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
Cole Arthur Riley
NYT Bestselling Author
Creator & Curator of Black Liturgies
Fatimah Asghar
Acclaimed Poet, Novelist, Screenwriter
National Book Award Longlist
Jami Attenberg
NYT Bestselling Novelist
Memoirist
Ellen Bass
Award-winning Poet
Lambda Literary Award
Jill Bialosky
Acclaimed Poet and Novelist
Best-Selling Memoirist
National Jewish Book Award Finalist
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 National Book Award Longlist
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
Emma Copley Eisenberg
Best-selling Novelist & Memoirist
Co-founder Blue Stoop
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 Poet & Memoirist
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
National Book Award Finalist
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
Whiting Award
National Book Award Longlist
NBCC Award Finalist
Aisha Sabatini Sloan
Writer, Curator, Artist
Lambda Literary Award
Whiting Award
Maggie Smith
Award-winning Poet
NYT Bestselling Memoirist
Author of Good Bones
Wanjikũ wa Ngũgĩ
Acclaimed Novelist & Short Story Writer