Donald Antrim
MacArthur "Genius" Award
Acclaimed Fiction Writer
Jami Attenberg
NYT Bestselling Novelist
Memoirist
Ellen Bass
Award-winning Poet
Lambda Lit Award
Brian Broome
Award-winning Memoirist
Punch Me Up to the Gods
Mahogany L. Browne
Poet, Performer & Organizer Black Girl Magic
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
Alka Joshi
NYT Bestselling Novelist
The Henna Artist
Douglas Kearney
National Book Award Longlist
Race, Culture & Identity
Michael Kleber-Diggs
Award-winning Poet
Keetje Kuipers
Award-winning Poet
Culture, Identity, Motherhood
Akil Kumarasamy
Award-winning Author
Deborah Landau
Acclaimed Poet
The Uses of the Body
Erika Meitner
Acclaimed Poet & Essayist
Jewish Book Award
John Murillo
Award-winning Poet
Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award Winner
Chigozie Obioma
Award-winning Novelist
NAACP Image Award
Torrey Peters
NYT Bestselling Novelist
Detransition, Baby
Patrick Phillips
Poet & Nonfiction Writer
Blood at the Root
Deesha Philyaw
Award-winning Writer
Black Queer Intersectionality
Casey Plett
Award-winning Fiction & Short Story Writer
Lambda Literary Award Winner
Nicole Sealey
Forward Prize
Former Executive Director of Cave Canem (2017-2019)
Tim Seibles
Acclaimed Poet
Nat'l Book Award Finalist
Maggie Smith
Award-winning Poet
Good Bones (viral poem)