Chris Abani
NYT Bestselling Novelist
Nigerian-born Poet
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Bestselling Fiction Writer
PEN/Jean Stein Book Award
Raymond Antrobus
Rathbone Folio Prize
Communication, Connection, Cultural Inheritance
Destiny O. Birdsong
Award-winning Novelist & Poet
Richard Blanco
Obama's Inaugural Poet
Poetry Education Ambassador
Jericho Brown
Pulitzer Prize-winning PoetThe Tradition
Mahogany L. Browne
Poet, Performer & Organizer Black Girl Magic
Stephanie Burt
Critic, Poet & Essayist
NBCC Award Finalist
Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
Mexican Poet & Translator
Immigration Advocate
Tina Chang
Acclaimed American Poet
Race, Culture, Identity
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
Cornelius Eady
Poet, Lyricist, Playwright
Co-Founder of Cave Canem
Bernardine Evaristo
Award-winning Novelist
Booker Prize Winner
Tarfia Faizullah
Poet & Translator
Pushcart Prize-winning Author
Carolyn Forché
Award-winning Poet
Memoir: What You Have Heard Is True
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
Khaled Mattawa
Award-winning Poet & Author
Culture, Narrative, Memory
Rajiv Mohabir
Indo-Carribbean Poet
Memoir: Antiman
Eileen Myles
Acclaimed Poet and Critic
Lambda Pioneer Award
Claudia Rankine
NYT Bestselling Author
NBCCA & Forward Prize
Philip Schultz
Pulitzer Prize winning Poet
Acclaimed Memoirst
Nicole Sealey
Forward Prize
Former Executive Director of Cave Canem (2017-2019)
Sun Yung Shin
Poet, Writer & Cultural Worker
2016 Minnesota Book Award
Danté Stewart
Acclaimed Memoirist
Belonging & Religion
Nafissa Thompson-Spires
Award-winning Fiction Author
Natasha Trethewey
US Poet Laureate (2012-2014)
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
Mai Der Vang
Acclaimed Hmong Poet
Exile & Refugees
Anne Waldman
Writer, Editor, Teacher
Award-winning Poet
Co-Founder of The Poetry Project
Frank B. Wilderson III
Award-winning Author
Poet, Scholar, Activist
Tamara Winfrey-Harris
Acclaimed Writer
Dear Black Girl
Lidia Yuknavitch
Bestselling Novelist
Acclaimed Memoirist
Ibi Zoboi
Award-winning YA Novelist
National Book Award Finalist
American Street