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Chris Abani
NYT Bestselling Novelist
Nigerian-born Poet
PEN Freedom to Write
Samiya Bashir
Acclaimed Poet Field Theories
Finalist Lambda Lit Award
Mixed Media Readings
Jericho Brown
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
Nat'l Book Award Finalist
The Tradition
Mahogany L. Browne
Poet, Performer & Organizer
YA & Children's Author
Black Girl Magic
Kwame Dawes
Ghana-born Jamaican Poet
Novelist and Essayist
Emmy: LiveHopeLove
Bob Marley: Lyrical Genius
Natashia Deón
Acclaimed Novelist
Faith in Writing
Immigration Attorney
Novel: Grace
Camille Dungy
Award-winning Poet
NBCCA Finalist in Criticism
Acclaimed Essayist
Women's Issues
Cornelius Eady
Poet, Lyricist, Playwright
Co-Founder of Cave Canem
Hardheaded Weather
Rough Magic: Lit Band
Percival Everett
Acclaimed Novelist
Dos Passos Prize
Hurston/Wright Legacy Award
Aminatta Forna
Award-winning Novelist
Acclaimed Memoirist
Issues of War and Peace
The Memory of Love
Saidiya Hartman
MacArthur “Genius” Award
Distinguished Literary Scholar
Cultural Historian
African American Studies
Terrance Hayes
Distinguished Poet
MacArthur "Genius" Award
National Book Award
Visual Artist
Major Jackson
Acclaimed Poet
NBCCA Finalist
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Poems: Roll Deep
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
Acclaimed Writer
Nat'l Book Award Finalist
NAACP Image Finalist
Douglas Kearney
Acclaimed Poet
Mixed Media Readings
CLMP Firecracker Award
Race, Culture & Identity
Dawn Lundy Martin
Poet, Critic, Essayist
Video Artist & Performer
Kingsley Tufts Award
LAMBDA Literary Award
Airea D. Matthews
Award-winning Poet
Beloved Teacher
Race, Culture & Identity
Women's Issues
Marilyn Nelson
Poet-as-Historian
Frost Poetry Prize
YA: American Ace
Children: Snook Alone
Ladan Osman
Somali-born Poet
Essays on Race
Issues of Immigration
Gender & Displacement
Patrick Phillips
Poet & Nonfiction Writer
Nat'l Book Award Finalist
Award-winning Translator
FYE: Blood at the Root
Deesha Philyaw
Acclaimed Writer
Nat'l Book Award Finalist
Black Queer Intersectionality
Claudia Rankine
Poet & Playwright
NYT Nonfiction Bestseller
NBCCA & Forward Prize
FYE: Citizen
Sapphire
Bestselling Novelist
Performance Poet
Social Justice Activist
FYE: Push | Film: Precious
Tim Seibles
Acclaimed Poet
Nat'l Book Award Finalist
Race Relations
Virginia Poet Laureate
Michael Thomas
Novelist & Memoirist
IMPAC Dublin Award
Novel: Man Gone Down
Memoir: The Broken King
Natasha Trethewey
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
United States Poet Laureate (2012-2014)
FYE: Native Guard
Crystal Valentine
Poet, Educator & Activist
Nat’l Poetry Slam Finalist
Queer Intersectionality
NYC Youth Poet Laureate
Tamara Winfrey-Harris
Acclaimed Writer
Dear Black Girl