Nuar Alsadir

Award-winning Poet, Essayist
Psychoanalyst

Anastacia-Reneé

Author, Educator, Interdisciplinary Artist
Award-winning Poet

Donald Antrim

MacArthur "Genius" Award
Acclaimed Fiction Writer

Raymond Antrobus

Rathbone Folio Prize
Communication, Connection, Cultural Inheritance

Fatimah Asghar

Acclaimed Poet, Novelist, Screenwriter
National Book Award Longlist

Jami Attenberg

NYT Bestselling Novelist
Memoirist

Ellen Bass

Award-winning Poet
Lambda Literary Award

Destiny O. Birdsong

Award-winning Novelist & Poet
2021 PEN/Voelcker Award Longlist

Eula Biss

NYT Bestselling Author
National Book Critics Circle Award

Adrienne Brodeur

Best-selling Memoirist & Novelist
Executive Director of Aspen Words

Brian Broome

Award-winning Memoirist
Punch Me Up to the Gods

Mahogany L. Browne

Poet, Performer & Organizer
Black Girl Magic

Vanessa Chan

Bestselling Novelist
Former Technology Executive

Tina Chang

Acclaimed American Poet
Race, Culture, Identity

Geffrey Davis

Award-winning Poet
Finalist Hurston/Wright Legacy Award

Camille Dungy

Award-winning Poet
Acclaimed Essayist & Critic

Bernardine Evaristo

Award-winning Novelist
Booker Prize Winner

Beth Ann Fennelly

Acclaimed Poet & Essayist
Micro-Memoirist

Carrie Fountain

Award-winning Poet
YA: I’m Not Missing

Kimiko Hahn

Acclaimed Poet & Teacher
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize

Douglas Kearney

National Book Award Longlist
Race, Culture & Identity

Michael Kleber-Diggs

Award-winning Author
Max Ritvo Poetry Prize

Andrew Krivak

Acclaimed Novelist
National Book Award Finalist

Keetje Kuipers

Award-winning Poet
Culture, Identity, Motherhood

Akil Kumarasamy

Award-winning Author
Bard Fiction Prize

Deborah Landau

Acclaimed Poet
The Uses of the Body

Li-Young Lee

Award-winning Poet
Resilience, Faith, Exile

Hisham Matar

Pulitzer Prize-winning Nonfiction Author
PEN America Jean Stein Book Award

Erika Meitner

Acclaimed Poet & Essayist
Jewish Book Award

John Murillo

Award-winning Poet
Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award

Chigozie Obioma

Award-winning Novelist
NAACP Image Award

Torrey Peters

NYT Bestselling Novelist
Detransition, Baby

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

Nicole Sealey

Forward Prize
Former Executive Director of Cave Canem (2017-2019)

Tim Seibles

Acclaimed Poet
National Book Award Finalist

Charif Shanahan

Award-winning Poet
National Book Award Longlist
Lambda Literary Award Winner

Aisha Sabatini Sloan

Writer, Curator, Artist
Lambda Literary Award

Maggie Smith

Award-winning Poet
NYT Bestselling Memoirist
Author of Good Bones

Wanjikũ wa Ngũgĩ

Acclaimed Novelist & Short Story Writer