Chris Abani
NYT Bestselling Novelist
Nigerian-born Poet
Ariel Aberg-Riger
Visual Storyteller
2023 Kirkus Prize
2024 YALSA Nonfiction Finalist
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
NYT Bestselling Novelist
PEN/Jean Stein Book Award
National Book Award Finalist
Anastacia-Reneé
Author, Educator, Interdisciplinary Artist
Award-winning Poet
Raymond Antrobus
Rathbone Folio Prize
Communication, Connection, Cultural Inheritance
Fatimah Asghar
Acclaimed Poet, Novelist, Screenwriter
National Book Award Longlist
Destiny O. Birdsong
Award-winning Novelist & Poet
2021 PEN/Voelcker Award Longlist
Richard Blanco
Obama's Inaugural Poet
Poetry Education Ambassador
Jericho Brown
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet MacArthur Genius Award
The Tradition
Mahogany L. Browne
Poet, Performer & Organizer National Book Award Longlist
Black Girl Magic
Stephanie Burt
Critic, Poet & Essayist
NBCC Award Finalist
Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
Poet & Translator
Immigration Advocate
Vanessa Chan
Bestselling Novelist
Former Technology Executive
Tina Chang
Acclaimed American Poet
Race, Culture, Identity
Meg Day
Award Winning Poet & Essayist
Audre Lorde Prize Winner
Natashia Deón
Acclaimed Novelist
Immigration Attorney
LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs
Interdisciplinary Poet and Sound Artist
Whiting Award
Bryan Doerries
Author & Translator
Artistic Director: Theater of War Productions
Cornelius Eady
Poet, Lyricist, Playwright
Co-Founder of Cave Canem
Safia Elhillo
Award-winning Poet
Arab American Book Award
National Book Award Longlist
Martín Espada
Award-Winning Poet
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
Bernardine Evaristo
Award-winning Novelist
Booker Prize Winner
Tarfia Faizullah
Poet & Translator
Pushcart Prize-winning Author
Carolyn Forché
National Book Award Finalist
Memoir: What You Have Heard Is True
torrin a. greathouse
Kate Tufts Discovery Award
Queer Poet and Essayist
Kimiko Hahn
Acclaimed Poet & Teacher
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
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
Jonathan M. Katz
Award-winning Journalist
Haiti, Epidemic, Disaster
Layli Long Soldier
National Book Critics Circle Award
Whiting Award
Khaled Mattawa
Award-winning Poet & Author
Culture, Narrative, Memory
Rajiv Mohabir
Indo-Carribbean Poet
Memoir: Antiman
aja monet
Performance Poet
Author
Grammy-nominated Musician
Eileen Myles
Acclaimed Poet and Critic
Lambda Pioneer Award
Jive Poetic
Performance Poet & Educator
John Morning Award for Art and Service
Claudia Rankine
NYT Bestselling Author
NBCCA & Forward Prize
MacArthur Genius Award
Bushra Rehman
Award-winning Novelist & Poet
Lambda Literary Award Finalist
Philip Schultz
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
Acclaimed Memoirist
Nicole Sealey
Forward Prize
Former Executive Director of Cave Canem (2017-2019)
Sun Yung Shin
Poet, Memoirist & Cultural Worker
Minnesota Book Award
Aisha Sabatini Sloan
Writer, Curator, Artist
Lambda Literary Award
Whiting Award
Danez Smith
Forward Prize-Winning Poet
National Book Award Finalist
Author of Homie
Chris Stedman
Author & Activist
Host of Unread
Danté Stewart
Acclaimed Memoirist
Belonging & Religion
Nafissa Thompson-Spires
Award-winning Fiction Author
PEN Open Book Award
National Book Award Longlist
Whiting Award Winner
Natasha Trethewey
US Poet Laureate (2012-2014)
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
Mai Der Vang
Acclaimed Hmong Poet
Exile & Refugees
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
Novelist & Memoirist
Literary & Social Activist
Nobel Prize Nominee
Frank B. Wilderson III
Award-winning Author
Poet, Scholar, Activist
Ibi Zoboi
Award-winning YA Novelist
National Book Award Finalist
American Street