Chris Abani
NYT Bestselling Novelist
Nigerian-born Poet
Raymond Antrobus
Rathbone Folio Prize
Communication, Connection, Cultural Inheritance
Cole Arthur Riley
NYT Bestselling Author
Creator & Curator of Black Liturgies
Fatimah Asghar
Acclaimed Poet, Novelist, Screenwriter
National Book Award Longlist
Coleman Barks
Acclaimed PoetPremier Translator of Rumi
Ellen Bass
Award-winning Poet
Lambda Literary Award
Sherwin Bitsui
Native American Poet
PEN Open Book Award
Jericho Brown
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet MacArthur Genius Award
The Tradition
Mahogany L. Browne
Poet, Performer & Organizer National Book Award Longlist
Black Girl Magic
CM Burroughs
National Book Award Longlist
Award-winning Poet
Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
Poet & Translator
Immigration Advocate
Kwame Dawes
Ghana-born Jamaican Poet
Novelist and Essayist
Windham Campbell Prize Winner
Meg Day
Award Winning Poet & Essayist
Audre Lorde Prize Winner
Natashia Deón
Acclaimed Novelist
Immigration Attorney
Safia Elhillo
Award-winning Poet
Arab American Book Award
National Book Award Longlist
Carrie Fountain
Award-winning Poet
YA: I’m Not Missing
Haleh Liza Gafori
Vocalist, Poet, Educator
Premier Translator of Rumi
Forrest Gander
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
Ecopoetics & Translation
Joy Harjo
US Poet Laureate (2019-22)
NBCC Lifetime Achievement Award
Memoirs: Crazy Brave, Poet Warrior
Marie Howe
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
Former NY State Poet Laureate
Andrew Krivak
Acclaimed Novelist
National Book Award Finalist
Akil Kumarasamy
Award-winning Author
Bard Fiction Prize
Li-Young Lee
Award-winning Poet
Resilience, Faith, Exile
Rajiv Mohabir
Indo-Carribbean Poet
Memoir: Antiman
aja monet
Performance Poet
Author
Grammy-nominated Musician
Marilyn Nelson
Poet-as-Historian
Frost Poetry Prize
Pádraig Ó Tuama
Acclaimed Irish Poet
Podcast Host: Poetry Unbound
Chigozie Obioma
Award-winning Novelist
NAACP Image Award
Alicia Ostriker
Distinguished Poet
Jewish Book Award
Caryl Phillips
Award-winning Novelist & Playwright
PEN/Open Book Award
Deesha Philyaw
National Book Award Finalist
Black Queer Intersectionality
Casey Plett
Fiction & Short Story Writer
Lambda Literary Award
Maya C. Popa
Romanian-American Poet
North American Book Prize
Bushra Rehman
Award-winning Novelist & Poet
Lambda Literary Award Finalist
Danez Smith
Forward Prize-Winning Poet
National Book Award Finalist
Author of Homie
Maggie Smith
Award-winning Poet
NYT Bestselling Memoirist
Author of Good Bones
Chris Stedman
Author & Activist
Host of Unread
Danté Stewart
Acclaimed Memoirist
Belonging & Religion
Mai Der Vang
Acclaimed Hmong Poet
Exile & Refugees