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National Book Award
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PEN/Jean Stein Book Award
National Book Award Finalist
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Flash Fiction/Poetry
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Award-winning Poet
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MacArthur "Genius" Award
Acclaimed Fiction Writer
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Memoirist
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2021 PEN/Voelcker Award Longlist
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Executive Director of Aspen Words
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Everywhere You Don't Belong
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Bestselling Novelist
National Book Award Finalist
Vanessa Chan
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Former Technology Executive
Marilyn Chin
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Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
Kwame Dawes
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Novelist and Essayist
Windham Campbell Prize Winner
Natashia Deón
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Immigration Attorney
Andre Dubus III
#1 NYT Bestselling Novelist
House of Sand and Fog
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Award-winning Novelist
Booker Prize Winner
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Micro-Memoirist
Carrie Fountain
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YA: I’m Not Missing
Forrest Gander
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
Ecopoetics & Translation
Cristina García
Novelist, Poet, YA Author
Cuban-American Writer
Adam Gopnik
Int'l Bestselling Author
New Yorker Staff Writer
Isabella Hammad
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O. Henry Prize
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Andrew Krivak
Acclaimed Novelist
National Book Award Finalist
Akil Kumarasamy
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Bard Fiction Prize
Malinda Lo
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National Book Award Winner
Lambda Literary Award
Hisham Matar
Pulitzer Prize-winning Nonfiction Author
PEN America Jean Stein Book Award
Jamila Minnicks
Award-winning Fiction Author
PEN/Bellwether Prize
Rick Moody
Bestselling Novelist
Acclaimed Memoirist
Sir Andrew Motion
U.K. Poet Laureate (1999-09)
Dylan Thomas Prize
Eileen Myles
Acclaimed Poet and Critic
Lambda Pioneer 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
Ernesto Quiñonez
Acclaimed Novelist
Latino Trendsetter Award
Bushra Rehman
Award-winning Novelist & Poet
Lambda Literary Award Finalist
Alberto Ríos
Mexican-American Writer
National Book Award Finalist
Roxana Robinson
Acclaimed Novelist & Biographer
Georgia O'Keeffe: A Life
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Bestselling Novelist
Performance Poet
George Saunders
NYT Bestselling Writer
Booker Prize Winner
Mecca Jamilah Sullivan
Award-winning Novelist & Critic
Black Queer Feminism
Nafissa Thompson-Spires
Award-winning Fiction Author
PEN Open Book Award
Daniel Torday
Acclaimed Novelist
Jewish Book Award
Juan Gabriel Vásquez
NYT Bestselling Novelist
IMPAC Dublin Award
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Literary & Social Activist
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Lambda Literary Award
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Acclaimed Memoirist
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National Book Award Finalist
American Street