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

Eula Biss

NYT Bestselling Author
National Book Critics Circle Award

Richard Blanco

Obama's Inaugural Poet
Poetry Education Ambassador

Bonnie Jo Campbell

Bestselling Novelist
Short Story Writer

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

Asian-American Poet
Barnes & Noble Book of 2020

Claudia Rankine

NYT Bestselling Author
NBCCA & Forward Prize

Vaddey Ratner

NYT Bestselling Novelist
Khmer Rouge Survivor

Natasha Trethewey

US Poet Laureate (2012-2014)
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet