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
Cole Arthur Riley
NYT Bestselling Author
Creator & Curator of Black Liturgies
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
Mahogany L. Browne
Poet, Performer & Organizer National Book Award Longlist
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
Anthony Cody
Poet & Editor
American Book Award
Whiting 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
torrin a. greathouse
Kate Tufts Discovery Award
Queer Poet and Essayist
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
Layli Long Soldier
National Book Critics Circle Award
Whiting Award
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
aja monet
Performance Poet
Author
Grammy-nominated Musician
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
Jive Poetic
Performance Poet & Educator
John Morning Award for Art and Service
Claudia Rankine
NYT Bestselling Author
NBCCA & Forward Prize
MacArthur Genius Award
Sapphire
Bestselling Novelist
Performance Poet
Tim Seibles
Acclaimed Poet
National Book Award Finalist
Charif Shanahan
Whiting Award
National Book Award Longlist
NBCC Award Finalist
Matthew Shenoda
Award-winning Poet
American Book Award
Sun Yung Shin
Poet, Memoirist & Cultural Worker
Minnesota Book Award
Aisha Sabatini Sloan
Writer, Curator, Artist
Lambda Literary Award
Whiting 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 and Novelist
Lambda Literary Award
Jenny Xie
Chinese American Poet
National Book Awards Finalist
Immigration & Dislocation