Elizabeth Acevedo
Performance Poet & Novelist
National Book Award
Diane Ackerman
NYT Bestselling Author
Naturalist, Essayist, Poet
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
NYT Bestselling Novelist
PEN/Jean Stein Book Award
National Book Award Finalist
Eula Biss
NYT Bestselling Author
National Book Critics Circle Award
Richard Blanco
Obama's Inaugural Poet
Poetry Education Ambassador
Bonnie Jo Campbell
Bestselling Novelist
National Book Award Finalist
Bryan Doerries
Theater of War Productions
Translator of Ancient Greek
Camille Dungy
Award-winning Poet
Acclaimed Essayist & Critic
Kimiko Hahn
Acclaimed Poet & Teacher
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
Joy Harjo
US Poet Laureate (2019-22)
NBCC Lifetime Achievement Award
Memoirs: Crazy Brave, Poet Warrior
Jonathan M. Katz
Award-winning Journalist
Haiti, Epidemic, Disaster
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
NYT Bestselling Nature Writer
Acclaimed Poet
Sought-after School Speaker
Claudia Rankine
NYT Bestselling Author
NBCCA & Forward Prize
Natasha Trethewey
US Poet Laureate (2012-2014)
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet