Chris Abani
NYT Bestselling Novelist
Nigerian-born Poet
Raymond Antrobus
Rathbone Folio Prize
Communication, Connection, Cultural Inheritance
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
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
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