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 Lit Award
Destiny O. Birdsong
Award-winning Novelist & Poet
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
Mexican Poet & Translator
Immigration Advocate
Tina Chang
Acclaimed American Poet
Race, Culture, Identity
Chen Chen
Acclaimed Poet
T. Gunn Gay Poetry Award
Marilyn Chin
Poet, Novelist, Translator
Pushcart Prize-winning Author
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 Winner
Mark Doty
Distinguished Poet & Memoirist
National Book Award
Anaïs Duplan
Award-winning Poet & Essayist
2022 Whiting Award-winner
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
Dunya Mikhail
Iraqi-American Poet & Writer
Arab American Book Award
Jamila Minnicks
Award-winning Fiction Author
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
Patrick Phillips
Poet & Nonfiction Writer
Blood at the Root
Rowan Ricardo Phillips
Award-winning Poet
Literary & Visual Art Critic
Casey Plett
Fiction & Short Story Writer
Lambda Literary Award Winner
Ernesto Quiñonez
Acclaimed Novelist
Latino Trendsetter Award
Claudia Rankine
NYT Bestselling Author
NBCCA & Forward Prize
Vaddey Ratner
NYT Bestselling Novelist
Khmer Rouge Survivor
Bushra Rehman
Award-winning Novelist & Poet
Sapphire
Bestselling Novelist
Performance Poet
Tim Seibles
Acclaimed Poet
Nat'l Book Award Finalist
Matthew Shenoda
Award-winning Poet
American Book Award
Sun Yung Shin
Poet, Writer & Cultural Worker
2016 Minnesota Book Award
Danté Stewart
Acclaimed Memoirist
Belonging & Religion
Crystal Valentine
Poet, Educator & Activist
Nat’l Poetry Slam Finalist
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