Chris Abani

NYT Bestselling Novelist
Nigerian-born Poet

Elizabeth Acevedo

Performance Poet & Novelist
National Book Award

Raymond Antrobus

Rathbone Folio Prize
Communication, Connection, Cultural Inheritance

Ellen Bass

Award-winning Poet
Lambda Literary Award

Destiny O. Birdsong

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

Richard Blanco

Obama's Inaugural Poet
Poetry Education Ambassador

Julian Talamantez Brolaski

Native American Poet
Its Pronoun is It

Mahogany L. Browne

Poet, Performer & Organizer
Black Girl Magic

Gabriel Bump

Acclaimed Novelist
Everywhere You Don't Belong

Marcelo Hernandez Castillo

Poet & Translator
Immigration Advocate

Vanessa Chan

Bestselling Novelist
Former Technology Executive

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

LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs

Interdisciplinary Poet and Sound Artist
Whiting Award

Mark Doty

Distinguished Poet & Memoirist
National Book Award

Anaïs Duplan

Award-winning Poet & Essayist
Whiting Award

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

Carrie Fountain

Award-winning Poet
YA: I’m Not Missing

Cristina Garcí­a

Novelist, Poet, YA Author
Cuban-American Writer

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

Douglas Kearney

National Book Award Longlist
Race, Culture & Identity

Dawn Lundy Martin

Poet, Critic, Memoirist
Kingsley Tufts Award

Airea D. Matthews

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

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

Eileen Myles

Acclaimed Poet and Critic
Lambda Pioneer Award

Pádraig Ó Tuama

Acclaimed Irish Poet
Podcast Host: Poetry Unbound

Chigozie Obioma

Award-winning Novelist
NAACP Image Award

Ladan Osman

Somali-born Poet
Gender & Displacement

Torrey Peters

NYT Bestselling Novelist
Detransition, Baby

Caryl Phillips

Award-winning Novelist & Playwright
PEN/Open Book Award

Rowan Ricardo Phillips

Award-winning Poet
Literary & Visual Art Critic

Casey Plett

Fiction & Short Story Writer
Lambda Literary Award

Ernesto Quiñonez

Acclaimed Novelist
Latino Trendsetter Award

Claudia Rankine

NYT Bestselling Author
NBCCA & Forward Prize

Sapphire

Bestselling Novelist
Performance Poet

Tim Seibles

Acclaimed Poet
National Book Award Finalist

Charif Shanahan

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

Matthew Shenoda

Award-winning Poet
American Book Award

Sun Yung Shin

Poet, Writer & Cultural Worker
Minnesota Book Award

Aisha Sabatini Sloan

Writer, Curator, Artist
Lambda Literary Award

Danté Stewart

Acclaimed Memoirist
Belonging & Religion

Mai Der Vang

Acclaimed Hmong Poet
Exile & Refugees

Frank B. Wilderson III

Award-winning Author
Poet, Scholar, Activist

Phillip B. Williams

Acclaimed Poet
Lambda Literary Award

Jenny Xie

Chinese American Poet
Immigration & Dislocation