur

Best-selling Novelist
Executive Director of Aspen Words

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 Poet
The Tradition

Mahogany L. Browne

Poet, Performer & Organizer
Black Girl Magic

Nickole Brown

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

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
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award

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

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
Whiting Award

Cornelius Eady

Poet, Lyricist, Playwright
Co-Founder of Cave Canem

Safia Elhillo

Award-winning Poet
Arab American Book Award
National Book Award Longlist

Bernardine Evaristo

Award-winning Novelist
Booker Prize Winner

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

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
Premier 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

Kimiko Hahn

Acclaimed Poet & Teacher
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize

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

Malinda Lo

Award-winning Fiction & Nonfiction Writer
National Book Award Winner
Lambda Literary Award

Nikola Madzirov

Award-winning Poet
Exile & Refugees

Taylor Mali

Performance Poet
What Teachers Make

Dawn Lundy Martin

Poet, Critic, Memoirist
Kingsley Tufts Award

Khaled Mattawa

Award-winning Poet & Author
Culture, Narrative, Memory

Airea D. Matthews

Award-winning Poet
Race, Culture & Identity
Philadelphia Poet Laureate 2022-2023

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
PEN/Bellwether Prize

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

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

Katha Pollitt

Poet, Essayist, Writer
PRO: Abortion Rights

Maya C. Popa

Romanian-American Poet
North American Book Prize

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
Lambda Literary Award Finalist

Alberto Ríos

Mexican-American Writer
National 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
National Book Award Finalist

Charif Shanahan

Award-winning Poet
National Book Award Longlist
Lambda Literary Award Finalist

Matthew Shenoda

Award-winning Poet
American Book Award

Sun Yung Shin

Poet, Writer & Cultural Worker
Minnesota Book Award

Emily Skillings

Acclaimed Poet & Teacher
Feminist Intertextualities

Aisha Sabatini Sloan

Writer, Curator, Artist
Lambda Literary Award

Maggie Smith

Award-winning Poet
NYT Bestselling Memoirist
Author of Good Bones

Danté Stewart

Acclaimed Memoirist
Belonging & Religion

Mecca Jamilah Sullivan

Award-winning Novelist & Critic
Black Queer Feminism

Michael Thomas

Novelist & Memoirist
IMPAC Dublin Award

Nafissa Thompson-Spires

Award-winning Fiction Author
PEN Open Book Award

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

Anne Waldman

Writer, Editor, Teacher
Award-winning Poet
Co-Founder of The Poetry Project

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