Raymond Antrobus

Rathbone Folio Prize
Communication, Connection, Cultural Inheritance

Coleman Barks

Acclaimed Poet
Premier 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
The Tradition

Mahogany L. Browne

Poet, Performer & Organizer
Black Girl Magic

Marcelo Hernandez Castillo

Poet & Translator
Immigration Advocate

Meg Day

Award-winning Poet
Poetry Editor for Quarterly West

Natashia Deón

Acclaimed Novelist
Immigration Attorney

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

Acclaimed Poet
NYS Poet Laureate (2014)

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

Marilyn Nelson

Poet-as-Historian
Frost Poetry Prize

Pádraig Ó Tuama

Acclaimed Irish Poet
Podcast Host: Poetry Unbound

Alicia Ostriker

Distinguished Poet
Jewish Book Award

Caryl Phillips

Award-winning Novelist & Playwright
PEN/Open Book Award

Deesha Philyaw

Award-winning Writer
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

Spoken Word Poet & Author
Lambda Literary Award

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